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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)

Stories From the Field

Richard Feinberg, Professor, University of California, San Diego, and Tamar Benzaken Koosed, President, Manaus Consulting

"Stories From the Field" provides a reader-friendly collection of 14 case studies from our DR-CAFTA Responsible Competitiveness Project in Central America and the Dominican Republic, which BSR created and led to make the business case for responsible labor in the region. Read more →

Posted: March 18, 2011 | Topics: Civil & Political Rights, Community Engagement & Development, Consumer Products, Economic Development, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Human Rights, Information & Communications Technology, Supply Chain | 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)

Women and Sustainability: Investing in Women's Health

Racheal Meiers (née Yeager), Director, HERproject

The gender dimensions of health have significant impacts on workplace productivity, the consumer marketplace, community stability, and community member well-being. Investments targeted at raising women's health awareness and access to health products and services, can deliver important immediate business benefits, such as more productive workforces or more informed consumers. In the longer term, these investments also support women's full economic participation and contribute to healthier, more stable communities. Read more →

Posted: March 7, 2011 | Topics: Economic Development, Supply Chain, Women & Sustainability | Download (PDF)

Women and Sustainability: Investing in Women Economic Empowerment

Racheal Meiers (née Yeager), Director, HERproject

Investments in women's economic empowerment are a strategic means to create and support markets, by providing jobs, opportunities for professional development, financial literacy and access to banking, and start-up capital and capacity-building to help women run small businesses. Read more →

Posted: March 7, 2011 | Topics: Economic Development, Supply Chain, Women & Sustainability | Download (PDF)

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