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In June 2021, the private sector set a new gender equality agenda through the Generation Equality Forum. Learn about the progress made and where gaps remain.

Until there is collaboration and co-investment in pilot projects across the entire freight industry, low- and zero-carbon freight solutions will remain undeveloped at scale.

As new laws and standards for just and sustainable business come forth, here’s what companies need to focus on—and how this can bring about increased ambition.

While each new regulatory initiative in the tech industry addresses a specific topic, here’s how human rights based-approaches provide a common thread tying them together.

Adopting a nature-positive lens to company operations and supply chains can help reduce risks and drive long-term business resilience.

As mandatory due diligence laws come into effect across Europe, examining and managing potential human rights risks are more critical than ever for companies and their investors.

Boards of directors oversee many sustainability issues and address complex questions. Our advisory services aim to empower executives and Chief Sustainability Officers to engage, inform, and activate boards.

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is historic legislation. BSR Managing Director David Wei shares how it will impact companies, from creating tailwinds for achieving net-zero goals to providing signals for the future of corporate climate action.

To fulfill their commitments to implementing the UNGPs, vendors need their sales partners to address end-use human rights risks. Explore our new brief, which shares guidance and best practices related to the human rights expectations of sales channels in the technology sector.

Inside BSR is our monthly series featuring BSR team members from around the world. This month, we connected with Ellinor Haggebrink, a Manager based in Copenhagen.

The divisions caused by “The Great Fragmentation” are a barrier to achieving an economy that drives equitable and sustainable progress. To meet the needs of our fragmented world, business can reorient their efforts around four main objectives.

The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) recently released a set of sector-agnostic exposure drafts that form the first set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). We share our response to EFRAG's public consultation.

BSR welcomes and has responded to the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)’s two exposure drafts released in March 2022, grounding our comments in 30 years of experience working with member companies.

The world is fragmenting politically, economically, environmentally, and culturally. BSR President and CEO Aron Cramer shares the six interlocking factors that are accelerating fragmentation and why they're significant for business.

Egypt's garment sector employs more than 1.5 million people, half of whom are women, offering an opportunity to promote women's economic empowerment. Here's how HERproject's Digital Wages partnership with Mastercard helped lead to increased financial inclusion and resilience for female garment workers.