All Articles About Women & Sustainability

BSR Insight Article: Focusing on Women’s Health for Business Returns

Racheal Meiers (née Yeager), Director, HERproject

Last week, BSR and 25 of our HERproject partners from China, Egypt, India, Pakistan, and Vietnam gathered in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to share best practices for our factory-based women's health-education program, create curriculum standards, and launch the program in the country. Read more →

Posted: June 15, 2010 | Topics: Women & Sustainability

Blog: Now is the Time for Women and Girls

Racheal Meiers (née Yeager), Director, HERproject

Everyone is talking about women and girls this week in Washington, D.C.—from Ban Ki-Moon, the White House’s Valerie Jarrett, the State Department’s Melanne Verveer to Arianna Huffington, the former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, and Melinda Gates. Companies are talking too: Coca Cola, Newmont Mining, Exxon Mobile, Goldman Sachs, Johnson & Johnson, Gap, Inc., and Vestergaard Frandsen, among others. Read more →

Posted: June 10, 2010 | Topics: Women & Sustainability

Blog: Growth Potential and Sustainability Challenges in Africa

Racheal Meiers (née Yeager), Director, HERproject

While on a recent trip to Egypt and Kenya to research employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for women in export-processing zones, Betsy Fargo and I found that both countries are on the verge of expansion in a number of critical industries, creating growth opportunities as well as potential sustainability challenges. Read more →

Posted: June 7, 2010 | Topics: Women & Sustainability

Case Study: HERproject: Investing in Women Workers for Health and Business Returns

The global economy has brought millions of women between the ages of 16 and 25 into employment in export factories all across the developing world. Because many of these women are migrants working long hours, they are often isolated from traditional support networks that can help them with challenges such as working conditions, proper compensation, and access to education, health care, and other social services. At the same time, there is a great opportunity to leverage their presence in global supply chains to improve the welfare of these women, many of whom are entering the formal economy for the first time. Learn more →

Posted: June 1, 2010 Topics: Supply Chain, Women & Sustainability

Report: Investing in Women for a Better World

Our 2010 report on HERproject confirms that our factory-based women's health initiative has provided positive benefits for women and business. The report summarizes the impacts of HERproject programs to date, which have touched approximately 50,000 women in China, Egypt, India, Mexico, Pakistan, and Vietnam. Read more →

Posted: March 28, 2010 | Topics: Strategy & Integration, Supply Chain, Water, Women & Sustainability | Download (PDF)