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About the BSR Review

The BSR Review is a collection of articles, research reports, and opinion pieces written or developed by BSR.

The BSR Review is published six times a year, with each issue focusing on a different topic. BSR Members will automatically receive a copy by email. Non-members can subscribe by sending a request to BSR Membership Team.

August 24, 2011

Women and Sustainability

In response to a question about Saudi Arabia's economic competitiveness in 2007, Bill Gates famously announced to the gender-segregated audience: "If you're not fully utilizing half the talent in the country, you're not going to get too close to the top."

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Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Consumer Products, Economic Development, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Financial Services, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Health Care, Human Rights, Media & Entertainment, Mining, Strategy & Integration, Supply Chain, Transportation, Travel & Tourism, Women & Sustainability

June 22, 2011

Sustainability in the Chinese Context

With China's incredible growth, it will soon become the world's second-largest economy. However, the country strives for more than just economic prosperity—sustainable development is a top priority for the country, as evidenced by the latest 12th Five-Year Development Plan.

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Topics: Climate Change, Economic Development, Energy, Environment, Human Rights, Reporting & Communications, Strategy & Integration

April 11, 2011

Putting a Value on Nature

In January 2011, Dow Chemical and the Nature Conservancy committed US$10 million to establish a new approach to resource management. During the announcement, Dow President and CEO Andrew N. Liveris said: "Going forward, the businesses that are best positioned to get ahead will be the ones that truly build a full approach to ecosystem management and biodiversity economics into all of their plans."

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Topics: Ecosystem Services, Environment, Strategy & Integration

February 9, 2011

Solving the Human Rights Challenge

Welcome to the third edition of the BSR Review, our bi-monthly update on issues central to sustainable business. This edition features a collection of BSR’s recent work on human rights—one of the most pressing and challenging issues for business today.

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Topics: Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Human Rights

December 8, 2010

Taking the Lead on Climate Change

Welcome to the second edition of the BSR Review, our bi-monthly update on issues central to sustainable business. This edition features a collection of BSR’s recent work on climate change and energy management—a topic we selected to coincide with the COP-16 conference underway in Cancun, Mexico, which comes less than a year after a disappointing summit in Copenhagen.

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Topics: Climate Change

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