The Environmental Markets Initiative helps companies integrate ecosystem services into corporate decision making, risk assessment, and supply chain management processes.
A shift is occurring in how environmental issues are understood and what businesses are expected to do.
New market mechanisms are emerging not just in carbon, but also in water quality, air pollution, wetlands, and biodiversity. The Environmental Services, Tools, and Markets Initiative, launched in 2006, helps member companies stay ahead of the curve with research and briefings that assess the relevance of emerging ecosystem services tools and policies.
Whether your company has ecological liabilities, is reliant on flows of scarce natural resources, or may be eligible for new revenue streams from sustainably managed lands, this initiative will help you explore these risks and opportunities.
Resources
- Environmental Services, Tools, and Markets Overview
- Environmental Services Market Tool Work Plan 2010
- A Corporate Manager's Resource Guide to Trading in Air, Climate, Water, and Biodiversity Assets
- Environmental Markets: Executive Briefing
- Environmental Markets: Opportunities & Risks for Business
- Measuring Corporate Impact on Ecosystems: A Comprehensive Review of New Tools
Additional Relevant BSR Materials
Benefits
- Direct contact with leading experts and ecosystem services tool developers through carefully structured and facilitated meetings
- Structured context for due diligence on emerging issues and potential corporate 'points of view' on those issues
- Connection with a cross-industry group of peers looking at similar emerging issues
- Close working relationships with BSR experts who can help you think through emerging issues and their relevance to companies and industries
Participants
- BC Hydro
- BG Group Inc.
- BP p.l.c.
- Chevron Corporation
- DuPont
- Eni S.p.A.
- Exxon Mobil Corporation
- Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
- Rio Tinto plc
- Royal Dutch Shell