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Helping Your Suppliers Improve Their Sustainability Efforts

Jessica Davis Pluess, Manager, Research

To increase the reach of sustainability efforts, companies are using sophisticated questionnaires, scorecards, and indices as tools for supplier engagement. However, companies often superimpose their own sustainability goals on suppliers without considering how these tools could enable stronger governance structures, systems, and strategies for suppliers. Read more →

Posted: December 13, 2011 | Topics: Consumer Products, Strategy & Integration, Supply Chain

China Philanthropy Project Update: New Resources for Social Investment

Brooke Avory, Manager, Partnership Development

Launched in 2010, BSR’s three-year CiYuan project aims to build cross-sector partnerships that enhance social investment in China—a critical element in developing the country’s nonprofit sector and addressing its growing social and environmental challenges. Read more →

Posted: December 6, 2011 | Topics: Philanthropy, Strategy & Integration

Manifesto for the Corporate Idealist

By Christine Bader, Human Rights Advisor, BSR

Can big business do good in the world? Can corporations contribute to a healthier planet while still turning a profit? With each new headline about bad corporate behavior, it would be easy to assume that the answer to both questions is decidedly “no.” Read more →

Posted: December 6, 2011 | Topics: Human Rights, Strategy & Integration

New Guide to Effective Local Content Programs

Elissa Goldenberg, Associate, Advisory Services

IPIECA—a global oil and gas industry association focused on social and environmental issues—released a guide to help companies design and execute local content strategies in the countries where they operate. Local content is defined by the value that companies bring to host countries by employing and training the local workforce and developing and procuring supplies and services locally. Read more →

Posted: December 6, 2011 | Topics: Community Engagement & Development, Energy, Mining, Stakeholder Relations, Strategy & Integration

Implementing a Living Wage Program

Roger McElrath, Manager, Advisory Services

Note: This is the second in a two-part series examining living wage. Part one looked at what constitutes a living wage, who is responsible for ensuring that it is defined, and the role of the company in providing it. Read more →

Posted: November 22, 2011 | Topics: Human Rights, Strategy & Integration, Supply Chain

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