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Redefining Sustainability in a Time of Austerity
Aron Cramer, President and CEO
A generation ago, the modern corporate responsibility movement emerged just as globalization took hold of the world’s economy and captured our imagination. With the significant exception of the 2008-09 recession, we’ve since experienced a period of relative prosperity in the Western economies and fast-growing economies in much of the rest of the world. During that time, CSR often focused on ways Western companies could improve environmental and labor practices in emerging economies. Read more →
Five Powerful Ways Your Company Can Lead the Sustainability Revolution
Melanie Janin, Managing Director, Communications
Earlier today, I was invigorated and inspired by the words of Richard Gillies, Director of Plan A at Marks and Spencer. Speaking at our webinar with BSR’s Aron Cramer and the Guardian’s Jo Confino on redefining leadership in 2011 and beyond, Gillies referred to the “Sustainability Revolution” that will transform our global society in the decades to come. Like the Industrial Revolution and the Computer Revolution that followed, Gillies noted the Sustainability Revolution will be observed and experienced by many but led by few. Read more →
Lose the Bus
Ted Howes, Former Director, Advisory Services
Contributor’s note: I love thinking about organizations, leadership, and sustainability. This is the first in a series of posts on "Leadership Next" for sustainability. Step One: Lose the Bus. We’ve all been on the wrong team (or been the wrong teammate) at one point or another and recognize the continuing value of Jim Collins’ Good to Great adage, “Get the right people on the bus and the wrong people off.” In sustainability, businesses often have the wrong bus altogether. They create CSR or sustainability departments to understand and act on the strategic imperative of sustainability. This is well meaning but ultimately flawed. By putting sustainability in an organizational box, three things can happen. Read more →
UN Human Rights Council Endorses Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
Faris Natour, Director, Human Rights
Today marks a significant milestone for human rights: The UN Human Rights Council has endorsed the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights proposed by UN Special Representative John Ruggie. We want to congratulate Professor Ruggie and his team on this significant accomplishment. Read more →
BSR Report 2010: ‘Redefining Leadership’
Eva Dienel, Associate Director, Communications
Today we are launching the BSR Report 2010, “Redefining Leadership,” which highlights our work over the past year helping global companies define and implement comprehensive sustainability strategies. Read more →
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