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BSR’s Center for Sustainable Procurement: Year 1 Findings and Insights

Tuesday Jun 18, 2013

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Tuesday Jun 18, 2013

Celine Suarez, Former Manager, BSR

Eric Olson, Senior Vice President, BSR

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The research draws lessons from three yearlong pilot projects with AT&T, Best Buy, and Dell, as well as from Hilton Worldwide's proprietary LightStay platform. The CSP is developing tools and approaches for sustainable procurement that will benefit the wider network of companies interested in integrating this into their overall sustainability priorities. The pilot projects—conducted with BSR member companies selected based on their existing supply chain sustainability focus and a high level of buy-in for this work—examined how companies can make sustainable procurement decisions in specific product categories covering a spectrum of challenges.

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Blog

The Decisive Decade

BSR Staff

The 2020s will be the decisive decade in terms of meeting the objectives of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), shifting the economy to achieve the aspirations of the Paris Agreement, and achieving a fair economy that works for everyone. For companies, this decade will be about creating resilient business strategies, moving beyond integration of sustainability to truly redefine business and the role of the company in society.

The Coronavirus’ Impact on Chinese Society and Supply Chains

Lin Wang, Director, BSR

The impact of Coronavirus on China and global business, especially supply chains, will be enormous. BSR's Lin Wang shares her experiences on the ground.

Climate Action in the 2020s: Three Steps to Reducing Value Chain Emissions

Giulio Berruti, Associate Director, Climate, BSR; Thibault Gravier, Director, BSR

A company's value chain contains its largest GHG reduction potential, and value chain decarbonization is a necessity to achieve SBTs. For companies that are pursuing SBTs, we propose three steps as key to achieving value chain emissions reductions.

In Conversation with Ross Rachey, Director, Global Fleet & Products, Amazon Logistics

Denielle Harrison, Manager, BSR

Companies like Amazon are exploring technologies to address the challenges of climate change. Recently, BSR spoke with Ross Rachey, Director of Global Fleet & Products, Amazon Logistics at Amazon, to discuss the company’s approach to sustainable fuel technologies and how their work supports their broader climate and sustainability agenda.

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