Solutions for Business

What is BSDglobal all about?

Business has entered into a new phase in which sustainable business performance is regarded as:

A global competitive advantage
A catalyst for innovation
A way to capture new market and financing opportunities

Consumers demand that goods and services be produced by socially and environmentally responsible companies. Bankers and investors evaluate companies and make decisions, considering both environmental risks and environmental market opportunities. Consequently, more companies are discovering the benefits of going beyond regulatory compliance, toward sustainability.

Business and Sustainable Development (BSD): a global guide is intended to encourage business people to develop a vision of a sustainable company, translate that vision into a management action plan and turn sustainability into a competitive advantage.

The original site was developed with support from the Canada Manitoba Infrastructure Works Program.

	Go to BSDglobal.com! We have launched a new website to replace these pages. Business and Sustainable Development: A Global Guide (www.bsdglobal.com) holds our original material in a new framework, with 30% more content, on issues, business tools and cases. Looking for the original sections? See below...
	The Sustainable Development Journey Now on the BSDglobal resources menu.
	Build Competitive Advantage Sections have been moved to Current Issues and Strategies and tools.
	Increase Market Share See Markets
	Increase Shareholder Value Now under Banking and investment

	Sustainable Business Developments in Canada See the new Case database on Canadian success stories.
	IISD's Business Publications Business Strategies for Sustainable Development Coming Clean Sustainability and Competitiveness Global Green Standards Beyond Regulation: Exporters and Voluntary Environmental Measures Performance Contracting Incentives for Early Action on Climate Change EarthEnterprise Tool Kit

What is BSDglobal all about?

Go to BSDglobal.com!