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CSR in Saudi Arabia: Q&A With BSR Partner Nailah Attar

Cammie Erickson, Manager, Global Partnership Development

With support from a multiyear grant from the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, BSR has worked to introduce CSR strategies to companies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Through this initiative, we partnered with Nailah Attar, a Saudi Arabian businesswoman and activist, to expand the CSR offerings of her ECO Consulting business, which serves both Saudi and international companies operating in the country. Read more 

Posted: February 10, 2012 | Topics: Economic Development, Governance & Accountability, Human Rights

WEF Report Reveals Top Global Risks

Elissa Goldenberg, Associate, Advisory Services

Based on a survey of 469 experts from industry, government, academia, and civil society, the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) new “Global Risks 2012” report examines 50 global risks across five categories: economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal, and technological. Read more 

Posted: January 31, 2012 | Topics: Environment, Governance & Accountability, Strategy & Integration, Water

Reflections From the BSR Conference 2011: We Have the Will—and the Power—to Act

Kara Hurst, Former Vice President

In his opening address at the BSR Conference 2011, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore talked about the “functional insanity” of CEOs and CFOs who choose short-term gains over long-term sustainability. He referenced a study in which these leaders were asked what they would do if they were given a chance to make an investment that would increase their company’s profitability and sustainability—with the catch being that they would miss their quarterly targets. Eighty percent said they would not make the investment.   Read more 

Posted: November 7, 2011 | Topics: Conflict Minerals, Consumer Products, Environment, Governance & Accountability, Health Care, Human Rights, Strategy & Integration, Supply Chain, Transportation, Travel & Tourism

Doing Business in a Changing Asia

Jeremy Prepscius, Vice President, Asia-Pacific

We live in interesting times—times when global changes are permeating societies as issues, institutions, and information begin to collide. Developments in connectivity and access to information are intersecting with changing societal expectations about political participation, environmental stewardship, economic equality, and expectations of governance. Society’s new expectations are being driven by developments in economic growth patterns, education, scandals, and natural disasters. Read more 

Posted: November 1, 2011 | Topics: Environment, Governance & Accountability, Stakeholder Relations, Strategy & Integration

Best Practices in Reporting on Ethics

Dunstan Allison Hope, Managing Director, Advisory Services

Ethics and integrity disclosure—reporting on the implementation of codes of ethics—is an important part of corporate transparency. Leading companies typically take one of the following approaches: Read more 

Posted: August 30, 2011 | Topics: Governance & Accountability, Reporting & Communications, Stakeholder Relations

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