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Fashion Consumers Want to be NICE Consumers

Susanne LeBlanc, Analyst, Advisory Services, BSR

In the sustainable fashion dialogue, we often hear that the fashion industry and its consumers are simply not ready to address environmental issues. Yet, in reading a recent report published by WRAP U.K. on sustainable fashion consumption, I was pleasantly surprised. Read more →

Posted: July 31, 2012 | Topics: Consumer Products, Sustainable Consumption

Partners in Sustainable Procurement: Hilton Worldwide and BSR

Guest perspective by William Kornegay, Senior Vice President, Hilton Supply Management, Hilton Worldwide

For some time, we’ve been working to understand the sustainability impact of the goods and services Hilton Worldwide purchases on a yearly basis. Read more →

Posted: May 15, 2012 | Topics: Strategy & Integration, Supply Chain, Sustainable Consumption

What Actions are Needed to Achieve Sustainable Fashion Consumption?

Cody Sisco, Former Manager, Advisory Services

Over the past several months, BSR and the Danish Fashion Institute have been working toward a “NICE Consumer” framework to drive collaboration on sustainable fashion consumption. To gather ideas, we’ve conducted research, held three webinars, and organized three in-person workshops in Stockholm, London, and Copenhagen. Read more →

Posted: April 26, 2012 | Topics: Consumer Products, Sustainable Consumption

HERproject: Educating Factory Workers and Company Executives Alike

Marcus Chung, Director, Vendor Compliance and Corporate Social Responsibility, Talbots

With small teams and limited resources, we CSR practitioners must often integrate our work into other departments' business processes to achieve our strategies and objectives. Given that, one of the most important parts of my job is to educate other Talbots departments and colleagues about what I do and why it's important to consider the external effects of our decision-making. Read more →

Posted: April 25, 2012 | Topics: Supply Chain, Sustainable Consumption, Women & Sustainability

Does Sustainability Equal Happiness?

Melanie Janin, Managing Director, Communications

The question of happiness really gets people talking. Earlier this week, FastCoExist.com Senior Editor Ariel Schwartz posted a thought-provoking (and heavily tweeted) blog about the World Happiness Report, recently released by Columbia University’s Earth Institute, with a fascinating introduction by Jeffrey Sachs. The report itself is voluminous, and worth reading if you’re interested in what Sachs refers to as “the emerging scientific study of happiness.” Read more →

Posted: April 11, 2012 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Sustainable Consumption

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