Investing in Women for a Better World
March 05, 2010 | Category: Global CSR Trends & News | Download the report
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The New Frontier in Sustainability
July 2010 | Download the report
Framed for years as a limitation on business, sustainable consumption—an economic system that allows all individuals to meet their daily needs without disrupting the planet’s healthy ecosystems—actually represents the new frontier of sustainability for business. In a world where our consumption patterns outpace the planet’s ability to regenerate resources by 30 percent, companies that figure out how to deliver value with radically reduced material inputs will be well-positioned for success.
Our new report outlines how business can promote sustainable consumption by addressing parts of the value chain cycle that have been overlooked in first-generation sustainability efforts: product design, consumer engagement and use, and end-of-use. Also included are strategies that will help business redefine core activities through the multiple lenses of innovation, education, collaboration, and measurement to create to systemwide changes to consumption.
Business Opportunities in Sustainable Consumption
July 2010 | Download the report
The newest frontier in sustainability—sustainable consumption—advocates a system that allows individuals to meet their needs without disrupting the planet’s healthy ecosystems. At BSR, we have begun a conversation with businesses about sustainable consumption through workshops, discussions, and our newest report, “The New Frontier in Sustainability: The Business Opportunity in Tackling Sustainable Consumption.” In an era when the world faces significant constraints on natural resources—and equally significant demands to use those natural resources to create the products and services that meet people’s daily needs—progress on sustainability now depends on attending to the overlooked areas of the value chain cycle: product design, engagement and use, and end-of-use.
Building Long-Term Solutions: Retail Shopping Bag Impacts and Options
July 2010 | Download the report
The purpose of this report is to provide a high-level understanding of the environmental impacts of different kinds of bags, and to identify the types and magnitudes of environmental impacts associated with each kind of bag through a literature review of four publicly available life-cycle assessment studies. This study also aims to better understand how the environmental impacts of retail shopping bags can be reduced, including through means other than (or in addition to) choice of bag type, such as change in consumer behavior.