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Sustainability Matters Webinar | Sustainability Matters
Understanding Sustainability in the Chinese Marketplace Learn more
China is changing. For decades, products have been made in China, and manufacturers have established operations feeding global supply chains. Now these international supply chains are increasingly feeding the Chinese market, which means consumers and stakeholders in China are of growing importance.
New York, New York | BSR Events
UN Global Compact and BSR Roundtable on Business and Human Rights Learn more
The UN Global Compact and BSR will host an invitation-only roundtable with representatives of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights.
Sustainability Matters Webinar | Sustainability Matters
Integrating Human Rights into Business: Reports from the Front Line Learn more
This is the second in a series of BSR members-only webinars exploring the challenges and expectations for businesses as they implement the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
London, U.K. | BSR Events
Guardian Sustainable Business Quarterly: Business and Human Rights Panel Learn more
This joint Guardian Sustainable Business and BSR event will explore the approaches companies are taking to implement the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Webinar | Sustainability Matters
New French Reporting Law: What Does It Mean for Foreign Companies? Learn more
France has just issued a comprehensive new law, requiring both French and foreign companies to report on more than 32 sustainability indicators spanning environmental, social, and financial performance.
Webinar | Sustainability Matters
Sustainability and the New Global Workforce: A Discussion With BSR and Hitachi Data Systems Learn more
Focus of the Forum
How can companies harness the power of their sustainability initiatives to help develop and retain tomorrow’s leaders? Similarly, what role should talent management play in realizing a company’s sustainability objectives?
Webinar | Sustainability Matters
Applying Quality Tools to CSR Challenges Learn more
CSR practitioners grapple with numerous issues, including energy efficiency, reduced waste, supplier engagement several tiers away, and a strong focus on customer value. The quality world considers these old challenges put in a new context.
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.
Webinar | Sustainability Matters
Myth-Making and Culture-Changing: Telling Your Sustainability Story Learn more
Sustainability is one of our culture's "core stories"—used to define who we are and our purpose in life. Today, more often than not, big brands own those stories and can use them to influence customers by promoting the values of sustainability.
Webinar | Sustainability Matters
Business in Society: Trends and Themes in Global Public Opinion Learn more
For more than a decade, public opinion and research leader GlobeScan has been tracking the public's changing expectations of the corporate world around social and environmental responsibility. This body of research includes feedback from more than 30 countries and focuses on public perceptions of how well key industry sectors are doing in living up to these expectations.
Webinar | BSR Events
The State of Sustainable Business: Redefining Leadership in 2011 and Beyond Learn more
Leadership in business looks very different in today’s global, integrated, digital, and transparent world. Business aims to deliver more than just rising share prices, and faces a more diverse array of questions than ever before. Meeting these challenges requires finding the right balance of flexibility and commitment, listening and communicating, and a global view that respects diversity. And capturing the business opportunities associated with sustainability requires new kinds of thinking.
Webinar | Sustainability Matters
China’s 12th Five-Year Plan: What to Expect Learn more
China's much-anticipated 12th Five-Year Plan—released in March—includes a clear set of objectives related to strengthening internal markets and domestic demand. It also identifies seven industries—such as biotechnology and "new-generation" information technology—that should see substantial commercial opportunities over the next five years.
Copenhagen | BSR Events
The Business Case for Corporate Water Stewardship Learn more
Water has become a key strategic issue for leading global companies: 39 percent of companies are already experiencing detrimental impacts related to water issues, according to the CDP Water Disclosure’s first report. To prepare for increased water scarcity and growing consumption needs, water must be tracked, assessed, reduced, and reused. Companies today must understand their water footprints and develop an appropriate set of responses that address water-related risks within their direct operations as well as in their supply chains and in the watersheds in which they operate.
Webinar | Sustainability Matters
Maximizing Benefits from a Sustainable Supply Chain Learn more
Companies across all sectors are working with their suppliers to improve the sustainability performance of their supply chains. By investing in energy efficiency improvements or new employee engagement strategies, companies can achieve real business benefits, including productivity and efficiency gains.
Beijing | BSR Events
Asia Socially Responsible Investment Roundtable Learn more
Socially responsible investment (SRI) is the practice of integrating environmental sustainability, social responsibility, and corporate governance (ESG) considerations into the investment process. It is not only a means of risk mitigation for financial institutions, but also a powerful lever for shifting to a more sustainable global economy.
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
Moving Beyond the Factory Gates: Partnering With the Logistics and Transportation Sector to Meet Your Sustainability Goals Learn more
Global companies are increasingly looking to their supply chains to meet their sustainability goals, including reduced carbon emissions and lower overall lifecycle impacts. The logistics and transportation sector sits at the center of global supply chains, providing services to retailers and manufacturers, and can be a key partner for extending your company's sustainability beyond the factory gates.
Webinar | Sustainability Matters
The Future is Today: Are You Ready? Learn more
Join BSR's Senior Vice President Eric Olson as he discusses longer-term developments shaping the business environment and how leading companies are responding. From the design of products to addressing rapid obsolescence to delivering commercial value and local-benefit outcomes, this forum will focus on business strategies and practices that are building both competitive advantage and sustainable value for society.
Webinar | Sustainability Matters
Building Cross-Sector Partnerships to Maximize Social Impact in China Learn more
Given the scale of social and sustainability challenges in China, cross-sector partnerships are becoming increasingly important and have great potential to drive social impact. However, few companies in China know how to partner with NGOs in a way that has positive impacts on the company and the causes that they support. Similarly, few Chinese NGOs have learned how to maximize funding and resources available to them via corporate partnerships to realize their missions.
Webinar | Sustainability Matters
Reading the Signs: Preparing for the Future Today Learn more
In order to create opportunities and manage risks related to innovation investments that extend long into the future, managers must be willing to look ahead and consider uncertainties. No matter what happens in the future, companies are more likely to be ready for it if they've considered various scenarios and outcomes.
Webinar | Sustainability Matters
The State of Sustainable Business: 2010 and Beyond Learn more
With the global economic recovery in the balance, and sustainable business in the headlines, it's clear that innovation is more important than ever as a key driver of business success. As we move through an era of immense change, companies that take a fresh look at products, services, and business models will be positioned to create successful—and sustainable—businesses.
Webinar | Sustainability Matters
The State of Sustainable Business, Americas & EU Learn more
Based on the BSR Report 2008, find out what our sustainability road map means for the state of responsible business—and how your company can use it for 2009 and beyond.
Webinar | Sustainability Matters
The State of Sustainable Business, Asia Learn more
Based on the BSR Report 2008, find out what our sustainability road map means for the state of responsible business—and how your company can use it for 2009 and beyond.
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