All Articles About Transportation

Case Study: BSR Membership: A Global Network of Sustainability Leaders

BSR is proud to support and partner with our powerful network of member companies, who share with us a focus on building a just and sustainable world. We work every day to provide our member companies with value based on the insights, expertise, and relationships we’ve built through years of hands-on work in the field.

Posted: June 3, 2011 Topics: Consumer Products, Energy, Financial Services, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Health Care, Information & Communications Technology, Media & Entertainment, Mining, Transportation, Travel & Tourism

Case Study: Maersk Line: Developing a ‘Future-Proofed’ Sustainability Strategy

We helped Maersk Line set a strong sustainability vision supported by clear objectives: reducing carbon-dioxide emissions by 25 percent by 2015 and striving for zero sulfur-dioxide emissions.

Posted: June 3, 2011 Topics: Materiality, Stakeholder Relations, Strategy & Integration, Transportation

Case Study: Leading Business Action on Conflict Minerals

In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where armed conflict has claimed more than 5.4 million lives over the past 15 years, militant groups controlling most of the region’s mines use the trade in tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold as important sources of funding. At the same time, this trade—which feeds into complex supply chains for products ranging from cell phones and cutting tools to jet engines and jewelry—is an important source of income for a million people in the region.

Posted: June 3, 2011 Topics: Energy, Health Care, Information & Communications Technology, Mining, Reporting & Communications, Stakeholder Relations, Supply Chain, Transportation

Blog: Calling Port in Oakland in a Hybrid

Eva Dienel, Associate Director, Communications

I pull into the Port of Oakland’s Global Gateway Central terminal following a silver Honda Insight that looks microscopic next to the Singapore, an APL container ship at berth nearby. But the 14-foot car and the 900-foot ship have something in common: They’re both hybrids. Read more →

Posted: May 31, 2011 | Topics: Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Supply Chain, Transportation

BSR Insight Article: Improving the Environmental Performance of Ports and Terminals

Raj Sapru, Former Director, Advisory Services

BSR’s new report—supported by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund—highlights the risks and opportunities associated with improving the sustainability performance of ports and terminal operations, a part of the supply chain often left out of broader supply chain sustainability efforts. Read more →

Posted: April 26, 2011 | Topics: Environment, Strategy & Integration, Supply Chain, Transportation