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BSR Insight Article: Open for Business: The ‘Four Cs’ of Integrated Strategy
Mark Little, Director, Healthcare, Advisory Services David Korngold, Manager, Advisory Services
Surveying the tumult of global business and the consternation of society, it is tempting to stand astride the corporate ramparts and declare, "The corporation is dead … long live the corporation!" Old models of doing business are being deposed while new models are ascendant. Powerful trends are converging to create profound implications for sustainability and corporate strategies. These forces include market dynamics, such as accelerating innovation cycles, disruptive technologies, emerging markets, value chain complexity, and regulatory and voluntary standards; sustainability dynamics, such as climate change, demographic shifts, and resource constraints; and stakeholder dynamics, such as the growing engagement of consumers, NGOs, and regulators. At the nexus of these trends, integrated corporate strategies address both sustainability challenges and rapidly changing market conditions to generate business value. Based on BSR's 20 years of developing such integrated strategies for dozens of companies and in collaboration with a panoply of stakeholders, we have created the "Four Cs" to help companies build integrated strategies by looking at customers, competitors, the corporation, and civil society and government. Read more
Blog: Trying to Improve Sustainability Performance in Your Supply Chain? Keep Score.
Andrew Matthews, Associate, Advisory Services
Given the clear business case to rigorously measure supply chain sustainability, how can a company build a scorecard? BSR's Andrew Matthews shares insights and five lessons from Pfizer's experience with supplier scorecards. Read more →
Report: Value Chain Climate Resilience: A Guide to Managing Climate Impacts in Companies and Communities
As the climate changes, companies must adopt holistic and proactive climate-resilient strategies that take into account the needs of communities, upon which business depends for materials, labor, and more. Read more
BSR Insight Article: Supply Chain Sustainability: Four Lessons From the Past and Four Ideas for the Future
Cody Sisco, Former Manager, Advisory Services
When I first joined BSR less than a decade ago, the companies investing in supply chain sustainability were primarily in the apparel, footwear, and toy sectors. Today, all industries prioritize supply chain sustainability, including the biggest brands in electronics, consumer goods, transportation, and other industries. The number of standards also has multiplied, reflecting a broader set of topics and participants. In the early 2000s, priorities were wages, working hours, and health and safety. Today, issues also include environmental performance and anti-corruption. Product certifications and labels have also exploded. An entire index exists just to catalogue the number of new eco-labels launched every year. But what progress have we made toward improving the lives of workers in supply chains and protecting the ecosystems that support industry and commerce as well as human survival on this planet? Although supply chain sustainability management practices have evolved significantly, we have an opportunity to re-examine traditional approaches and achieve measurable, dramatic improvements. Here, I suggest four lessons we can take from supply chain sustainability efforts to date, and four ideas we can apply to achieve greater impact going forward. Read more
BSR Insight Article: Five Steps for Building Climate Resilience
Julia Robinson, Communications Associate
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