Publications

Featured

Guest Column: To find money, shift how Boulder does transportation. Yellow Scene, March 2024.
Guest Opinion: Colorado’s new climate roadmap is a resource for Boulder, Daily Camera, February 2024.
Newsletter: Ryan’s Review: A monthly update from Ryan Schuchard on Boulder City Council. Published monthly since December 2023.

Book chapters and sections

Understanding the Role of Government and Buyers in Supplier Energy Efficiency Initiatives (Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2014)
Global Corruption Report:
Climate Change (Transparency International, 2011)
Operations Management: An Asian Perspective (McGraw-Hill, 2009; ISBN: 9780071270625, pp. 519-521)
Corporate Climate Responses to Climate Change (Greenleaf Publishing, 2008; ISBN-13: 978-1906093082, pp. 302-319)
Carbon Trading: Some Insights and Perspectives (Icfai University Press, 2008; ISBN: 978-81-314-1469-9, pp. 61-78)

Reports and guides

California’s Clean Transportation
Technology Industry (CALSTART, 2016)
Value Chain Climate Resilience:A Guide to Managing Climate Impacts in Companies and Communities (Oxfam America, Acclimatise, and BSR, 2012)
Greenhouse Gas Protocol: Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard (World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2011)
CSR and Quality: A Powerful and Untapped Connection (BSR and ASQ, 2011)
Adapting to Climate Change: BSR’s Industry Guides (BSR, 2011)
Maximizing Benefits From a Sustainable Supply Chain (BSR, 2011)
Unlocking Energy Efficiency in China: A Guide to Partnering with Suppliers (BSR, 2010)
Communicating on Climate Policy Engagement: A Guide to Sustainability Reporting (BSR, 2010)
The Climate Change Guide (CBSR, 2010)
Low Carbon Prosperity Recommendations(World Economic Forum, 2009)
Apparel Industry Life Cycle Carbon Mapping (BSR, 2009)
The Nexus of Climate Change and Human Rights (BSR, 2009)
Understanding and Preventing Greenwash: A Business Guide (BSR and Futerra, 2009)
Building Greenhouse Gas Inventories in China (iCET, BSR and The Climate Registry, 2009)
A Business Guide to U.S. EPA Climate Partnership Programs (EPA, 2008)
Eco-Promising: Communicating the Environmental Credentials of Your Products and Services (BSR and Forum for the Future, 2008)
Offsetting Emissions: A Business Brief on the Voluntary Carbon Market (BSR, 2008)
Bio-Carbon and Corporate Climate Strategy: A Business Brief on Emissions Reductions Via Forestry and Land Use Projects (BSR, 2008)
Beyond Neutrality: Moving Your Company Toward Climate Leadership (BSR, 2007)
Getting Carbon Offsets Right (BSR, 2007)
Understanding the Renewable Power Options for Your U.S. Operations (BSR, 2007)
Who’s Going Carbon Neutral (BSR, 2007)
Do Cultural Patterns Influence Views Towards the Social Responsibilities of Business? (paper for cross-cultural management course at Thunderbird School of Global Management, 2006)

Articles*

Supply Chain Carbon Management: From Disclosure to Better Performance (BSR, 2013)
Grounded? Sustainability and Business Travel (BSR, 2013)
Value Chain is Top Climate Priority and Challenge: BSR/GlobeScan (BSR, 2012)
Poll Climate 2.0: What is expected of business now? (BSR, 2012). Reposted at Climate Progress. (copy)
Burning at Both Ends: Understanding Energy’s Major–and Opposite–Climate Trends (BSR, 2012) (copy)
Taking Ethics to The Cloud (BSR, 2012) (copy)
When Policy Fails, What Can Business Do? BSR’s 2012 Climate Initiatives (BSR, 2011) (copy)
The Best Features of the New Scope 3 Emissions Standard (Greenbiz, 2011) (copy)
4 Ways Companies Should Adapt to Climate Change (Greenbiz, 2011) (copy)
Why Solar Should Care about Sustainability (BSR, 2011) (copy)
Helping Business Adapt to Climate Change(Greenbiz, 2011) (copy)
A Sneak Peak at the New Rules for Carbon Footprinting (Greenbiz, 2010) (copy)
Moment Has Arrived for Business in Climate Negotiations (BSR, 2010) (copy)
BSR at Cancun: What We’re Watching at the Climate Talks (BSR, 2010) (copy)
Why Russia is the Land of Opportunity for Climate Action (Greenbiz, 2010) (copy)
Making Customers Behave: Download from the Behavior, Energy, & Climate Change Conference (BSR, 2010) (copy)
Understanding the Benefits of CSR (BSR, 2010) (copy)
The Latest CDP Results Reveal the Rise of Scope 3 Reporting (Greenbiz, 2010) (copy)
FTC’s New Anti-Greenwashing, Good-for-Business Green Guides (BSR, 2010) (copy)
3 Surefire Steps to Bring Climate Transparency to Your Supply Chain(Greenbiz, 2010) (copy)
BSR Kicks Off New Energy Management Collaboration…and Just in Time (BSR, 2010) (copy)
How Businesses Can Plan for the Unpredictability of Climate Change(Greenbiz, 2010) (copy)
Five Lessons From Walmart’s Supply Chain Work in China (Greenbiz, 2010) (copy)
Simple Tools for Effective Climate Reporting (Greenbiz, 2010) (copy)
10 Climate Trends That Will Shape Business in 2010 (Greenbiz, 2010) (copy)
Going for the Cold: What the Vancouver Games Can Teach Us About Adaptation to Global Warming (BSR, 2010) (copy)
Here’s a Plan B (BSR, 2009) (copy)
What Happened at COP15 (BSR, 2009) (copy)
Postcards from the climate negotiations in Copenhagen (Thunderbird, 2009) (copy)
Corporate Climate Leadership at Copenhagen (BSR, 2009) (copy)
Information, Please! The Knowledge Crux at Copenhagen (BSR, 2009) (copy)
Mountains: The Bellwethers of Climate Change (BSR, 2009) (copy)
Real Climate Leadership and the Rules of Policy Engagement (Greenbiz, 2009) (copy)
A Green Supply Chain Starts in China(Greenbiz, 2009) (copy)
Dispatch from Hong Kong: Will We Ever See Big-Picture Climate Accounting? (BSR, 2009) (copy)
Three Ways Climate Action Offers a Business Advantage (Greenbiz, 2009) (copy)
Why Climate Change Will Matter to Every Company (Greenbiz, 2009) (copy)
A Business Guide to Managing U.S.-China Relations (Greenbiz, 2009) (copy)
Waxman-Markey and the Business Case for Strong Climate Policy (BSR, 2009) (copy)
Whose Carbon Is It? The ABCs of Counting Emissions in Your Supply Chain (Greenbiz, 2009) (copy)
Field Notes: Helping Guide GHG Protocol’s “Scope 3” (BSR, 2009) (copy)
What New Climate Change Policies Will Mean For Your Business (Greenbiz, 2009) (copy)
Looking for Signs Along the Road to Copenhagen (Greenbiz, 2009) (copy)
Climate Change Lessons from the Slopes(Greenbiz, 2009) (copy)
Five Reasons You Should Consider Generating Green Energy On-Site(Greenbiz, 2008) (copy)
Creating Systemic Change: Lessons From Responsible Labor (BSR, 2008) (copy)
A-B-C-Design: Engaging the Whole Company in Developing Sustainable Products (Greenbiz, 2008) (copy)
The Difference Between Product and Supply Chain Footprinting (Greenbiz, 2008) (copy)

A shorter set of highlights is here.

*Full text of articles are in continuous blog format here.