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BSR Insight Article: New Eco Index for Improving Product Life-Cycle Impacts
The Eco Index—a new web-based environmental assessment tool created by the Outdoor Industry Association’s Eco Working Group—is aimed at helping companies in the apparel and outdoor industry understand (and ultimately improve) a product's impacts at different life-cycle stages. Read more
BSR Insight Article: How Can Companies Use Life-Cycle Metrics for Sustainable Consumption?
Virginia Terry, Manager, Advisory Services
Now in its third year, the World Economic Forum's (WEF) sustainable consumption work is moving toward tangible actions in three different work streams: engaging consumers, exchanging innovation, and life-cycle metrics. Read more
BSR Insight Article: Business Opportunities in Sustainable Consumption
Linda Hwang, Former Manager, Research
Not long ago, Southern California Edison conducted an experiment aimed at lowering household energy use. The utility company gave its customers ambient orbs that glowed red when their energy use was high and green when use was low. Within weeks, energy use in this pilot group declined by 40 percent during peak periods. Read more
BSR Insight Article: Web-Based Marketplace Promotes Open Innovation
GreenXchange, a new web-based marketplace launched at the World Economic Forum in January, allows companies to collaborate and share intellectual property (IP) that can lead to new sustainable business models. Read more
BSR Insight Article: Guest Perspective: GreenBiz on Ten Trends Shaping the State of Green Business
By Joel Makower, Executive Editor, GreenBiz.com
“We’re still here.” Read more
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