BSR Insight Articles About Toxicity & Product Design
We found 7 BSR Insight articles on this topic; most recently published at the top.
Safe and Sustainable Chemicals: The Case for Action
Corinna Kester, Associate, Advisory Services Mark Rossi, Chair, BizNGO
Note: This is part one of a two-part series highlighting societal trends and drivers for companies to address chemical impacts. Part two will offer examples of and information about how companies can approach chemical management. Read more
Precious Waste: Finding Gold in Discarded Electronics
Julia Robinson, Communications Associate
The Sustainability Opportunity in Product Obsolescence
Marshall Chase, Associate Director, Advisory Services
On the last day of the BSR Conference 2011, Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn noted that we have about five years to address the world’s critical sustainability challenges. But to do this, he added, we need new business models. Read more
Re-Scaling for the New Local
Linda Hwang, Former Manager, Research
In the next decade, rapidly growing urban regions will need redesigned infrastructure, goods, and services to match peoples’ needs and work within planetary constraints. New efforts to track well-being and happiness, ecological systems under stress, and community and culture shocks like forced water restrictions and food-safety scares are driving people to pursue more resilient solutions such as low-impact housing, off-grid water and energy, seed-sharing programs, and community-supported agriculture. Read more
Walmart: The Greatest Sustainability Story of Our Time?
Eva Dienel, Associate Director, Communications
In Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward Humes’ latest book, Force of Nature, Walmart is the unlikely hero in a tale about the environment and sustainability, which Humes calls “the most important story of our age.” I spoke with Humes—who will discuss sustainability storytelling at the BSR Conference 2011—about what makes Walmart’s story so compelling, how to make your business’ sustainability story part of company lore, and how to avoid the trap of “mego” (shorthand for “my eyes glaze over”) when chronicling your own experience. Read more
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