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Water pricing, the business value of water and the human right to water are all issues that businesses face, especially in developing nations.
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The company's new guidelines, issued 20 years after it set terms of engagement focused on compliance in its supply chain, now aim to help the workers in its global supply chains prosper while also...
The race is on to establish supply chain standards capable of tackling Congo's conflict minerals ahead of new U.S. legislation.
Members of the new platform, called Global Compact LEAD, will work to implement the newly unveiled Blueprint for Corporate Leadership, a roadmap released by the UN Global Compact last year. The...
Presentations from Dolores Huerta and Majora Carter at green conferences in the last two weeks build the case for the environmental and economic benefits of an all-inclusive green movement.
Although the theme of this year's BSR conference was "innovate, integrate, and inspire," sessions across all topics focused on the importance of scaling change to make the...
Dan Bena, PepsiCo's director of sustainable development, gives us a glimpse of the discussion taking place this week at World Water Week.
As we approach what will be for many in the U.S. a long, vacation-filled weekend, it's time to reflect on something those leading the sustainability movement need more than almost anything else:...
Environmental refugees could increase from 50 million by 2011 to 1 billion by 2050, and director Michael Nash gives us a glimpse of the human face of climate change in his new documentary, Climate...
The financial reform law's requirements for conflict-free sourcing of electronics materials is a good step, but abandoning the DRC altogether is a knee-jerk reaction that won't fix the country's...
John Briscoe, a Harvard professor and development expert with years of experience working in the developing world, believes that large scale dams and GMO foods can be good for poor countries.
The U.N. adopted a resolution this week recognizing access to clean water as a fundamental human right in a move that is relevant for all businesses and geographies.
The company, a contract manufacturer for a number of electronics companies including Apple and HP, faces questions about its labor practices in the aftermath of suicides by workers.
Nestlé Waters North America faced four key challenges in its efforts to build a new bottled water plan in the northeastern U.S. The company partnered with Business for Social Responsibility...
A pilot project launched by some of the world's largest IT firms aims to establish the provenance of tin and other metals exported from the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo.
Whole Foods and Bed, Bath and Beyond are working to phase out transportation fuel from the Canadian Tar Sands, while Cartier, Sears and more than 60 other retailers have committed to buying gold...
The People's Republic of China is going green faster and more thoroughly than almost anyone in the West would have expected, but there are still barriers for companies looking to tap into that...
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