All Articles About Women & Sustainability

BSR Insight Article: The 4:1 ROI for Women’s Health Initiatives

Racheal Meiers (née Yeager), Director, HERproject

BSR’s factory-based women’s health education program has the potential to deliver a US$4 return for every dollar invested in the project, according to a new study. Read more →

Posted: August 16, 2011 | Topics: Human Rights, Supply Chain, Women & Sustainability

Report: HERproject: Health Enables Returns | The Business Returns from Women’s Health Programs

HERproject health needs assessments have demonstrated that women’s health remains a critical area of investment for international companies and their supplier partners. This study seeks to provide a clear business case for such investments. Read more →

Posted: August 15, 2011 | Topics: Supply Chain, Women & Sustainability | Download (PDF)

Blog: For Financial Services Companies, Women Represent an Enormous (Missed) Opportunity

Chhavi Ghuliani, Manager, Advisory Services

As BSR’s recent report on the topic highlights, the world’s working poor need access to a range of formal financial products and services—including credit, savings, insurance, and remittances—in order to invest in economic opportunities, manage their money more effectively, and reduce risks related to illness or loss of employment. Read more →

Posted: August 9, 2011 | Topics: Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Financial Services, Women & Sustainability

Blog: Audits Are Falling Short for Women

Racheal Meiers (née Yeager), Director, HERproject

Last month, the Institute for Global Labor and Human Rights (formerly the National Labor Committee), released a report documenting widespread human rights abuses at a factory in Jordan that supplies apparel products to international buyers. Among the allegations were numerous reports of sexual abuse by facility managers, highlighting a history of abuse by one manager in particular. Buyer responses, to date, have been to cite their commitments to rigorous auditing protocols and established social-compliance standards. Read more →

Posted: August 1, 2011 | Topics: Consumer Products, Supply Chain, Women & Sustainability

Blog: A Quick Guide to the HERproject Toolbuilder

Elissa Goldenberg, Associate, Advisory Services

Recently, I traveled to Jakarta, Indonesia, to unveil BSR’s HERproject Toolbuilder, a web-based application that helps global health educators create culturally relevant training tools for factory- and farm-based health education in developing countries. The Toolbuilder includes a collection of more than 200 images on seven different health topics. Read more →

Posted: June 20, 2011 | Topics: Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Human Rights, Women & Sustainability