BSR Insight Articles About Human Rights
We found 70 BSR Insight articles on this topic; most recently published at the top.
The Human Rights of Workers and Their Families: A Conversation about Living Wage with Ethique sur l’étiquette's Nayla Ajaltouni
Sunita Grote, MBA Class of December 2013, INSEAD
By providing a living wage, businesses can support their commitment to human rights and ensure that workers and their families achieve a life of dignity with an acceptable standard of living. Nayla Ajaltouni, coordinator of Collectif Ethique sur l’étiquette, who recently spoke at BSR’s Paris office, took some time to talk with us about why the implementation of living wage has been limited to date, how it can benefit both workers and business, and how changing purchasing practices can make a difference on this issue. Her organization—a network of French NGOs, unions, and consumer organizations—promotes labor rights in the garment industry and its supply chain. Read more
How to Conduct an Effective Human Rights Impact Assessment
Faris Natour, Director, Human Rights Jessica Davis Pluess, Manager, Research
If you work in the CSR department of a major company, chances are someone—from a rating agency, a socially responsible investment firm, an NGO, or even from your own company—has asked whether you are conducting human rights impact assessments (HRIAs) to help detect issues such as poor working conditions in the supply chain or misuse of a product to infringe on the right to free expression before they become major problems. Read more
Four Human Rights Issues Every Food and Agriculture Company Needs to Understand
Peter Nestor, Manager, Advisory Services
When the United Nations endorsed the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights 18 months ago, businesses in nearly every industry took a more serious look at their human rights impacts. For food, beverage, and agriculture companies, labor rights are often the most well-understood and critical human rights risks. But a holistic approach to assessing human rights will uncover several other potential impacts that are often overlooked. Read more
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
A Focus on Human Rights Day
Julia Robinson, Communications Associate
For Human Rights Day (yesterday), we are taking a moment to highlight some of BSR’s work and perspectives on human rights over the past year. Read more
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