Taking Worker Rights to Scale—So What If There Isn’t a Business Case?

I just returned from Singapore, where (thanks to the generous support of the Levi Strauss Foundation) we convened a leading group of worker rights training organizations from around the world to collaborate on ways to scale and deepen the impact of their daunting and difficult in-factory work. Read more →

Posted: February 1, 2011 | Tags: Civil & Political Rights, Consumer Products, Human Rights, Return on Investment, Supply Chain

Demonstrating the ROI for Responsible Labor Practices

Nikki Weston

Return on investment. It’s the Holy Grail of corporate social responsibility. Everyone wants to make the business link between responsible labor and competitiveness, but how to do it? Actually coming up with indicators that can accurately measure things like the business return on an investment in responsible labor is not a simple matter. Read more →

Posted: July 16, 2009 | Tags: Human Rights, Return on Investment

Winning Back the Public’s Trust in Business ★

Aron Cramer, President and CEO

The fall of Lehman Brothers last September triggered a collapse in financial markets, and then the real economy. It also signaled a dramatic decline in the public’s trust in business. Read more →

Posted: September 8, 2009 | Tags: Financial Services, Governance & Accountability, Reporting & Communications, Return on Investment, Stakeholder Relations, Strategy & Integration, In Depth

Case in Point: How Intel Engages Employees in Sustainability ★

At Intel, an innovative high-tech company, a key focus of the company's corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts is on environmental stewardship. While the company has had successful sustainability programs in place for many years, Intel decided that an effective way to expand the impact of its programs would be to increase the engagement of its employees in its CSR activities. Read more →

Posted: August 25, 2009 | Tags: Environment, Return on Investment, Strategy & Integration, In Depth

Why Employees Join CSR Programs ★

Source: "The Engaged Organization" (National Environmental Education Foundation, March 2009) • View larger image Read more →

Posted: August 25, 2009 | Tags: Environment, Return on Investment, Strategy & Integration, Quick Hit

BSR Conference 2011: Leadership Required

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. Learn more →

Event Date: November 1-4 | Tags: Civil & Political Rights, Climate Change, Community Engagement & Development, Conflict Minerals, Consumer Products, Economic Development, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Ecosystem Services, Energy, Environment, Financial Services, Food, Agriculture & Beverage, Governance & Accountability, Health Care, Human Rights, Information & Communications Technology, Investor Perspective, Labor Migration, Land Use & Biodiversity, Materiality, Media & Entertainment, Mining, New Media, Philanthropy, Reporting & Communications, Return on Investment, Stakeholder Relations, Strategy & Integration, Supply Chain, Sustainable Consumption, Toxicity & Product Design, Transportation, Travel & Tourism, Water, Women & Sustainability

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 →

Posted: July 1, 2008 | Tags: Information & Communications Technology, Return on Investment, Stakeholder Relations, Supply Chain | Download (PDF) |