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Board Adoption and Oversight of Corporate Sustainability

This report is by BSR and the Global Compact LEAD.

This paper gives an introduction to the role of corporate boards in overseeing corporate sustainability and implementing the Global Compact principles, and covers the following dimensions central to the intersection of sustainability and governance: Read more 

Posted: April 4, 2011 | Topics: Governance & Accountability, Strategy & Integration | Download (PDF)

Women and Sustainability | Employing Women Responsibly: The Emerging Market Context

Jennifer Schappert, Manager, Partnership Development

With post-secondary education and formal workforce participation rates approaching 50 percent, women employees may be just what multinational companies need to overcome labor shortages in emerging markets. At the same time, fair and equal formal-sector employment represents the most powerful contribution to gender equality that a company can provide. Read more 

Posted: March 28, 2011 | Topics: Human Rights, Strategy & Integration, Women & Sustainability | Download (PDF)

Maximizing Benefits From a Sustainable Supply Chain

Leading companies are working to improve the social and environmental performance of their supply chains by building closer relations with suppliers, developing supplier capacity, and identifying and investing in opportunities for improvements along the supply chain. Read more 

Posted: March 24, 2011 | Topics: Consumer Products, Energy, Financial Services, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Health Care, Information & Communications Technology, Media & Entertainment, Mining, Strategy & Integration, Supply Chain, Transportation, Travel & Tourism | Download (PDF)

Waste Not, Want Not: An Overview of Food Waste

Guy Morgan, Director, Advisory Services; Kai Robertson, Senior Advisor

More than 1 billion people (one-sixth of the world’s population) suffer from chronic hunger. It is not a problem of supply, since the food system continues to provide enough food to feed the world. One of the reasons for this disconnect is simply waste. By many estimates, one in three food calories is currently wasted. Read more 

Posted: March 14, 2011 | Topics: Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Food Waste, Strategy & Integration, Supply Chain, Sustainable Consumption, Travel & Tourism | Download (PDF)

Submission to the Special Representative for Business and Human Rights on the Draft Guiding Principles

BSR submitted commentary on the draft "Guiding Principles for the Implementation of the United Nations 'Protect, Respect, and Remedy' Framework" proposed by Professor John Ruggie, Special Representative to the UN Secretary General for Human Rights and Business. Read more 

Posted: January 24, 2011 | Topics: Human Rights, Strategy & Integration | Download (PDF)

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