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By Libby Annat, Senior Ethical Trade Manager, Primark
Latest Entry: February 17, 2012
HERproject: A Perspective From Primark
Note: This is the second blog in a three-part series highlighting the impact of HERproject in Bangladesh. The first blog explored impacts within and beyond factory walls through the stories of HERproject peer educators. This blog shares a participating brands’ perspective on health and business impacts she has seen, and the third blog will profile one of our NGO partners. Read more →
February 15, 2012
Sharpening the Terms of the Debate About the Sustainable Consumption of Fashion
Cody Sisco, Manager, Advisory Services
Every once in a while, something magical happens to transform a boring conference call into an inspiring debate. Last week, the Advisory Group to the NICE Consumer project (a group that represents Marks and Spencer, H&M, Vivienne Westwood, WGSN, and PPR) met virtually to officially kick off the project, and the mix of industry experience, visionary thinking, and critical questions were explosive. Read more
February 15, 2012
Sustainability Reports: Worth the Effort?
Dunstan Allison Hope, Managing Director, Advisory Services
February 14, 2012
Talking to HERproject Heroes in Bangladesh
Racheal Yeager, Manager, HERproject
Note: This is the first blog in a three-part series highlighting the impact of HERproject in Bangladesh. This first blog explores impacts within and beyond factory walls through the stories of HERproject peer educators. The second blog will share a participating brands’ perspective on health and business impacts she has seen, and the third blog will profile one of our NGO partners. Read more
February 10, 2012
Sustainability Frames of Reference in New Economies
Guy Morgan, Manager, Advisory Services
We all know there is no “one size fits all” approach to corporate sustainability. Management of sustainability is a function of local market dynamics, socioeconomic conditions, national history, and cultural contexts, among other factors. Indeed, the frames of reference for sustainability are dramatically different around the world. Read more
February 8, 2012
How ESG Works in Private Equity
Virginia Terry, Director, Advisory Services
At a recent New York event that BSR co-hosted with Morrison & Foerster and Private Equity International, speakers from BSR, KKR, The Carlyle Group, Morrison & Foerster, and Generation Investment Management discussed how to integrate ESG considerations into the private equity lifecycle. With its long-term investment horizons and its ability to work directly with portfolio companies to improve performance, private equity is ideally suited for ESG investing. Ultimately, thoughtful management of ESG issues is critical to the success of long-term private equity investment. Read more
February 8, 2012
Conflict Minerals and Global Trends in Responsible Sourcing
Sasha Radovich, Manager, Advisory Services
Note: This is the third blog in a three-part series highlighting the critical issues that risk getting lost in the rush to implement due diligence on conflict minerals. Our first blog discussed the local impacts of supply chain policies. The second blog focused on the importance and relevance of local labor and environmental issues outside the conflict. Read more
January 31, 2012
Where BSR Will Be in February
By Anisha Malhotra, Communications Intern
Here’s a roundup of where BSR staff will be and the events we will be hosting this month: Read more
January 27, 2012
Letter to the New York Times From BSR
Aron Cramer, President and CEO
Earlier this week, BSR asked the New York Times to correct inaccurate and misleading information in the story that ran on January 26, 2012 entitled “In China, the Human Costs That Are Built Into an iPad.” Here we present our letter to the editor that we submitted following publication of the article, as well as the main points we made to the New York Times in a letter sent on January 17, prior to publication. While some changes were made to the story, we believe that several important inaccuracies and misleading information remained in the story that was published on January 26. Read more
January 26, 2012
The Relationship Between Consumers and Business is Changing From the Bottom Up
Aron Cramer, President and CEO
When most people think of Davos, it is highly unlikely that the image that comes to mind is senior business executives and NGO leaders on the floor building models from materials that can be found in an average pharmacy. But that was exactly the scene Wednesday afternoon during the workshop I ran entitled "Consumers as Innovators." Read more
January 25, 2012
Davos 2012: The Bottom-Up Transformation
Aron Cramer, President and CEO
Media coverage of Davos often focuses on the “boldface names,” the CEOs, prime ministers, and globally recognized artists who help to make the annual meeting a worldwide phenomenon. And while their presence in Davos is, without doubt, one of the things that makes this event so unique, it actually obscures another aspect of Davos that tells us a great deal about how the world is changing from the bottom up. Read more
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