BSR Insight Articles About Stakeholder Relations

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

New Tool Helps Companies, Investors Assess Water-Related Risks

The Ceres Aqua Gauge, an Excel-based tool to help companies and investors assess water-related risks and opportunities, allows investors to score a company's water-management activities using a four-tiered rating system: no action, initial steps, advanced progress, and leading practice. Read more →

Posted: October 25, 2011 | Topics: Reporting & Communications, Stakeholder Relations, Water

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: Stakeholder Relations

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

How Freedom of Association Supports Economic Development

The International Labour Organization’s new report outlines how freedom of association—the right to create and join organizations without fear of reprisal—supports sustainable economic development. The report explores the challenges to freedom of association; provides case studies on the positive effects it can have when governments, employers’ organizations, and trade unions work together; and shares how these actors can promote respect for freedom of association. Read more →

Posted: September 6, 2011 | Topics: Civil & Political Rights, Economic Development, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Human Rights, Stakeholder Relations