BSR Insight Articles About Strategy & Integration
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BSR and the State of CSR: What We Mean When We Say ‘CSR’
Eric Olson, Senior Vice President, Advisory Services
When BSR celebrated its 20th anniversary last year, we chose themes for both our annual report (“Accelerating Progress”) and our annual conference (“Fast Forward”) to shine a bright light on the fact that we urgently need to develop more scalable and systemic solutions to address today’s sustainability challenges. Similar themes were sounded at another (somewhat larger) 20th anniversary event last year in Rio de Janeiro. Read more
Potential Over Profits: In Conversation With Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs’ Jean-Luc Beylat
Lisa Barrett and Benoit de Monspey, MBA students, INSEAD
Rapid technological advancements have coincided with a profound economic crisis and a growing global awareness of the limitations of our natural resources. But Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs France President Jean-Luc Beylat—who recently spoke at a Grand Debats event at BSR’s Paris office—abides by the sentiment that great opportunities arise from great challenges. He shared his vision for how innovation and technology—alongside long-term thinking that values market potential as well as current profits—can help solve pressing sustainability challenges. Read more
The Biggest Missed Opportunity in Corporate Strategy? Sustainability
David Korngold, Manager, Advisory Services
Articles on corporate strategy from traditional sources—that is, from the major consulting and accounting firms—offer plenty of valuable advice on everything from organizational design to reaching new markets to creating innovative products. Unfortunately, they usually miss a major factor that can make or break a corporate strategy: sustainability. Read more
BSR at 20: What Did We Learn?
Eva Dienel, Associate Director, Communications Julia Robinson, Communications Associate
To celebrate BSR’s 20-year anniversary in 2012, we held a global series of dinner debates to explore what has, and what has not, changed in sustainability—and how to accelerate progress. 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
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