BSR Insight Articles About Consumer Products

Best Buy CEO: Sustainability Will Drive ‘More Robust Outcomes’

Virginia Terry, Former Director, Advisory Services

In his recent keynote address at the Boston College Corporate Citizenship Conference, Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn discussed the company’s new sustainability strategy, which includes four key elements: creating an inspiring workplace, driving greater product stewardship, developing new solutions for sustainable lifestyles, and creating greater access to digital connections. Read more →

Posted: April 21, 2011 | Topics: Consumer Products, Stakeholder Relations, Strategy & Integration

Improving Product Sustainability Performance

According to Parametric Technology Corporation's recent white paper, companies must embrace "design-for-the-environment" strategies that allow them to remain competitive—and stay ahead of new sustainability requirements—by improving the environmental performance of their products. Read more →

Posted: April 19, 2011 | Topics: Consumer Products, Environment, Strategy & Integration, Sustainable Consumption, Toxicity & Product Design

Conducting Site-Level Human Rights Impact Assessments

Alejandra Martin, Manager, Advisory Services

Although more than 270 companies have human rights policy statements in place, few have implemented the policies, and even fewer have conducted human rights impact assessments at the site level. These assessments are particularly relevant for companies operating in remote areas where local governments and civil society have limited experience interacting with the private sector. Read more →

Posted: March 29, 2011 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Consumer Products, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Energy, Financial Services, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Health Care, Human Rights, Information & Communications Technology, Mining, Reporting & Communications, Stakeholder Relations, Strategy & Integration, Transportation, Travel & Tourism

The Case (Book) for Responsible Labor

Terry Nelidov, Former Manager, Advisory Services

BSR's new "Stories From the Field" provides a reader-friendly collection of 14 case studies from our DR-CAFTA Responsible Competitiveness Project in Central America and the Dominican Republic, which BSR created and led to make the business case for responsible labor in the region. Read more →

Posted: March 22, 2011 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Consumer Products, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Governance & Accountability, Human Rights, Information & Communications Technology, Stakeholder Relations

Stories From the Field

Interview with Richard Feinberg, Professor, University of California, San Diego, by Terry Nelidov, Manager, Advisory Services, BSR

Terry Nelidov, project manager of BSR's DR-CAFTA Responsible Competitiveness Project, recently talked with University of California, San Diego Professor Richard Feinberg, a senior advisor to the project, about his insights gained from developing the case studies for it in BSR’s new compendium “Stories From the Field.” In excerpts below from the conversation, Professor Feinberg highlights both overall learnings from the three-year project and practical tools that companies anywhere in the world can apply to their labor and competitiveness strategies. Read more →

Posted: March 21, 2011 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Consumer Products, Economic Development, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Governance & Accountability, Human Rights, Information & Communications Technology, Stakeholder Relations, Strategy & Integration, Supply Chain