BSR Insight Archives: 2011 09
September 27, 2011
Implementing a Human Rights Strategy
When the United Nations endorsed the Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights in June, it effectively created a global standard for governments and business to address human rights abuses involving corporations.
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September 20, 2011
Recommendations for the ‘G4’ Sustainability Reporting Guidelines
Today, approximately 2,000 companies issue sustainability reports every year, and many of them follow the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) guidelines.
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September 13, 2011
Adapting to Climate Change
Most companies understand the importance of reducing energy use to slow climate change. But mitigation efforts will only take us so far. Some of the “changes” associated with climate change are already locked in: an increasing number and severity of storms, receding rivers, advancing deserts, and more frequently occurring landslides, floods, and sinkholes.
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September 6, 2011
Walmart and the Quest for a Great Sustainability Story
With issues like climate change and the energy crisis, sustainability headlines hit the news almost every day. And business often ends up as a central character in these stories, sometimes as a hero, sometimes as a villain.
