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BSR Insight Article: BSR’s HERproject Launches Open-Source Curriculum for Workplace Health Trainings
Elissa Goldenberg, Associate, Advisory Services
BSR's HERproject--a factory-based women's health education program--has launched a new curriculum for women's health trainings in the workplace. Developed with funding from the Levi Strauss Foundation, the HERproject curriculum covers topics ranging from nutrition and waterborne diseases to HIV/AIDS and family planning. For each topic, the curriculum provides unique resources for interactive, one-hour training sessions to address sensitive and critical issues in the work environment. Additionally, each health topic includes a health manual, additional training materials, and a post-training quiz. Based on HERproject best practices and in partnership with leading public health and development organizations, BSR developed the open-source curriculum for a wide group of users, including nonprofit organizations working on community-based health education, factory or farm human resources staff, and health clinic professionals. The language is clear and simple, and the directions for how to implement the training programs are thorough enough for less-experienced trainers to understand and implement. All materials are available for download on the HERproject website. For more information, contact Jennifer Schappert. Read more
BSR Insight Article: Making Factory-Based Programs Last: Observations from HERproject in India
Elissa Goldenberg, Associate, Advisory Services
During a recent visit to HERproject programs in Southern India, I saw firsthand the positive impact of workplace-based, peer health education. As discussed in last month's feature on Levi Strauss & Company's new supply chain management strategy, an increasing number of companies are working with their suppliers to implement programs focused on workers' well-being, which typically depend on local NGO support. When that support ends, factories who want to sustain their programs often struggle. Building on lessons from India, companies can take the following steps to ensure the successful continuation of workplace programs: Read more
BSR Insight Article: Levi Strauss’ Michael Kobori on Supply Chain Sustainability
Julia Robinson, Communications Associate
At last week's Ceres Conference, the "Great Expectations: Building a Sustainable Supply Chain" session examined how companies are improving workers' well-being in the supply chain. Michael Kobori, Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) vice president of social and environmental sustainability, called on industry leaders to adopt open-source, transparent policies to encourage other companies to make changes: "The bottom line is that we are working to improve workers' lives, and that demands collaboration. Compliance should not be a competitive issue, and companies should avoid branding their approach. Make it generic and put it out there in the public sphere for other companies to adopt." --Michael Kobori, Vice President, Social and Environmental Sustainability, Levi Strauss & Co. (April 25, 2012) For more details on how LS&Co. is working with BSR to improve worker well-being in its supply chain, read our recent feature article. Read more
Blog: HERproject: Educating Factory Workers and Company Executives Alike
Marcus Chung, Director, Vendor Compliance and Corporate Social Responsibility, Talbots
With small teams and limited resources, we CSR practitioners must often integrate our work into other departments' business processes to achieve our strategies and objectives. Given that, one of the most important parts of my job is to educate other Talbots departments and colleagues about what I do and why it's important to consider the external effects of our decision-making. Read more →
BSR Insight Article: Improving Worker Well-Being: A Case Study of Levi Strauss & Co.‘s Supply Chain Approach
Jessica Davis Pluess, Manager, Research Racheal Meiers (née Yeager), Director, HERproject
Consider two stories that illuminate challenges in the typical approach to supply chain compliance today: Read more
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