BSR Insight Articles About Ecosystem Services
We found 20 BSR Insight articles on this topic; most recently published at the top.
Learning From Gravity: Lessons for Business Decision-Makers
Sissel Waage, Director, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Of the engineers among us, who has ever woken up and said, in the words of my former colleague George Basile, “Today, I am going to design a bridge that ignores gravity!” Read more
A Look Ahead: 2013
Aron Cramer, President and CEO
One look at the daily headlines suggests little reason to be optimistic as we start 2013. We are now in the fifth year of the global financial crisis, the Eurozone continues to sputter, and all evidence suggests that climate change is accelerating even faster than feared. Read more
Environmental Performance 2.0: How Will Ecosystem Services Affect Corporate Decision-Making Next?
Sissel Waage, Director, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
In January 2012, a potentially significant shift occurred for corporate decision-makers: Companies seeking financing from the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation, as well as from 76 global banks that signed on to the Equator Principles, became subject to due diligence processes that examine corporate impacts and dependencies on ecosystem services. This occurred even as more than 16 national and regional governments continued to focus on ways to integrate ecosystem services into public policy. With small-scale exploratory work underway for several years, corporate applications covered the spectrum—from integration of ecosystem services into accounting, to consideration of the issues as an element in risk-management and impact-assessment protocols. Read more
Biomimicry: Designing a Train to Work Like a Bird
Julia Robinson, Communications Associate
What the Facebook IPO Teaches Us About the Value of Ecosystems
Linda Hwang, Former Manager, Research
Two events took place within three months of each other that could fundamentally reshape the digital and physical world around us. On March 18, Facebook filed paperwork for its initial public offering, and on June 16, the Natural Capital Declaration was launched at the Rio+20 Conference in Brazil. What's interesting is what these two events have in common: Both are grappling with the definition of value. Read more
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