BSR Insight Articles About Economic Development
China’s Social Security System: Impact on Brands and Suppliers
Jeremy Prepscius, Vice President, Asia-Pacific
In China, social security, labor, and trade union laws are changing. At the same time, worker demands and desires are also evolving. With costs of production and workers’ expectations both rising, a middle ground is increasingly difficult to find. Consequently, negotiations often end in strikes, which affect workers, factories, and buyers. Read more
What Happens After 2015: The Role of Business in Furthering Development Goals
Julia Robinson, Communications Associate
As we approach 2015, the end date of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Save the Children’s new report explores what will happen next—and business’ role in furthering the aims of the MDGs. Read more
Isabel Sebastian of Bhutan Luminous on Happiness and Sustainability
Joyce Sood, Former Digital Communications Manager
In a video interview at the BSR Conference 2012, Isabel Sebastian of Bhutan Luminous Consultancy discussed how happiness and well-being could be used as a measure of progress in sustainability. Read more
Devex Impact: Where Business and Development Meet
Nancy Wildfeir-Field, Former Director, Global Partnership Development
How does a company do well and do good? Increasingly, companies want to know how to create solutions to maximize economic outcomes, how to use their expertise to improve development outcomes, and how to put in place stewardship and governance policies that create a level playing field. Read more
BSR Launches HERfinance to Improve Financial Literacy for Women in Global Supply Chains
Racheal Meiers (née Yeager), Director, HERproject
Today, BSR is launching HERfinance, an initiative that will create a financial literacy curriculum to educate female factory workers in global supply chains and help them access financial products. Read more
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