All Articles About Economic, Social & Cultural Rights

Report: Migrant Worker Management Toolkit: A Global Framework

This management tool for multinational companies and employers provides guidance on how to better manage migrant worker issues, from managing risks to better protecting migrant workers’ rights. Read more →

Posted: September 28, 2010 | Topics: Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Human Rights, Strategy & Integration, Supply Chain | Download (PDF)

Report: Good Practice Guide: Global Migration

This report provides policy guidance on all key international labor migration areas for international companies, employers, and contractors. This collection of what BSR considers “good practice” is not an auditable standard and is not a substitute for company codes of conduct. This document will evolve as the dialogue on international labor migration evolves. Read more →

Posted: September 28, 2010 | Topics: Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Human Rights, Labor Migration, Strategy & Integration | Download (PDF)

BSR Insight Article: Building a Baseline on Worker Empowerment Programs

Worker empowerment efforts—any activity helping workers take a stronger role in asserting and protecting their own rights—are critical to building strong management-worker relationships, increasing worker productivity, and preventing work stoppages in supply chains. Read more →

Posted: September 21, 2010 | Topics: Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Human Rights

BSR Insight Article: New Tools Help Companies Improve Conditions for International Migrant Workers

Chris Nolan, Associate Director, Advisory Services

BSR's Migration Linkages initiative just released two tools to help business protect migrant worker rights and manage related risks. Read more →

Posted: September 21, 2010 | Topics: Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Human Rights

BSR Insight Article: Guaranteeing the Security of the World’s Food

Roger McElrath, Manager, Advisory Services

According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, more than a billion people—roughly one in every seven people on the planet—suffered from undernourishment in 2009. Using a different methodology, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that the number of people experiencing “food insecurity” reached 833 million in 2009, and the USDA expects this issue to worsen over the next 10 years in 70 developing counties. The issue primarily affects those people living in rural areas in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, who (in the ultimate irony) rely on agriculture for their livelihood. Read more →

Posted: August 10, 2010 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Food, Beverage & Agriculture