BSR Insight Articles About Energy
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The Middle East’s ‘Latent’ Crisis—and What It Means for CSR
Guy Morgan, Director, Advisory Services
At a recent breakfast event in our Paris office, BSR had the privilege of hearing from Hugo Micheron, a Paris-based economist who specializes in the Middle East. I caught up with Micheron after the event to get his take on where the Middle East is going, and what solutions exist to deal with what he has dubbed “the latent crisis in the Gulf.” Read more
Getting to Know Your Suppliers: The Three ‘A’s’ for Improving Climate Performance
Ryan Schuchard, Manager, Climate and Energy
For the past five years or so, global companies have started to seriously address climate change by using one of their biggest levers for impact: the supply chain. Efforts include the CDP Supply Chain initiative, industry collaborations such as the Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition, and individual company initiatives like those from Walmart. In spite of this, most supply chain emissions-reduction activities have not been reaching their full potential. Read more
Tackling Food Waste
Guy Morgan, Director, Advisory Services
Approximately one in three food calories globally is wasted between “farm and fork.” Food spoilage and waste occurs during crop growth, harvesting and processing, in retail and restaurants, and in the home. As a result, millions of tons of food waste are generated annually, with the majority ending up in landfills or incinerators. In the United States, food scraps represent more than 14 percent of the total municipal solid waste stream (PDF). Read more
Top 10 CSR Issues and Trends for the Extractives Industry in 2013
Jessica Davis Pluess, Manager, Research Michael Oxman, Director, Advisory Services
For the extractives industry, 2013 will bring key challenges, but at BSR we are optimistic that leading companies will continue to integrate sustainability into their core business models and identify new opportunities to collaborate within and across sectors on mega-issues such as climate change and poverty alleviation. Read more
New Emissions Reporting Guidelines for Banks on Investment Footprints
Andrew Matthews, Associate, Advisory Services
Of the financial services companies who responded to the 2012 Carbon Disclosure Project Global 500, 72 percent reported on one or more Scope 3 categories (emissions stemming from the value chain). Read more
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