All Articles About Toxicity & Product Design

Report: Achieving Effective REACH Implementation: A BSR Issue Brief on New European Registration, Evaluation

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Posted: October 9, 2009 | Topics: Environment, Reporting & Communications, Toxicity & Product Design | Download (PDF)

BSR Insight Article: The Green Screen for Safer Chemicals

Clean Production Action's "Green Screen for Safer Chemicals" is the first open-source tool to help companies and governments identify substances that are less hazardous for humans and the environment. Companies can use the tool—which focuses on hazard reduction, rather than controlling exposure—to assess the inherent hazards of the chemicals they use in their products and find safer substitutes, while governments can use the tool to support legislation on phasing out chemicals of high concern. Read more →

Posted: September 22, 2009 | Topics: Consumer Products, Environment, Supply Chain, Toxicity & Product Design

BSR Insight Article: Sprint’s Latest Phone Paves Way for Greener Products

Marshall Chase, Associate Director, Advisory Services

Sprint's recently released Samsung Reclaim is the latest example of the company's efforts to improve the environmental impacts of its products and services. According to Sprint, this phone—made from 80 percent recyclable materials—is the first phone in the United States constructed from "eco-friendly bio-plastic materials." Read more →

Posted: August 11, 2009 | Topics: Consumer Products, Environment, Reporting & Communications, Toxicity & Product Design

BSR Insight Article: BSR and Wal-Mart Build Energy Efficiency in China

Ayesha Barenblat, Former Director, Stakeholder Collaboration

For the past six months, BSR has been working with Wal-Mart to improve the energy efficiency in 200 of the company's Chinese factories by 20 percent by 2012. As a panelist at Wal-Mart's recent Sustainability Milestone Meeting, I shared the following lessons from this work: Read more →

Posted: July 28, 2009 | Topics: Consumer Products, Supply Chain, Toxicity & Product Design

BSR Insight Article: Trust in Business

Kara Hurst, Former Vice President

According to the 2009 Edelman Trust Barometer, nearly two-thirds of the public reported less trust in business than the year before. BSR's roundtable event on "Business Success in a Reset World" examined what it will take to earn that trust back. Read more →

Posted: July 21, 2009 | Topics: Governance & Accountability, Strategy & Integration, Toxicity & Product Design