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BSR Insight Articles About Economic Development

We found 29 BSR Insight articles on this topic; most recently published at the top.

The Other Women’s Movement: Factory Workers in the Developing World

Racheal Meiers (née Yeager), Director, HERproject

Note: This is part of a series of BSR articles on the tragedy in Bangladesh that will look at root causes, challenges, and how to prevent it from happening again. Read more 

Posted: May 29, 2013 | Topics: Consumer Products, Economic Development, Labor Rights, Supply Chain, Women & Sustainability

The Middle East’s ‘Latent’ Crisis—and What It Means for CSR

Guy Morgan, Director, Advisory Services

At a recent breakfast event in our Paris office, BSR had the privilege of hearing from Hugo Micheron, a Paris-based economist who specializes in the Middle East. I caught up with Micheron after the event to get his take on where the Middle East is going, and what solutions exist to deal with what he has dubbed “the latent crisis in the Gulf.” Read more 

Posted: May 7, 2013 | Topics: Economic Development, Energy, Labor Rights

Size Wise: Where Small Suppliers Fit Into a Sustainable Supply Chain

Laura Ediger, Associate Director, Advisory Services

Sometimes, small is better. Read more 

Posted: February 26, 2013 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Economic Development, Supply Chain

A Look Ahead: 2013

Aron Cramer, President and CEO

One look at the daily headlines suggests little reason to be optimistic as we start 2013. We are now in the fifth year of the global financial crisis, the Eurozone continues to sputter, and all evidence suggests that climate change is accelerating even faster than feared. Read more 

Posted: January 8, 2013 | Topics: Climate Change, Economic Development, Ecosystem Services, Human Rights, Information & Communications Technology, Leadership

BSR at 20: What Did We Learn?

Eva Dienel, Associate Director, Communications Julia Robinson, Communications Associate

To celebrate BSR’s 20-year anniversary in 2012, we held a global series of dinner debates to explore what has, and what has not, changed in sustainability—and how to accelerate progress. Read more 

Posted: December 18, 2012 | Topics: Economic Development, Environment, Financial Services, Leadership, Materiality, Strategy & Integration, Sustainable Consumption

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