BSR Insight Articles About Health Care
New Partnerships to Focus on Bringing Low-Cost Drugs to Africa
Mark Little, Director, Healthcare, Advisory Services
With more Chinese life sciences companies expanding their research and development capabilities, these firms have an opportunity to supply much-needed medicines at a reduced rate for people in the Global South. To date, Chinese companies have focused mainly on domestic markets because of government incentives. Read more
Using CSR to Enter New Markets
Mark Little, Director, Healthcare, Advisory Services Adam Lane, Manager, Advisory Services
When leaders at Novo Nordisk, the world’s largest company focused solely on diabetes, decided to enter the diabetes market in China, they opted to leverage not just products but a long-term CSR strategy focused on health, economic development, and the environment. Read more
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
Women and Sustainability: Integrating Women Into Your Business and Sustainability Strategies
Racheal Meiers (née Yeager), Director, HERproject
Growth in women’s income, education levels, and labor participation rates makes them essential participants in the global economy, and engagement with women and girls increasingly critical to sustainable growth for every industry. Women contribute to the private sector’s social license to operate; market, crop, and supply chain stability; a talented and stable employee base; and market growth and innovation. Additionally, investments in women have a multiplier effect, as women are more likely to reinvest in education, health, and economic activities at the community level. Read more
Will Old Europe Become the New World of Sustainability in 2011?
Peder Michael Pruzan-Jorgensen, Vice President, Europe, Middle East, and Africa
European companies, government officials, and civil society representatives have tended to scoff at their American cousins’ approach to sustainability, and also at the perceived fundamental disregard for the environment and human rights in BRIC countries. But as we make our way into 2011, I sense a shift in Europe toward a more somber mood, similar to the sobriety that comes to a soccer team the day after an unexpected defeat by a mignon competitor: heads down, feet dragging, and a realization that something different has to be done. Read more
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