All Articles About Sustainable Consumption

Blog: Collaborative-Consumption Markets Create New Opportunities for Economic Inclusion

Cody Sisco, Former Manager, Advisory Services

The rise of technology platforms is creating business opportunities for new producers and micro-entrepreneurs. Read more →

Posted: September 7, 2011 | Topics: Consumer Products, Economic Development, Sustainable Consumption

Blog: Why Did the ‘Tweenbot’ Cross the Road? (To Teach Us About Kindness)

Virginia Terry, Former Director, Advisory Services

At the Museum of Modern Art’s ambitious new exhibit, “Talk to Me” (curated by Paola Antonelli, who spoke at the BSR Conference 2010), visitors are greeted by a “Tweenbot,” a small, cardboard-covered, constantly moving robot that depends on the kindness of strangers to reach its final destination. Videos show the Tweenbot maneuvering through Washington Square Park as passersby rescue it from potholes, protect it from dangerous streets, and usher it toward its goal. Read more →

Posted: August 29, 2011 | Topics: Consumer Products, Environment, Stakeholder Relations, Sustainable Consumption

Blog: Pessimism Rules the Day—And Why We Can’t Afford It

Aron Cramer, President and CEO

At dinner following BSR’s Board meeting in London last month, discussion turned quickly to the potential for a looming crash in global markets (no, sadly, this is not a post from 2008). Round and round we went, debating whether the sovereign and consumer debt levels weighing down Europe and the United States were precursors to another crash in the global financial system. Read more →

Posted: July 13, 2011 | Topics: Environment, Strategy & Integration, Sustainable Consumption

Blog: Redefining Sustainability in a Time of Austerity

Aron Cramer, President and CEO

A generation ago, the modern corporate responsibility movement emerged just as globalization took hold of the world’s economy and captured our imagination. With the significant exception of the 2008-09 recession, we’ve since experienced a period of relative prosperity in the Western economies and fast-growing economies in much of the rest of the world. During that time, CSR often focused on ways Western companies could improve environmental and labor practices in emerging economies. Read more →

Posted: June 28, 2011 | Topics: Strategy & Integration, Sustainable Consumption

Case Study: Creating Business Opportunity by Tackling Sustainable Consumption

By nearly any measure, the way we consume natural resources is unsustainable: Research suggests that we are currently using 50 percent more natural resources than the Earth can sustain.

Posted: June 3, 2011 Topics: Sustainable Consumption