BSR Insight Articles About Community Engagement & Development

Innovative Solutions to Improving Women and Children’s Health

Elissa Goldenberg, Associate, Advisory Services

A new UN report explores how to improve women and children’s health globally. The report details what’s needed for successful development programs, outlines critical health needs, and highlights 10 innovative business models (including BSR’s HERproject) for delivering health services and products. Read more →

Posted: September 20, 2011 | Topics: Civil & Political Rights, Community Engagement & Development, Economic Development, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Human Rights, Women & Sustainability

New BSR Tool Helps Business Identify Strategic Social Investments

Alison Colwell, Associate Director, Advisory Services

BSR’s new tool helps companies make strategic social investments in communities where they operate, which is a critical aspect of building sustainable local economies. Strategic social investments allow companies to maximize the impact of their resource allocations, increase the long-term sustainability of their efforts, develop productive and mutually beneficial relationships with local stakeholders, and mitigate operational disruptions by strengthening their social license to operate. Read more →

Posted: September 6, 2011 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Economic Development, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Human Rights, Stakeholder Relations, Strategy & Integration

The Global Food Crisis

Elissa Goldenberg, Associate, Advisory Services

According to Oxfam International, which recently published an interactive map of the global food crisis, food prices—caused by climate change and resulting crop failures, rising oil costs, and short-sighted biofuel strategies—have lingered at an all-time high since late 2010. Read more →

Posted: August 16, 2011 | Topics: Climate Change, Community Engagement & Development, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Human Rights

Evaluating the Socioeconomic Benefits of Mining

The International Council on Mining and Metals launched a toolkit that provides companies, civil society, and government with a framework to evaluate the socioeconomic benefits of mining at local, regional, and national levels. The toolkit—which has been tested in Chile, Ghana, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Peru, and Tanzania—is designed to encourage collaboration among a range of stakeholders on six focus areas: poverty reduction; economic development as it relates to revenue management, regional development planning, and local content; social investment; and dispute resolutions. Read more →

Posted: August 2, 2011 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Mining, Reporting & Communications

Explore Our Impact: Videos

Take a deeper dive into the BSR Report 2010 and core areas of our work in video clips that provide personal perspective from BSR staff members. Read more →

Posted: June 7, 2011 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Conflict Minerals, Economic Development, Ecosystem Services, Energy, Investor Perspective, Mining, Strategy & Integration, Supply Chain