All Articles About Women & Sustainability

BSR Insight Article: Women and Sustainability: Integrating Women Into Your Business and Sustainability Strategies

Racheal Meiers (née Yeager), Director, HERproject

Growth in women’s income, education levels, and labor participation rates makes them essential participants in the global economy, and engagement with women and girls increasingly critical to sustainable growth for every industry. Women contribute to the private sector’s social license to operate; market, crop, and supply chain stability; a talented and stable employee base; and market growth and innovation. Additionally, investments in women have a multiplier effect, as women are more likely to reinvest in education, health, and economic activities at the community level. Read more →

Posted: March 8, 2011 | Topics: Consumer Products, Economic Development, Energy, Financial Services, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Health Care, Information & Communications Technology, Media & Entertainment, Mining, Supply Chain, Sustainable Consumption, Transportation, Travel & Tourism, Women & Sustainability

Report: Women and Sustainability: Investing in Women's Health

Racheal Meiers (née Yeager), Director, HERproject

The gender dimensions of health have significant impacts on workplace productivity, the consumer marketplace, community stability, and community member well-being. Investments targeted at raising women's health awareness and access to health products and services, can deliver important immediate business benefits, such as more productive workforces or more informed consumers. In the longer term, these investments also support women's full economic participation and contribute to healthier, more stable communities. Read more →

Posted: March 7, 2011 | Topics: Economic Development, Supply Chain, Women & Sustainability | Download (PDF)

Report: Women and Sustainability: Investing in Women Economic Empowerment

Racheal Meiers (née Yeager), Director, HERproject

Investments in women's economic empowerment are a strategic means to create and support markets, by providing jobs, opportunities for professional development, financial literacy and access to banking, and start-up capital and capacity-building to help women run small businesses. Read more →

Posted: March 7, 2011 | Topics: Economic Development, Supply Chain, Women & Sustainability | Download (PDF)

Blog: HERproject Takes to the Field in Kenya

Jennifer Schappert, Manager, Partnership Development

During my most recent trip for HERproject with colleague Ryan Flaherty, the term "fieldwork" took on a whole new meaning—we found ourselves suiting up in boots and smelling roses. Ryan and I traveled to Naivasha (an hour northwest of Nairobi) to lay the groundwork for expanding HERproject into the cut-flower and food-processing industries in Kenya. Traditionally, BSR’s HERproject—a factory-based program that provides peer-to-peer health education to female workers—has operated in factories in the garment and information technology (IT) sectors. Read more →

Posted: March 7, 2011 | Topics: Consumer Products, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Information & Communications Technology, Supply Chain, Women & Sustainability

Blog: Bringing Women to the Center of the Conversation

Thursday morning plenaries at the BSR Conference 2010 provided thought-provoking ideas about tackling the challenges and opportunities around women and gender. Watch the highlights of addresses from Women for Women International's Zainab Salbi and Avon's Andrea Jung. Read more →

Posted: November 5, 2010 | Topics: Women & Sustainability