Events by Topic: Information & Communications Technology

London, UK | Building Shared Value in a Complex World

Workshop | Best Practice Sharing to Advance Human Rights in the ICT Industry Learn more →

Over the past years, BSR has explored how ICT companies can apply the Guiding Principles in their business operations. The BSR workshop will review the ICT industry best practices.

San Francisco | BSR Events

BSR Conference 2011: Leadership Required Learn more →

Leadership in business is changing fast.

In today’s global, integrated, and transparent world, business is expected to do more than deliver shareholder returns. At its best, business is a creative force and an integral player in delivering prosperity for 9 billion people, applying game-changing technologies for social benefit, and radically reducing our use of natural resources.

Paris | BSR Events

Implementing the Guiding Principles on Human Rights and Business in the ICT Industry Learn more →

Meeting Purpose

In June 2011 the United Nations Human Rights Council approved new “Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy’ Framework”, proposed by UN Special Representative John Ruggie. This decision represents one of the most significant milestones so far on the issue of business and human rights. After six years of consultation, debate and discussion, more clarity exists today than ever before on the responsibilities that businesses hold to respect human rights.

Webinar | Sustainability Matters

Stories From the Field: The Business Case for Better Working Conditions ★ Learn more →

To ensure responsible labor practices—in both farms and factories—business leaders should start by meeting basic government, buyer, and corporate standards. However, companies should also look for how investments in better working conditions can improve their bottom lines.

Webinar | Sustainability Matters

Preparing for the 2011 Proxy Voting Season ★ Learn more →

Proxy voting is an important tool that many investors use to show their support for ESG issues, with a goal of garnering attention for areas they view as critical to a company's business.

Webinar | Sustainability Matters

Conflict Minerals and Corporate Responsibility ★ Learn more →

Pending U.S. regulations will require companies to report on "conflict minerals" in their supply chains, with the goal of severing the link between trade in tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold and the illegal funding of militants in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At the same time, NGOs are encouraging corporate action on this issue, companies are asking their suppliers for mineral-sourcing information, and industries are defining due diligence efforts.

Webinar | Sustainability Matters

Microsoft and Human Rights: Protecting Freedom of Expression in the Age of Global Communications ★ Learn more →

We live in a world today where vast information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and extensive flows of information have become a natural and unquestioned feature of modern life.

Webinar | Sustainability Matters

Responsible Transitions: Managing Factory and Site Closures in the Economic Crisis ★ Learn more →

In this webinar, learn strategies and solutions to manage factory or site transitions in a responsible way and to assist communities that are most impacted.