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BSR Insight Articles About Land Use & Biodiversity

We found 13 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 

Posted: April 9, 2013 | Topics: Ecosystem Services, Environment, Land Use & Biodiversity

Four Human Rights Issues Every Food and Agriculture Company Needs to Understand

Peter Nestor, Manager, Advisory Services

When the United Nations endorsed the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights 18 months ago, businesses in nearly every industry took a more serious look at their human rights impacts. For food, beverage, and agriculture companies, labor rights are often the most well-understood and critical human rights risks. But a holistic approach to assessing human rights will uncover several other potential impacts that are often overlooked. Read more 

Posted: February 12, 2013 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Human Rights, Labor Rights, Land Use & Biodiversity, Water

Sustainable Urban Growth: Is Hong Kong a Model for China?

Raj Sapru, Former Director, Advisory Services

Note: This is the second of a multi-part series on sustainable urban growth. Read part one, on the private sector’s role in sustainable urban development, here. Read more 

Posted: November 27, 2012 | Topics: Environment, Land Use & Biodiversity, Stakeholder Relations, Water

Case in Point: Implementing Sustainable Agriculture in Walmart China's Supply Chain

Laura Ediger, Associate Director, Advisory Services

The only place dark enough was a small room in the corner of a storage building, so the group of 20-odd farmers crowded around the door peering in at the images projected on the wall. For the next two hours, everyone listened as Liu Guosheng, a professor from the Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, explained how they could treat yellow rust on their pear crops, also known as “chicken-foot disease” for the marks it leaves on the skin of the fruit. But instead of coaching them on spraying pesticides, the professor was teaching farmers about an integrated pest management approach that incorporates better cultivation and hygiene practices.>/p> Read more 

Posted: September 18, 2012 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Land Use & Biodiversity, Supply Chain

Native Organic Products Head Leontino Balbo Jr. on Large-Scale Organic Farming

Kimberly Murphy, Former Conference and Special Projects Manager

During a recent interview, BSR Conference 2012 plenary speaker Leontino Balbo Jr., executive vice president of Brazil's Native Organic Products, discussed how his organic food and beverage company became the world's largest organic sugarcane producer. Read more 

Posted: September 4, 2012 | Topics: Environment, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Land Use & Biodiversity

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