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Sustainability Frames of Reference in New Economies

Guy Morgan, Director, Advisory Services

We all know there is no “one size fits all” approach to corporate sustainability. Management of sustainability is a function of local market dynamics, socioeconomic conditions, national history, and cultural contexts, among other factors. Indeed, the frames of reference for sustainability are dramatically different around the world. Read more →

Posted: February 10, 2012 | Topics: Leadership, Strategy & Integration

How ESG Works in Private Equity

Virginia Terry, Former Director, BSR

At a recent New York event that BSR co-hosted with Morrison & Foerster and Private Equity International, speakers from BSR, KKR, The Carlyle Group, Morrison & Foerster, and Generation Investment Management discussed how to integrate ESG considerations into the private equity lifecycle. With its long-term investment horizons and its ability to work directly with portfolio companies to improve performance, private equity is ideally suited for ESG investing. Ultimately, thoughtful management of ESG issues is critical to the success of long-term private equity investment. Read more →

Posted: February 8, 2012 | Topics: Financial Services, Strategy & Integration

Davos 2012: The Bottom-Up Transformation

Aron Cramer, President and CEO

Media coverage of Davos often focuses on the “boldface names,” the CEOs, prime ministers, and globally recognized artists who help to make the annual meeting a worldwide phenomenon. And while their presence in Davos is, without doubt, one of the things that makes this event so unique, it actually obscures another aspect of Davos that tells us a great deal about how the world is changing from the bottom up. Read more →

Posted: January 25, 2012 | Topics: New Media, Strategy & Integration

I’d Love to Change the World, But I Don’t Know What to Do

Steve McCoy-Thompson, Director of Operations

Note: This is the second in our series on sustainability and organizational structure. Read the first blog here. Read more →

Posted: January 25, 2012 | Topics: Strategy & Integration

Davos 2012: Easy Decisions, Hard Decisions

Aron Cramer, President and CEO

Davos 2012 opens against the backdrop of some pretty ominous numbers. European debt figures are high, and projections for growth in the mature economies are low. Income equality is declining in emerging markets like China and in the home of the 99 percent, the United States. 2011 was yet another year of record-setting warmth, with more summer melting in the Arctic. And this year’s Edelman Trust Barometer reports poor levels of trust, with faith in government tumbling to all-time lows in the West. Read more →

Posted: January 24, 2012 | Topics: Climate Change, Energy, Strategy & Integration, Sustainable Consumption

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