Sometimes the best business case is made by leading the pack.
Through generous funding, we develop forward-looking, in-the-field projects that deliver tangible results.
Current Initiatives
China Training Institute
Launched in 2004, this ongoing project aims to help companies and their Chinese suppliers improve CSR performance and overall competitiveness through a wide range of training, roundtables, and salons. Learn more.
CiYuan (China Philanthropy Incubator)
We work with Chinese NGOs, foundations, and companies, as well as international foundations to promote strategic philanthropy and a transparent civil society in China. Learn more.
CSR 101 in Saudi Arabia
We will work with the business community in Saudi Arabia to introduce corporate responsibility, explore relevant cultural and religious intersections, and promote improved protection for migrant workers in the country. Learn more.
DR-CAFTA Responsible Competitiveness Project
We work with government, business, and labor throughout Central America to realize a series of projects that demonstrates how improving responsible labor practices can positively affect business competitiveness. Learn more.
HERproject
HERproject promotes and catalyzes sustainable partnerships in emerging economies to improve female workers' general and reproductive health. Download an overview or learn more.
International Labor Migration
With labor migrants accounting for three percent of the world's population, we're working with businesses through a grant from the MacArthur Foundation to help advance the rights of migrants by ensuring a platform for dialogue. Download now our recent report, "International Labor Migration: A Responsible Role for Business". Learn more.
Labor Relations Practitioners Development Initiative
Build sustainable supply chain practices through worker empowerment, supplier ownership, and suppliers’ capacity building by supporting your suppliers’ participants in our labor relations practitioners training workshops in China. Learn more.
Water Quality, Human Health, & Environmental Health: Building Constituencies in Southern China
Through funding from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, this project builds awareness of the links between environment and human health through training programs for managers and individual workers, as well as corporate strategies for effective water resources management that address both resource and public health concerns.