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BSR Insight Article: Hero for Troubled Waters: A Q&A with Sylvia Earle

Interview with Sylvia Earle by Eva Dienel, Communications Manager, BSR

The ringtone for renowned ocean explorer Sylvia Earle’s royal blue mobile phone is the hollow ping of a sonar device, a constant but unnecessary reminder to its owner that the world is mostly ocean, what Earle calls our planet’s “life-support system.” Earle, a 2009 TED Prize winner who will be speaking at the BSR Conference 2009, recently sat down to talk with us about her new book, The World Is Blue (released today by National Geographic Books), and why business should put nature—and especially the world’s water resources—on the balance sheet. Read more →

Posted: September 29, 2009 | Topics: Ecosystem Services, Energy, Environment, Strategy & Integration, Travel & Tourism, Water

Blog: The Glass is Filling Up

Linda Hwang, Former Manager, Research

As a member of BSR’s Research & Innovation team—which frequently considers the business implications of environmental and human rights issues (as well as the intersection of the two)—I have found the ongoing debate between Fiji Water and the U.S. investigative magazine Mother Jones to be an exciting conversation. Read more →

Posted: August 21, 2009 | Topics: Stakeholder Relations, Water

BSR Insight Article: Behind Gap’s New Label

Linda Hwang, Former Manager, Research

As a member of BSR's Sustainable Water Group (SWG), Gap Inc. has spent the last five years creating and evolving its Clean Water Program for its denim laundries worldwide. Last week, the company’s Gap brand launched its new denim collection—1969 Premium Jeans—which, for the first time, features a "Clean Water Wash" label indicating that the water used to wash and dye the jeans was treated to meet safety and quality standards before leaving the denim laundry. Read more →

Posted: August 18, 2009 | Topics: Consumer Products, Environment, Reporting & Communications, Water

BSR Insight Article: New Resources from World Water Week

This year's World Water Week—taking place right now in Stockholm—has brought forth many useful resources related to the event's theme, "Responding to Global Changes: Accessing Water for the Common Good." Described below are three of the best. Read more →

Posted: August 18, 2009 | Topics: Environment, Water

BSR Insight Article: As the CEO Water Mandate prepares for its fourth working conference as part of World Water Week i

This year's World Water Week—taking place right now in Stockholm—has brought forth many useful resources related to the event's theme, "Responding to Global Changes: Accessing Water for the Common Good." Described below are three of the best. Read more →

Posted: August 18, 2009 | Topics: Environment, Water