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Blog: Sustainable Consumption: Back to the Future…and a Call to Action
Eric Olson, Senior Vice President, Advisory Services
The publication of BSR’s latest report on sustainable consumption, which describes the topic as the “New Frontier in Sustainability,” gives me cause to reflect on more than a decade of work in the field. I entered the “field” of sustainability under the influence of corporate pioneers such as Ray Anderson of Interface and thought leaders such as Paul Hawken, Amory and Hunter Lovins, and Bill McDonough, who together shined a bright light on the role that business can and must play in the transformation of our global economy from one based on the linear “take-make-waste” industrial model of the 20th century to one that recognizes the need to fully account for environmental and social impacts on a cyclical, “cradle-to-cradle” basis. Read more →
Blog: Rethink Products, Rethink Consumption
Virginia Terry, Former Director, Advisory Services
For decades, creative minds have gathered in the Calvin Klein showroom on New York’s 39th Street to contemplate stylish jeans and trendy underwear. Last week BSR members from consumer products and food companies gathered in the same space for a day dedicated to exploring the new frontier of sustainability: sustainable consumption. Read more →
Blog: Your Mission, Should You Accept It: Spend $5
Linda Hwang, Former Manager, Research
At first blush, the setting for BSR’s sustainable consumption workshop last week might seem ironic: The room—Calvin Klein’s New York showroom on 39th Street—featured a disorderly array of clothing racks; boxes of men’s jackets, trousers, and casual shirts; and women’s jeans, handbags, and shoes arranged on a long table. But these props served a more important purpose: With a group of 20 representatives from food, agriculture, apparel, retail, and personal care and beauty companies, we wanted to explore our current system of consumption and the business opportunities to radically change that system. Read more →
Blog: Retailers, Shopping Bags, and Getting Ahead of the “Green Police”
Marshall Chase, Associate Director, Advisory Services
Blog: Sustainable Consumption: More than Meets the Eye
Kai Robertson, Senior Advisor
Sustainable consumption is an uncomfortable topic—especially when you’re talking with companies who are in the business of selling “stuff” and whose business models for growth are built on selling even more stuff. Read more →
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