Reports
July 23, 2008
Materiality Analysis for CSR in the Software Industry
July 1, 2008
Building Capabilities to Implement CSR Management Systems at ICT Suppliers in China
Learn how companies who work directly with factory managers to equip suppliers with CSR skills, knowledge, and systems are more effective in addressing persistent issues such as labor standards violations, environmental degradation, and poor health and safety protections. Read more
July 1, 2008
Culture Matters: The Soul of CSR in Emerging Economies
At the annual BSR Conference in 2006, we hosted a session to discuss a topic not commonly addressed in the business community — religion. Through this vibrant conversation, led by rabbi, a pastor and an Islamic scholar, we began to understand the powerful interplay of spiritual practice and corporate social responsibility in many parts of the world. What emerged from that discussion was a recognition that, as Allen White writes in this paper, “In a globalizing world, culture still matters.” In a world where we like to compartmentalize things like government, business and religion, it’s refreshing to discover that in fact these things are often intertwined. Read more
June 5, 2008
Evaluating Global Development Alliances
This report is a result of the growing importance of the private sector’s contribution to the social and economic growth of emerging markets, and the need to understand the full value and impact of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) public-private partnership model for development--Global Development Alliances. Read more
May 28, 2008
Word from the Street: Water
This brief includes a set of guidelines, described in the Water & Finance Workstream of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Finance Initiative publication “Half Full or Half Empty?”, which companies can use to evaluate their level of risk exposure to water constraints in order to respond to the growing community of investors and financiers who are including water criteria in their investment decisions. Read more
