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BSR Insight Article: China’s Social Security System: Impact on Brands and Suppliers

Jeremy Prepscius, Vice President, Asia-Pacific

In China, social security, labor, and trade union laws are changing. At the same time, worker demands and desires are also evolving. With costs of production and workers’ expectations both rising, a middle ground is increasingly difficult to find. Consequently, negotiations often end in strikes, which affect workers, factories, and buyers. Read more →

Posted: December 4, 2012 | Topics: Economic Development, Human Rights, Labor Migration

BSR Insight Article: What Happens After 2015: The Role of Business in Furthering Development Goals

Julia Robinson, Communications Associate

As we approach 2015, the end date of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Save the Children’s new report explores what will happen next—and business’ role in furthering the aims of the MDGs. Read more →

Posted: December 4, 2012 | Topics: Economic Development, Leadership, Return on Investment, Strategy & Integration

BSR Insight Article: Isabel Sebastian of Bhutan Luminous on Happiness and Sustainability

Joyce Sood, Former Digital Communications Manager

In a video interview at the BSR Conference 2012, Isabel Sebastian of Bhutan Luminous Consultancy discussed how happiness and well-being could be used as a measure of progress in sustainability. Read more →

Posted: November 27, 2012 | Topics: Conference, Economic Development, Leadership, Return on Investment, Sustainable Consumption

BSR Insight Article: Devex Impact: Where Business and Development Meet

Nancy Wildfeir-Field, Former Director, Global Partnership Development

How does a company do well and do good? Increasingly, companies want to know how to create solutions to maximize economic outcomes, how to use their expertise to improve development outcomes, and how to put in place stewardship and governance policies that create a level playing field.   Read more →

Posted: November 20, 2012 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Conference, Economic Development, Strategy & Integration

BSR Insight Article: BSR Launches HERfinance to Improve Financial Literacy for Women in Global Supply Chains

Racheal Meiers (née Yeager), Director, HERproject

Today, BSR is launching HERfinance, an initiative that will create a financial literacy curriculum to educate female factory workers in global supply chains and help them access financial products. Read more →

Posted: November 13, 2012 | Topics: Economic Development, Financial Services, Women & Sustainability

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