All Articles About Transportation

Report: The Sustainability Impacts of Fuel: A Paper from the Future of Fuels Working Group

Any treatment of fuel and sustainability requires consideration of climate change and the dangers it poses to global well-being. Because of these concerns, we have seen an increase in demands for substantial shifts in policy, business practices, and consumer behavior to change our energy mix. Read more →

Posted: October 8, 2012 | Topics: Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Transportation | Download (PDF)

BSR Insight Article: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Reporting on Business Travel Emissions

Andrew Matthews, Associate, Advisory Services

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Posted: August 7, 2012 | Topics: Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Reporting & Communications, Transportation, Travel & Tourism

Report: Clean Cargo Working Group Global Trade Lane Emissions Factors

This is the third year that Clean Cargo has released its average trade lane emissions data in an effort to improve transparency and understanding of environmental impacts from goods transport. Read more →

Posted: August 6, 2012 | Topics: Climate Change, Reporting & Communications, Transportation | Download (PDF)

Blog: BSR’s Clean Cargo Makes Ocean Emissions Easy

Jonathan Morris, Associate, Advisory Services

BSR's Clean Cargo Working Group is making it easy for major brands and retailers to calculate their ocean transport environmental footprint. Read an excerpt from a Q&A webinar with Hapag-Lloyd's Erika Sagert and Nike's Dawn Vance held on on July 11. Read more →

Posted: July 17, 2012 | Topics: Climate Change, Supply Chain, Transportation

BSR Insight Article: Assessing Terminals’ Environmental Performance: New BSR Report and Tool

Laura Ediger, Associate Director, Advisory Services

Global shippers and carriers have increasingly adopted practices to improve their environmental performance. It is now important for terminal operators to align with these efforts. BSR's recently released report and assessment tool for terminal operators, developed with support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, will allow terminals to benchmark their environmental performance based on a common standard and prepare for the increasing demand for supply chain sustainability data. BSR's 2011 terminal operations case study analyzed efforts related to improving port and terminal environmental performance and found that ocean-based terminals lack globally applicable environmental frameworks and standards for performance. Based on this information, BSR developed an assessment tool in Chinese and English for terminal operators to track and report on environmental performance, such as emissions management and impacts on air pollution and community health. This report shares the results and feedback of three terminal operators who used the pilot tool, as well as our recommendations for implementation. Read more →

Posted: May 29, 2012 | Topics: Environment, Supply Chain, Transportation