Publications

Project Briefs

Integrated management and reporting research focus brief

Maturity Guideline

Building Resilience into Business Strategy, Management and Reporting Version 1.0

Published Journal and Conference Papers

Haywood, L., Nel, D. and Trotter, D. 2010. Addressing business form a social-ecological perspective to understand and deal with risk and resilience. IAIAsa National Conference 2010, 23-25 August 2010, CSIR, Pretoria, Gauteng
http://researchspace.csir.co.za/dspace/bitstream/10204/4431/1/Haywood_2010.pdf

Haywood, L.K., Brent, A.C. Trotter, D.H. and Wise, R. 2010. Corporate Sustainability: A Social-Ecological Research Agenda for South African business. Journal of Contemporary Management 7: 325-345.
http://researchspace.csir.co.za/dspace/bitstream/10204/4456/1/Haywood1_2010.pdf

Popular Articles

Basson, W. 2011. Helping business respond to risk in a changing world. ScienceScope Vol 6, No 1 – pg 42
http://www.csir.co.za/publications/pdfs/chptr2_way_we_live.pdf

The Santam Group, the WWF, UCT, CSIR, and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative. 2011. Insurance in a changing risk landscape: Local lessons from Southern Cape of South Africa.
http://www.unepfi.org/fileadmin/documents/insurance_changing_risk_landscape.pdf

CSIR enews 2011. Focus on water, Helping business respond to water risk in a changing world.
http://www.csir.co.za/enews/2011_mar/04.html

Conference abstracts

Faccer K, Haywood, L., Reed,L. 2011. Tracking Risk and Resilience in the Sustainability Landscape of Corporate South Africa. Resilience 2011. Resilience, Innovation, and Sustainability: Navigating the Complexities of Global Change. 11-16 March 2011,Tempe, Arizona, USA.
http://csid.asu.edu/resilience-2011/program/files/Individual_Papers/pdf/Faccer_and_Haywood_etal.pdf

Herbstein, T., Faccer, K. Froestad, J. & Shearing, C. 2011. Social-Ecological Systems and the Insurance Industry: A South African case study. The Business of Social and environmental Innovation. 14-16 November 2011,Cape Town.
http://gsbblogs.uct.ac.za/gsbconference/files/2011/11/Socio-ecological-landscapes.pdf

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Secrets of horse genetics for conservation, breeding
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High exposure to everyday chemicals during pregnancy linked to asthma risk in children
A new study sheds light on a potential link between exposure to certain everyday chemicals during pregnancy and the development of asthma in children. The study analyzed data from over 3,500 mother-child pairs as part of the Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS), a large-scale nationwide research project.