All Articles About Economic Development
Report: Women and Sustainability: Investing in Women's Health
Racheal Meiers (née Yeager), Director, HERproject
The gender dimensions of health have significant impacts on workplace productivity, the consumer marketplace, community stability, and community member well-being. Investments targeted at raising women's health awareness and access to health products and services, can deliver important immediate business benefits, such as more productive workforces or more informed consumers. In the longer term, these investments also support women's full economic participation and contribute to healthier, more stable communities. Read more
Report: Women and Sustainability: Investing in Women Economic Empowerment
Racheal Meiers (née Yeager), Director, HERproject
Investments in women's economic empowerment are a strategic means to create and support markets, by providing jobs, opportunities for professional development, financial literacy and access to banking, and start-up capital and capacity-building to help women run small businesses. Read more
BSR Insight Article: Global Government Affairs: The Importance of Strengthening Civil Society
Faris Natour, Director, Human Rights
At BSR’s roundtable discussion in Washington, D.C. last week, government affairs and CSR executives from business, along with representatives from civil society and government, discussed the convergence of the CSR and global government affairs agendas, the need for sustainability to be part of the DNA of a company, and the challenges of operating in countries where rule of law is compromised. Read more
BSR Insight Article: The Role of Business in Linking Migration and Development
Guy Morgan, Director, Advisory Services
BSR participated as an expert observer at the Global Forum on Migration and Development earlier this month in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Together with representatives from academia, NGOs, development institutions, and nonprofits, we discussed the challenges of labor migration and development. BSR helped convene a panel on “Building Partnerships with the Private Sector” at the event, based on our white paper on the topic. Read more
BSR Insight Article: Measuring Environmental Performance: The Business Case for New Tools
Linda Hwang, Former Manager, Research Sissel Waage, Director, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
For years, environment and natural resource managers have been tracking individual parameters linked to air pollution, water, and energy consumption. Specific indicators are identified, measured, and trends tracked. Private, public, and nonprofit organizations have been diligently measuring water used, greenhouse gases emitted, waste averted or recycled, and many other individual metrics. Yet, academic, nonprofit, and public sectors are now placing greater attention on ecological systems. A set of tools to help companies take a systems approach is evolving, but to achieve significant uptake, the business case for these tools needs to be clearly demonstrated. BSR’s Environmental Services, Tools & Markets (ESTM) Working Group is working with member companies to define and articulate this case. Read more
More Economic Development Articles
‹ First < 9 10 11 12 13 > Last ›
Filter Economic Development
- 17 Blog Entries
- 29 BSR Insight articles
- No BSR Voices podcasts at this time
- 5 Reports
- 1 Case Studies
- 1 Sustainable Investment in China articles
