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BSR Insight Article: Can Women Solve the World’s Woes? A Q&A with Half the Sky authors Nicholas Kristof and Sher

Interview by Racheal Yeager, Associate, Partnership Development, BSR

In October 2009, New York Times journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn published a powerful call to action in their book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors posit that individuals and organizations worldwide can advance economic progress and fight poverty by investing in women and girls. Read more 

Posted: December 1, 2009 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Economic Development, Strategy & Integration, Women & Sustainability

Report: Sustainable Business Models: Time for Innovation

Business leaders face not only the economic fallout of the financial crisis, they face the substantial challenge of transitioning to a low-carbon economy that is constrained by dwindling natural resources. These pressures also represent opportunities to innovate new business models—including ones that help consumers make sustainable choices. Read about four categories of innovation that, with more development and experimentation, will ensure business success in a reset world. Read more 

Posted: November 28, 2009 | Topics: Ecosystem Services, Environment, Financial Services, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Information & Communications Technology, Materiality, Media & Entertainment, Mining, Strategy & Integration, Supply Chain, Water | Download (PDF)

BSR Insight Article: New Report Urges Policymakers to Protect Ecosystems

Linda Hwang, Former Manager, Research

According to a new report from The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) initiative, policymakers can increase economic returns, jobs, and livelihoods by investing in ecological infrastructure; integrating ecosystem services values into price signals; and creating adequate institutions, regulatory frameworks, and financing opportunities to protect ecosystems. Read more 

Posted: November 24, 2009 | Topics: Climate Change, Ecosystem Services, Environment, Investor Perspective, Strategy & Integration, Water

BSR Insight Article: Will ESG Investing Take Off in China?

Faris Natour, Director, Human Rights

In August, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and China Securities Index Ltd. launched China’s first index employing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria. The new Social Responsibility Index, which uses homegrown ESG methodologies to select stocks, has the stated objectives of encouraging listed companies to actively manage their social and environmental risks and opportunities, providing investors with a new investment benchmark, and popularizing the socially responsible investment concept. Read more 

Posted: November 24, 2009 | Topics: Financial Services, Investor Perspective, Strategy & Integration

Blog: Building Effective Labor Relations in China

Pei Bin, Former Director, China Partnership Development

On a recent cold and windy day, a select group of labor relations practitioners (LRPs) in China's city of Qingdao gathered for the first of a series of salons BSR has organized with the Federation of China Trade Associations and Chambers of Commerce to discuss "hot topics" in labor relations. Read more →

Posted: November 18, 2009 | Topics: Strategy & Integration

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