All Articles About Reporting & Communications

BSR Insight Article: Integrating Financial and Corporate Responsibility Reporting

Dunstan Allison Hope, Managing Director, Advisory Services

In its 2008 report, United Technologies Corporation included corporate responsibility (CR) topics that have a direct impact on the company’s financial performance, such as energy efficiency, throughout the report. The company also devoted a separate section of its report to its overall CR strategy and performance. Read more →

Posted: November 10, 2009 | Topics: Investor Perspective, Reporting & Communications, Stakeholder Relations, Strategy & Integration

Report: Achieving Effective REACH Implementation: A BSR Issue Brief on New European Registration, Evaluation

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Posted: October 9, 2009 | Topics: Environment, Reporting & Communications, Toxicity & Product Design | Download (PDF)

BSR Insight Article: Winning Back the Public’s Trust in Business

Aron Cramer, President and CEO

The fall of Lehman Brothers last September triggered a collapse in financial markets, and then the real economy. It also signaled a dramatic decline in the public’s trust in business. Read more →

Posted: September 8, 2009 | Topics: Financial Services, Governance & Accountability, Reporting & Communications, Return on Investment, Stakeholder Relations, Strategy & Integration

BSR Insight Article: Behind Gap’s New Label

Linda Hwang, Former Manager, Research

As a member of BSR's Sustainable Water Group (SWG), Gap Inc. has spent the last five years creating and evolving its Clean Water Program for its denim laundries worldwide. Last week, the company’s Gap brand launched its new denim collection—1969 Premium Jeans—which, for the first time, features a "Clean Water Wash" label indicating that the water used to wash and dye the jeans was treated to meet safety and quality standards before leaving the denim laundry. Read more →

Posted: August 18, 2009 | Topics: Consumer Products, Environment, Reporting & Communications, Water

BSR Insight Article: Responsible Engagement on Water Policy

By Gavin Power, Deputy Director, UN Global Compact

As the CEO Water Mandate prepares for its fourth working conference as part of World Water Week in Stockholm this week, we believe it is important to reflect on the broader context in which water resides—specifically, its role as a global security issue, and its relation to other critical environmental and social issues. Read more →

Posted: August 17, 2009 | Topics: Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Reporting & Communications, Supply Chain, Water