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Levi Strauss’ Michael Kobori on Supply Chain Sustainability

Julia Robinson, Communications Associate

At last week's Ceres Conference, the "Great Expectations: Building a Sustainable Supply Chain" session examined how companies are improving workers' well-being in the supply chain. Michael Kobori, Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) vice president of social and environmental sustainability, called on industry leaders to adopt open-source, transparent policies to encourage other companies to make changes: "The bottom line is that we are working to improve workers' lives, and that demands collaboration. Compliance should not be a competitive issue, and companies should avoid branding their approach. Make it generic and put it out there in the public sphere for other companies to adopt." --Michael Kobori, Vice President, Social and Environmental Sustainability, Levi Strauss & Co. (April 25, 2012) For more details on how LS&Co. is working with BSR to improve worker well-being in its supply chain, read our recent feature article. Read more 

Posted: May 1, 2012 | Topics: Leadership, Supply Chain, Women & Sustainability

Christine Bader on Leadership for a Changing World

To examine the theme of the BSR Conference 2011 and the BSR Report 2010, we are featuring a series of guest blogs from global sustainability and business leaders on the forms of leadership needed today. In our most recent post, Christine Bader, who just joined BSR as an advisor on human rights, shares what “redefining leadership” for sustainability means to her: Read more 

Posted: October 4, 2011 | Topics: Leadership, Stakeholder Relations

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