Events: Building Shared Value in a Complex World

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.

Paris, France | Building Shared Value in a Complex World

Workshop | Companies and Sustainable Lifestyles Learn more →

This workshop will be a highly interactive event to explore corporate responsibility regarding sustainable lifestyles and consumption.

Paris | Building Shared Value in a Complex World

Workshop | Lessons Learned on Human Rights Strategy Implementation for Capital-Intensive Companies Learn more →

This workshop will explore practices implemented by capital-intensive companies (oil, gas, construction, manufacturing, port, and infrastructure) to address expectations related to the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. 

Paris, France | Building Shared Value in a Complex World

Workshop | Reshaping Corporate Approaches to Sustainable Sourcing Learn more →

Recent supply chain crises across industries and regions have prompted many companies to re-evaluate their own overall approach to supply chain sustainability, including management practices and tools, employee incentives, and allocation of resources.

London, U.K. | Building Shared Value in a Complex World

Workshop | Corporate Social and Environmental Performance 2.0: What Companies Need to Know about Ecosystem Services Learn more →

BSR's event in London will offer an interactive opportunity to meet BSR experts who lead our work with corporate practitioners, including our recent research reports on public policy for, private sector uptake of, and corporate performance around ecosystem services. 

Paris | Building Shared Value in a Complex World

Workshop | Redesigning Supply Chains: From Risk to Opportunity Learn more →

This workshop will explore new solutions for the next stage of supply chain management practices to move beyond risk to opportunity. This will be a highly creative and participatory event – each attendee will share the key challenges facing them in advancing toward more sustainable supply chains, and the group discussion will be focused on identifying solutions for better collaboration and impact, and how to put them in place.

Paris | Building Shared Value in a Complex World

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

In June 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council endorsed a new set of Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect, Remedy” Framework, providing companies with a global standard for mitigating the risk of adverse impacts on human rights linked to business activity. Join BSR workshop to explore how information and communications technology (ICT) companies can apply the Guiding Principles.
 

London | Building Shared Value in a Complex World

Engaging with local communities through Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) Learn more →

This workshop is part of the BSR series Global Frameworks and Company Responses: Building Shared Value in a Complex World.

The UN’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples recognized the need for free, prior and informed consent by Indigenous Peoples in the event of any potential relocation and/or restitution. For example, with over 60% of the gold extracted today found on Indigenous territories, some Indigenous rights organizations have attempted to clarify and operationalize the concept, and fewer companies have attempted to develop a policy around it. Yet, several countries with substantial Indigenous populations have enacted laws requiring FPIC for extractive projects and most recently, the IFC has incorporated it to its revised standards.

Paris | Building Shared Value in a Complex World

Building Effective Local Content Strategies Learn more →

This workshop is part of the BSR series Global Frameworks and Company Responses: Building Shared Value in a Complex World.

Delivering local benefits in the communities where energy companies operate is no longer a choice. It is a commercial necessity—and one that is increasingly mandated by law. After nearly two decades working with companies multiple industries and regions, BSR has learned that the key to success is to deliver both development value for the community and commercial value for the company.

Paris | Building Shared Value in a Complex World

Human Rights and Transnational Enterprises Learn more →

Practical applications of the UN’s Guiding Principles on Human Rights for companies in the Extractives, Infrastructure and Primary Materials Sectors. This workshop is part of the BSR series Global Frameworks and Company Responses: Building Shared Value in a Complex World.