All Articles About Economic Development

Report: Can Women Solve the World’s Woes? A Q&A with 'Half the Sky' authors Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Racheal Meiers (née Yeager), Director, HERproject

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn—authors of a new book about how to turn oppression into opportunity for women—talk with us about what they say is the key to economic progress: investing in women and girls. Read more →

Posted: December 11, 2009 | Topics: Economic Development, Human Rights, Supply Chain, Women & Sustainability | Download (PDF)

BSR Insight Article: Can Women Solve the World’s Woes? A Q&A with Half the Sky authors Nicholas Kristof and Sher

Interview by Racheal Yeager, Associate, Partnership Development, BSR

In October 2009, New York Times journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn published a powerful call to action in their book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors posit that individuals and organizations worldwide can advance economic progress and fight poverty by investing in women and girls. Read more →

Posted: December 1, 2009 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Economic Development, Strategy & Integration, Women & Sustainability

BSR Insight Article: Business Leadership Needed for Sustainable Water Solutions

Speaking last week at a conference on worldwide industrial and urban challenges for sustainable water management, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, director of Columbia University's Earth Institute, emphasized the need for business to work with scientists and civil society to find solutions for the world's global water challenges. Read more →

Posted: November 10, 2009 | Topics: Economic Development, Strategy & Integration, Water

BSR Insight Article: Indigenous People and Business: Meeting Expectations

Chris Nolan, Associate Director, Advisory Services

With 370 million indigenous people worldwide, international standards defining the basic rights of these people—including the ILO 169, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and the International Finance Corporation's Performance Standard 7—are increasingly relevant for industries such as extractives, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, and agriculture. Read more →

Posted: October 13, 2009 | Topics: Civil & Political Rights, Community Engagement & Development, Consumer Products, Economic Development, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Health Care, Mining

Blog: ESG in the Mainstream

Laura Gitman, Managing Director, Advisory Services

With Bloomberg launching a new environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data service for its stock data service subscribers, ESG data are becoming increasingly visible and available to mainstream investors and analysts, even if they're not specifically looking for it.  Read more →

Posted: October 12, 2009 | Topics: Economic Development, Investor Perspective