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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 at Rio: The Perspective from Brazil on Future of Fuels

Joe Sellwood, Director, South America

As government representatives gather to discuss the future of sustainability at Rio+20, there’s no dodging the fact that world energy demand is rising rapidly and that this growth will put unprecedented pressure on our planet. Read more →

Posted: June 18, 2012 | Topics: Climate Change, Economic Development, Energy, Environment

BSR at Rio: The Future of Fuels

Eric Olson, Senior Vice President, Advisory Services

When is a gallon just a gallon? Almost never, it turns out—at least if one happens to be talking about the total life cycle impacts of transportation fuels. Read more →

Posted: June 15, 2012 | Topics: Climate Change, Energy, Environment

Quality Development Driven by Green Development

Joshua Lanshe, Intern, Guangzhou, BSR

In the recent China 2030 World Bank report, China looks to shift from relying heavily on fossil fuels and dated management methods to embracing green technologies and innovative solutions in an effort to improve the quality of future growth.  The report indicates that for the next 18 years, China will aim to develop into a more “modern, harmonious, and creative high-tech society.” Fittingly, this phrase also is used in China’s current five-year plan, and perfectly captures the commitment of the country’s government to improve the balance and quality of its growth. Read more →

Posted: March 15, 2012 | Topics: Climate Change, Economic Development, Energy, Environment

A Sustainability Compass for Ocean Issues

Laura Ediger, Associate Director, Advisory Services

Last week at the Economist World Oceans Summit in Singapore, it was widely noted that oceans don’t get much attention, perhaps in part because we humans are (now) a highly terrestrial species. But the topics were clearly relevant to the humans in attendance, who ranged from representatives of conservation NGOs, to leaders of small island states, to people from companies like Google, Tiffany & Co, Shangri-La Hotels, and Electrolux, and ocean-oriented businesses such as Maersk Line, APL, Norpac, and China Fishery Group. Read more →

Posted: February 28, 2012 | Topics: Climate Change, Ecosystem Services, Environment, Water

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