All Articles About Reporting & Communications

Blog: Water, Water, Nowhere?

Linda Hwang, Former Manager, Research

It’s impossible to read the news these days without coming across an article about water scarcity: Read more →

Posted: August 12, 2011 | Topics: Environment, Reporting & Communications, Water

BSR Insight Article: Evaluating the Socioeconomic Benefits of Mining

The International Council on Mining and Metals launched a toolkit that provides companies, civil society, and government with a framework to evaluate the socioeconomic benefits of mining at local, regional, and national levels. The toolkit—which has been tested in Chile, Ghana, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Peru, and Tanzania—is designed to encourage collaboration among a range of stakeholders on six focus areas: poverty reduction; economic development as it relates to revenue management, regional development planning, and local content; social investment; and dispute resolutions. Read more →

Posted: August 2, 2011 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Mining, Reporting & Communications

Blog: How to Tell Your Sustainability Story: the Messier the Better

Melanie Janin, Managing Director, Communications

We all know that a picture tells a thousand words and creative visuals are a powerful way to engage audiences around an issue of concern. In the world of sustainability communications, slideshows, video documentaries, and case study success stories are common—and often very effective—tools to highlight the many environmental, social, and economic challenges and opportunities facing global business today.  So the question becomes, in the mid of all this creative cacophony for the greater good, how will your company’s own sustainability story stand out from the crowd? Read more →

Posted: August 1, 2011 | Topics: Reporting & Communications, Stakeholder Relations

Blog: The Danger of ‘Web 2.0’ Enthusiasm for Sustainability Reporting

Dunstan Allison Hope, Managing Director, Advisory Services

I’ve been a proponent of increased sustainability reporting and transparency since the late 1990s. I produced one of the world’s first “written-for-the-web” sustainability reports while at BT in 2001. I’ve also been heavily involved in the recent internet and human rights agenda, advising Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft on freedom of expression and privacy issues. Read more →

Posted: July 25, 2011 | Topics: Reporting & Communications

BSR Insight Article: Conflict Minerals Policy, Management, and Reporting for Supply Chain

Corporate executives are experiencing increased risk exposures from conflict minerals in an already challenging and rapidly changing international business environment. Pending regulation that requires companies using minerals originating in the Democratic Republic of Congo or adjoining countries to report on their due diligence measures regarding the source and chain of custody of those minerals is one evolving aspect of managing risks within supply chains. Read more →

Posted: July 12, 2011 | Topics: Conflict Minerals, Reporting & Communications, Supply Chain