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A Tale of 3 Countries: Water Risks to Global Shale Development

  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk
Shale gas drilling site in Pennsylvania. Photo Credit: Nicholas Tonelli/Flickr
  • Energy
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk
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Sustainability at WRI: Our Annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Sustainability Report

  • Energy
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG emissions
  • corporate sustainability
Where in the world is WRI traveling? To better understand our business travel emissions and develop metrics for tracking changes, we instituted performance indicators, including emissions per staff and top destinations. Photo Credit: WRI
  • Energy
  • Business
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG emissions
  • corporate sustainability
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4 Actions Companies Can Take to Source Legal Wood

  • forest products
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
  • corporate sustainability
  • Business
Some countries have harvest or export bans on certain species or certain forms of harvested timber. It is important for companies to consider which timber species they are using and where they are purchasing from. Photo credit: Tim Gage, Flickr 2007
  • forest products
  • Forests
  • illegal logging
  • corporate sustainability
  • Business
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Forest Fires, Water Security, and China’s Sustainability Challenges: WRI’s 11 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2013

  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
New analysis reveals that 37 countries face extremely high levels of water stress, including Qatar (shown here). Photo credit: Neil Palmer/ CIAT
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
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5 Things We Learned in 2013 that Could Move the Needle on Sustainability

  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • water risk
New research shows that the world loses 50 soccer fields' of forest every minute of every day. Photo credit: Daniel Murdiyarso, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • deforestation
  • Food Loss and Waste
  • water risk
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WRI’s Top Outcomes of 2013

  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
  • climate change
  • food security
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • water risk
WRI measures its success through positive, on-the-ground change. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Business
  • Finance
  • climate change
  • food security
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • water risk
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Living within Earth's “Planetary Boundaries”

  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
"The Human Quest" pairs stunning photography with hard-hitting science. Photo credit: Mattias Klum, The Human Quest
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • agriculture
  • climate change
  • low carbon development
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Conflicting Reporting Systems May Hinder Companies' Water Risk Strategies

  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • data
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
A tugboat pushes barges on the Mississippi River. Photo credit: Tom Gill, Flickr
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • data
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
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Step-by-Step Guidance on Corporate Water Disclosure

  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • corporate sustainability
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • corporate sustainability
  • Freshwater
  • water risk

Nearly Half of U.S. Fracking Sites Overlap with Water-Stressed Regions

  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • fossil fuels
  • water risk
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New Integrated Reporting Framework Aims to Tackle Profit and Planet

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • corporate sustainability
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • corporate sustainability
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Accounting for Environmental Externalities Is Good for Business and the Planet

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • corporate sustainability
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • corporate sustainability
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What’s the Difference Between Water Use and Water Consumption?

  • Aqueduct
  • Business
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • Business
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
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The New Language of Sustainability: Risk and Resilience

  • Aqueduct
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • climate change
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • climate change
  • Freshwater
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Water Risk to Business Is No Small Drip

  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • Economics
  • Business
  • Aqueduct
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • mapping
  • Freshwater
  • Economics

6 Top Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2013

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Food
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Business
  • climate change
  • renewable energy
  • fossil fuels
  • U.S. policy
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Big Business and Sustainability: The Missing Links

  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • Freshwater
  • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
  • Business
  • Freshwater
Data

Comparing the Economic and Social Value of Mangroves and Shrimp Farms

  • agriculture
  • biodiversity
  • Economics
  • natural infrastructure
  • natural resources
  • low carbon development
  • Freshwater
  • wetlands
  • agriculture
  • biodiversity
  • Economics
  • natural infrastructure
  • natural resources
  • low carbon development
  • Freshwater
  • wetlands

Building a Rooftop Garden

  • greenhouse gases
  • renewable energy
  • Business
  • Freshwater
  • greenhouse gases
  • renewable energy
  • Business
  • Freshwater