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BSR Insight Article: Will Old Europe Become the New World of Sustainability in 2011?
Peder Michael Pruzan-Jorgensen, Vice President, Europe, Middle East, and Africa
European companies, government officials, and civil society representatives have tended to scoff at their American cousins’ approach to sustainability, and also at the perceived fundamental disregard for the environment and human rights in BRIC countries. But as we make our way into 2011, I sense a shift in Europe toward a more somber mood, similar to the sobriety that comes to a soccer team the day after an unexpected defeat by a mignon competitor: heads down, feet dragging, and a realization that something different has to be done. Read more
BSR Insight Article: State of Green Business 2011
GreenBiz's fourth annual "State of Green Business" report presents the top 10 trends and 20 indices for measuring how well companies are improving their environmental performance. According to the report, green business did not die during the recession; rather, companies are diving deeper and investing in longer-term sustainability initiatives. Read more
BSR Insight Article: Universal Access to HIV Services: A Promise Yet to Be Realized
Mark Little, Director, Healthcare, Advisory Services
More than 20 years after the first World AIDS Day on December 1, 1988, the theme for this year’s observance—“Universal Access and Human Rights”—is a sobering reminder of two challenges that characterize the fight against this epidemic. First, while the global AIDS epidemic has slowed, with UNAIDS reporting a 20 percent decrease in new HIV infections over the past decade, HIV continues to spread in developed and developing countries at rates that outpace treatment by more than 2:1. Second, the HIV epidemic has illuminated and continues to illuminate the inequities in our societies that result from a failure to fully realize human rights. Read more
BSR Insight Article: Access to Medicine: From Philanthropy to Marketplace
Mark Little, Director, Healthcare, Advisory Services
Pharmaceutical companies produce drugs that enhance and extend the lives of billions of people worldwide, but the poor are often excluded from these benefits. While access to medicine is a challenge for poor populations in both developed and less developed countries, the issue is most severe across Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and China, where millions die every year from diseases like HIV/AIDS that are effectively treated elsewhere. Even more people die from “neglected diseases” like tuberculosis and malaria that were eradicated so long ago in most developed countries that diagnostics and therapies used today are more than 50 years old. Read more
Case Study: Pfizer: Focusing, Refining, and Aligning CSR with a New Strategy
In late 2008, Pfizer began a process to refine its CSR strategy to better support the company’s evolving business priorities and organizational changes. This presented a new opportunity to involve senior leaders and functions from across the company in guiding the company’s approach to CSR. The company also wanted to leverage its strong environmental, health, and safety (EHS) programs to build a leading environmental sustainability initiative that would connect to and support its other CSR strategies. Pfizer’s CSR leadership and its EHS team asked BSR to help guide the development of these new strategies, to support their global implementation, and to assist with its external reporting. Learn more
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