BSR Insight Articles About Stakeholder Relations

New BSR Tool Helps Business Identify Strategic Social Investments

Alison Colwell, Associate Director, Advisory Services

BSR’s new tool helps companies make strategic social investments in communities where they operate, which is a critical aspect of building sustainable local economies. Strategic social investments allow companies to maximize the impact of their resource allocations, increase the long-term sustainability of their efforts, develop productive and mutually beneficial relationships with local stakeholders, and mitigate operational disruptions by strengthening their social license to operate. Read more →

Posted: September 6, 2011 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Economic Development, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Human Rights, 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

Best Buy CEO on the Power of Engaged Employees

Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn—a plenary speaker at the BSR Conference 2011—believes inspired and engaged employees are Best Buy’s most valuable assets, especially when it comes to sustainability initiatives. "We're leveraging our people as our competitive advantage," he said during a recent keynote speech at the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship Conference. Dunn encourages executives to: Read more →

Posted: August 23, 2011 | Topics: Stakeholder Relations, Strategy & Integration

The Future of Business-NGO Relationships

Ayesha Barenblat, Former Director, Stakeholder Collaboration

In my new role as BSR’s Director of Stakeholder Collaboration, I am focused on building relationships with NGO colleagues globally to bring their insights to our member companies and develop next-generation stakeholder engagement approaches that are outcome based and take into account trends in the field. BSR created this position to deepen relationships with civil society and foster collaboration between stakeholders and business. Read more →

Posted: August 23, 2011 | Topics: Consumer Products, Energy, Financial Services, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Health Care, Information & Communications Technology, Media & Entertainment, Mining, Stakeholder Relations, Strategy & Integration, Transportation

Leading Retailers Discover the Power in Numbers: Driving Environmental Sustainability with Employee Engagement

By Adam Siegel, Vice President, Sustainability and Retail Operations, Retail Industry Leaders Association

Retailers today are doing a great deal to engage their employees on sustainability, from hosting sustainability fairs at their headquarters to putting together employee videos, intranet sites, blogs, and volunteer days. Through these efforts, these companies have reaped many benefits: They have generated innovative ideas for running different business segments, brought new products to the shelves, and saved money. Read more →

Posted: June 28, 2011 | Topics: Consumer Products, Stakeholder Relations, Strategy & Integration