All Articles About Women & Sustainability

BSR Insight Article: State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

According to a UN report, the world's 370 million indigenous peoples suffer disproportionately (and often exponentially) higher rates of poverty, health problems, crime, and human rights abuses. This report illuminates several key themes that could be relevant to companies whose operations may affect indigenous communities: Read more →

Posted: January 26, 2010 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Women & Sustainability

Report: Can Women Solve the World’s Woes? A Q&A with 'Half the Sky' authors Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Racheal Meiers (née Yeager), Director, HERproject

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn—authors of a new book about how to turn oppression into opportunity for women—talk with us about what they say is the key to economic progress: investing in women and girls. Read more →

Posted: December 11, 2009 | Topics: Economic Development, Human Rights, Supply Chain, Women & Sustainability | Download (PDF)

BSR Insight Article: Embedding Gender in Sustainability Reporting: A Practitioner’s Guide

The International Finance Corporation and Global Reporting Initiative's practitioner's guide covers trends, stakeholder perspectives, and recommendations for how companies can embed gender in sustainability measurement, policies, and reporting in the following areas: Read more →

Posted: December 1, 2009 | Topics: Reporting & Communications, Women & Sustainability

BSR Insight Article: HERproject Update: Promoting Women’s Health in Pakistan

Last month, an appreciation ceremony in Karachi, Pakistan, celebrated the accomplishments of HERproject, a BSR initiative that raises female factory workers’ awareness of general and reproductive health issues. Read more →

Posted: December 1, 2009 | Topics: Consumer Products, Human Rights, Supply Chain, Women & Sustainability

BSR Insight Article: Can Women Solve the World’s Woes? A Q&A with Half the Sky authors Nicholas Kristof and Sher

Interview by Racheal Yeager, Associate, Partnership Development, BSR

In October 2009, New York Times journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn published a powerful call to action in their book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors posit that individuals and organizations worldwide can advance economic progress and fight poverty by investing in women and girls. Read more →

Posted: December 1, 2009 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Economic Development, Strategy & Integration, Women & Sustainability