Linda Hwang, BSR

As more companies try to improve their understanding of corporate performance by placing a dollar value on their use of ecosystem services, more tools are emerging to help businesses accomplish the task. Are any of them up to the job?

The newest frontier in sustainability -- sustainable consumption -- advocates a system that allows individuals to meet their needs without disrupting the planet's healthy ecosystems. Once framed as a limitation on business, sustainable consumption actually represents a new set of opportunities for companies, and some have already begun to find novel ways of delivering value without unduly taxing natural resources.