All Articles About Supply Chain

Blog: Has Progress Been Made on Due Diligence for Conflict Minerals?

Sasha Radovich, Former Manager, Advisory Services

I was recently in Paris at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), helping to facilitate the third meeting that they, with the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the UN Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), hosted on the due diligence efforts that companies are implementing on conflict minerals. Read more →

Posted: June 28, 2012 | Topics: Conflict Minerals, Supply Chain

Blog: Caring for China’s ‘Left-Behind’ Children

Yating Shen, Associate, Advisory Services

According to a report by China’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the 253 million migrants who left their rural homes in China for urban jobs left behind 58 million children, 40 percent of whom were under the age of 5.   Read more →

Posted: June 12, 2012 | Topics: Human Rights, Labor Migration, Supply Chain

BSR Insight Article: New Tool Guides Companies on Supply Chain Sustainability

Cody Sisco, Former Manager, Advisory Services

Making progress on supply chain sustainability is a challenge that cuts across topics, organizations, and locations. BSR has launched an e-learning tool in collaboration with the UN Global Compact and Maplecroft to help companies take stock of and improve their approach to supply chain sustainability. The UN Global Compact Quick Self-Assessment and Learning Tool helps procurement, sourcing, and other managers quickly and anonymously gauge their company's supply chain sustainability strategy against a set of criteria, such as the existence of clear and established codes of conduct for the company and suppliers, internal roles and responsibilities, and sustainability goals. The tool will: Read more →

Posted: June 12, 2012 | Topics: Strategy & Integration, Supply Chain

BSR Insight Article: Assessing Terminals’ Environmental Performance: New BSR Report and Tool

Laura Ediger, Associate Director, Advisory Services

Global shippers and carriers have increasingly adopted practices to improve their environmental performance. It is now important for terminal operators to align with these efforts. BSR's recently released report and assessment tool for terminal operators, developed with support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, will allow terminals to benchmark their environmental performance based on a common standard and prepare for the increasing demand for supply chain sustainability data. BSR's 2011 terminal operations case study analyzed efforts related to improving port and terminal environmental performance and found that ocean-based terminals lack globally applicable environmental frameworks and standards for performance. Based on this information, BSR developed an assessment tool in Chinese and English for terminal operators to track and report on environmental performance, such as emissions management and impacts on air pollution and community health. This report shares the results and feedback of three terminal operators who used the pilot tool, as well as our recommendations for implementation. Read more →

Posted: May 29, 2012 | Topics: Environment, Supply Chain, Transportation

Report: Assessing Terminal Operator Environmental Performance

Terminal operations are a key node in the logistics and transportation value chain—at the nexus where global supply chains meet communities—and the time has come for terminal operators to align with the environmental improvement approaches adopted by global shippers and carriers. Read more →

Posted: May 25, 2012 | Topics: Environment, Supply Chain, Transportation | Download (PDF)