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Blog: Top 10 BSR Blogs of 2012

Julia Robinson, Communications Associate

Looking for holiday-season reading? Consider one of our most-read blogs of 2012. Read more →

Posted: December 18, 2012 | Topics: Financial Services, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Human Rights, Labor Migration, Reporting & Communications, Strategy & Integration, Supply Chain, Sustainable Consumption

BSR Insight Article: BSR at 20: What Did We Learn?

Eva Dienel, Associate Director, Communications Julia Robinson, Communications Associate

To celebrate BSR’s 20-year anniversary in 2012, we held a global series of dinner debates to explore what has, and what has not, changed in sustainability—and how to accelerate progress. Read more →

Posted: December 18, 2012 | Topics: Economic Development, Environment, Financial Services, Leadership, Materiality, Strategy & Integration, Sustainable Consumption

BSR Insight Article: EDF’s New Tool for ESG Management in Private Equity

John Hodges, Director, Financial Services

EDF’s new environmental, social, and governance (ESG) management tool—which BSR is helping roll out—will help private equity companies integrate ESG analysis as a fundamental part of investment decisions. The tool will help companies establish ESG management programs, assess their current performance, and create measurable results. It defines 21 best practices, which include ensuring senior leadership’s commitment to ESG, integrating ESG management into the due diligence process, and integrating ESG monitoring and reporting into portfolio companies. Read more →

Posted: December 11, 2012 | Topics: Environment, Financial Services, Governance & Accountability, Reporting & Communications

BSR Insight Article: New Emissions Reporting Guidelines for Banks on Investment Footprints

Andrew Matthews, Associate, Advisory Services

Of the financial services companies who responded to the 2012 Carbon Disclosure Project Global 500, 72 percent reported on one or more Scope 3 categories (emissions stemming from the value chain). Read more →

Posted: November 20, 2012 | Topics: Climate Change, Energy, Financial Services, Reporting & Communications, Transportation, Travel & Tourism

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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