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    Insights
    July 5, 2017

    The Apparel Industry’s Environmental Impact in 6 Graphics

    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • Freshwater
    Various piles of clothing strewn across a factory floor with two people sorting through the piles.
    • climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • Freshwater
    Forests
    Insights
    June 13, 2017

    Growing Trees and Growing Profit: Is Your Business a “Restoration Enterprise?”

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Worker in Better Globe Forestry’s tree nursery in Kenya
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Videos
    April 3, 2017

    Careers at WRI

    • Forests
    • Food
    • Freshwater
    • Ocean
    • Business
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • Food
    • Freshwater
    • Ocean
    • Business
    • Equity & Governance
    Business
    News
    March 24, 2017

    RELEASE: The Future Depends on Decoupling Business Growth from Resource Use

    • public transit
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Economics
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • public transit
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Economics
    • Business
    • agriculture
    Forests
    Insights
    January 30, 2017

    For Companies Aiming for Deforestation-Free Supply Chains, 8 Traps to Avoid

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    oil palm in Sumatra, Indonesia
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Food
    North America
    News
    January 26, 2017

    RELEASE: New Partnership Working to Reduce U.S.Food Waste by 50 Percent

    • Business
    • agriculture
    • U.S. policy
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • U.S. policy
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    January 24, 2017

    Awash in Green and Gold: The Emerging Restoration Economy in Kenya

    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    seedling in a Kenyan nursery
    • Forests
    • Business
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    Finance
    Insights
    January 18, 2017

    Save the Forests? There's Now an App for That

    • Forests
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Oil palm plantation
    • Forests
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Food
    Europe North America
    News
    August 11, 2016

    RELEASE: New “Better Buying Lab” to Develop Sustainable Food Strategies

    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Food
    • agriculture
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Food
    • agriculture
    Food
    Insights
    April 26, 2016

    How a Shrub in Africa Made Me Want to Change the Food Industry

    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Daniel Vennard (left) poses with clippings from the shrub he discovered.
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Forests
    Asia Latin America North America
    News
    March 21, 2016

    RELEASE: Cargill, WRI Partner to Monitor and Manage Deforestation and Water Risk Across Supply Chains

    • Freshwater
    • forest monitoring
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • water risk
    • Freshwater
    • forest monitoring
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • water risk
    Forests
    Insights
    March 18, 2016

    Linking Products to Places: The Initiatives Working to End Deforestation

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Harvesting logs in Malaysia.
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Climate
    Insights
    February 9, 2016

    What Are the Environmental Costs of Valentine’s Day Flowers?

    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • pollution
    • water risk
    Roses bought for Valentine's Day.
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • pollution
    • water risk
    Energy
    Insights
    January 26, 2016

    Solving the Twin Crises of Energy and Water Scarcity

    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • water risk
    Power plant and water
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    • water risk
    Asia
    Asia
    Data
    January 19, 2016

    Many Industries Can Find Water-Energy Connections Somewhere in Their Value Chains

    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Gender
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • water risk
    • Energy
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • Gender
    • fossil fuels
    • renewable energy
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 14, 2016

    6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2016

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Green Climate Fund
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    • stories to watch
    Andrew Steer
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Paris Agreement
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • Green Climate Fund
    • renewable energy
    • U.S. policy
    • stories to watch
    Food
    Insights
    April 28, 2015

    “Revaluing” Ecosystems to Include Nature’s Value on Balance Sheets

    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • natural infrastructure
    • Business
    • natural resources
    While oceans support lucrative fisheries, these benefits are rarely accounted for in ledgers. Photo by Pedro Ramirez Jr./U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • natural infrastructure
    • Business
    • natural resources
    Freshwater
    Insights
    March 19, 2015

    Water Stewardship: Good for Business, Good for Sustainable Development

    • Aqueduct
    • Business
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    River Hubelj in Slovenia. Photo by nejcbole/Flickr
    • Aqueduct
    • Business
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    January 9, 2015

    6 Stories to Watch in 2015: Global Climate Deal, Sustainable Development Goals, Rising Water Risks and More

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • stories to watch
    Andrew Steer presented 2015's Stories to Watch before a packed house at the Press Club in Washington, D.C. Photo by Bill Dugan/WRI
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • UNFCCC
    • United Nations
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • stories to watch

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