Eric Olson

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Is The World Ready For Your Innovation?
Our current retail system is set up to sell new products, which are used and then disposed of – very much a linear (and inefficient) process. The Closed Loop system implies that once products are used they can be reconditioned and brought back into the sales loop
Europe`s future depends on cities resilient to climate change
Around three quarters of Europeans live in cities. Most of Europe's wealth is generated in cities, and urban areas are particularly at risk due to climate change.
Microsoft Taxes Itself - Will it be enough to drive change?
This week, Microsoft is announcing an unusual initiative that it hopes will change how the company operates. Microsoft is charging every division and data center for the carbon emissions they generate. Will it be enough to drive change?
Life Cycle Approaches Key to Canada's Competitivenes
The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy today released a new report that identifies the need for Life Cycle Approaches in environmental and economic decision-making by companies and government.
Clean mining association launched
A new industry association has been launched aimed at supporting and advocating technological advancements to make the mining industry cleaner and more environmentally responsible.

Eric Olson

Senior Vice President of Advisory Services, BSR, USA

As a member of BSR's management team, Eric leads BSR's global advisory services practice delivering consultation on the design of successful sustainability strategies, and the integration of those strategies into core business practices at BSR's member companies and other clients.

Eric joined BSR in January 2005 with fifteen years of experience in the consulting field, including significant work in supply chain management and issues related to sustainable development. Eric previously served as Vice President, Advisory Services, with The Natural Step in San Francisco, where he led that organization's work to deliver advice and counsel to a broad range of companies on sustainability matters. Prior to that he served as a Vice President at the Boston Consulting Group, and was a Partner and Founding Member of the Mitchell Madison Group, a global consultancy focused on strategic sourcing and risk management.

Eric has a Masters in Philosophy in Russian and East European Studies from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and a B.A. in Chemistry and Russian from Macalester College.