Scrutiny of companies’ environmental and social footprint is increasing. Companies will increasingly need to protect themselves from environmental and social risks (ESR).

ESR writing examples:

• “Should we tinker with plant genes?” New York Times.  Letter to the Editor, signed by Dena Hoff, Vice President of the National Family Farm Coalition.  24 May 2010.
• “The Fall of a Brazilian Financier.” Counterpunch, May 27, 2009.
• “Violence, Mutiny and Environmental Pillage in the Amazon.” Center for the Study of the Americas. October 14, 2008.
• “When Renewable Isn’t Sustainable: Agrofuels and the Inconvenient Truths Behind the 2007 U.S. Energy Independence and Security Act.” With Eric Holt-Giménez, PhD. Food First! Institute for Food and Development Policy. March 2008.
• California’s New Green Revolution: Pioneers in Sustainable Agriculture. With Dr. Desmond Jolly.  University of California Small Farm Center. Davis, California. 2008.
• “Taking on Big Cellulose: Brazilian Indigenous Communities Reclaim Their Land.” With funding support from the Samuel Chavkin Investigative Journalism Award at the North American Congress on Latin America. November 26, 2007.