Laura Ediger, Environmental Manager at Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), is closely involved with water quality and energy efficiency issues in southern China and is also connecting food and agricultural companies with their suppliers to improve water management. Prior to joining BSR, Laura conducted research in China on land use, migration, forestry and agriculture, and was a research fellow at the Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Beijing. Laura also worked as a consultant in Southeast Asia on the impacts of hydropower and extractive industries and has conducted research and project work in several Asian countries for the World Agroforestry Centre, the Economist Intelligence Unit and Oxfam America.