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In This Issue
Editor's Note
ICT: Transparency and Reporting on Privacy, Security, and Content
We now live in a world built on the ever-growing networks of the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, where nearly every person everywhere uses or is somehow impacted by the vast infrastructure of this industry.
This week, we again turn our attention to ICT, this time looking at ICT’s relationship with key human rights issues, and ICT’s role in supporting sustainability more broadly.
BSR's ICT Practice Managing Director Dunstan Allison Hope leads this edition with a perspective on the advancements, best practices, and what’s still needed for progress when it comes to the sector's transparency and reporting on privacy, security, and content issues.
Next, Cody Sisco reports on a pioneering virtual (and free) event on how the ICT sector can provide profitable opportunities and solutions to create a low-carbon society.
Lastly, we switch gears to hear about findings from a new BSR report on opportunities and barriers to social and environmental compliance within the licensing business model.
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In Depth
Comparing Like With Like: Privacy, Security, and Content Issues
By Dunstan Allison Hope, Managing Director, Advisory Services, BSR
The information and communications technology sector has advanced its reporting and transparency around key human rights issues related to privacy, security, and freedom of expression, but there's room for improvements around quality and comparability of content.
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Spotlight
Social and Environmental Compliance in Licensing
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While compliance with social and environmental standards in supply chains can drive business success and sustainability, the opportunities and barriers to compliance have not yet been fully explored within the licensing business model.
BSR's latest report highlights key findings from a survey on the needs and constraints of licensees in effectively managing the sustainability expectations of licensors:
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Licensees generally understand the expectations of licensors.
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Traditional compliance challenges such as costs, audit fatigue, and lack of resources are pervasive.
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Licensees are trying to increase collaboration with suppliers to build supply chain compliance.
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While there is a strong communications foundation between licensors and licensees, transparency and trust could be improved.
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There's a clear need for capability-building among licensees.
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Existing collaborative compliance efforts have not yet addressed licensees' needs such as a single audit methodology and a joint code of conduct.
For more information on opportunities to improve collaboration between licensors and licensees, contact Blythe Chorn.
Toolbox
Virtual Sustainability Summit Showcases Smart ICT
"Smart ICT" is the first in a groundbreaking virtual event series focusing on sustainability in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. The event—co-sponsored by BSR—will feature an innovative format with virtual auditoriums for presentations, meeting rooms for networking, and an exhibit hall. International thought leaders, policymakers, advocacy groups, and experts will discuss concrete strategies on how the ICT sector can provide profitable opportunities and solutions to create a low-carbon society.
At the event, several BSR industry experts in the consumer products, food and agriculture, and manufacturing and transportation sectors will present perspectives on how ICT companies can help other industries incorporate environmental, social, and economic considerations into decisions concerning product design, manufacturing and logistics planning, and consumer communications.
The event takes place on March 30, 31, and April 1 for U.S., European, and Asian time zones respectively. Register here for free.
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Collecting meaningful water-related information is difficult at best, and today there is no clear guidance on what information should be collected, especially when it comes to a company's supply chain.