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ResearchCoverage of BSR's 2009 Conference, "Reset Economy. Reset World."
The 2009 annual conference from Business for Social Responsibility, presented October 20-23, 2009, explores the theme "Reset Economy. Reset World."
In a world that's been "reset" by a trio of global crises -- the sharp worldwide recession, accelerating climate change, and a collapse of trust in business -- the implication and opportunities for business are enormous. Now more than ever, innovative sustainability strategies are needed to deliver business value today, and position companies to successfully meet the greater challenges ahead.
Here we present our coverage leading up to and during the conference.
- Having just returned to our offices after a great week at the BSR Conference 2009 in San Francisco, I am both sobered by the daunting challenges we face as a global community and inspired by the......
- Increasingly, voluntary sustainability reporting is becoming a mainstream practice. Yet with the global economy still roiling, trust in business remains low and the question of mandatory reporting is......
- One session at this year's Business for Social Responsibility conference focused on how sustainability initiatives are taking root in China; the head of BSR's China operations sat down for an......
- A top-notch panel on traceability in the supply chain offered a hard look at one of the biggest challenges facing companies, part of a roster of big issues tackled during day two of the 2009 BSR......
- A survey of business leaders attending the BSR Conference found that climate change is the top priority for many businesses, with an almost equal number saying the biggest part of their climate......
- At the opening sessions of the 2009 BSR conference, industry and public-sector leaders explored the scope of the problems facing the world, and proposed how the global business community can shape......
- Nike's corporate responsibility agenda has evolved from one based on risk and reputation management to being a source of innovation, a change that has yielded not only new products, but a shift in......
- In this excerpt from a GreenBiz Radio podcast, Aron Cramer explains some of the ways that Business for Social Responsibility is helping companies succeed in a world that has been reset by economic,......
- (Episode 96): Aron Cramer, President and CEO of Business for Social Responsibility, offers a look at some of the issues that the forthcoming conference will address, from the ecological forces...
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