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Q&A: The Future of Sustainability Management thumnail image
Sustainability Management

Q&A: The Future of Sustainability Management

To kick off a Q&A series with our sustainability experts, we sat down with our Sustainability Management lead to discuss the past, present, and future of the field.

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Healthcare

Innovative Finance for Sustainability at Scale

Innovative finance represents a significant opportunity for increasing social impact and business value and closing the SDG financing gap. The healthcare sector presents some leading examples.

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Women’s Empowerment | Inside BSR | Human Rights | Equity, Inclusion, and Justice | Climate Change

Business Leadership: Continuing to Build the Momentum

As many of us prepare to gather in New York this month for Climate Week and the UN General Assembly, we are also focused on how to translate this important talk into action.

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Transport and Logistics | Equity, Inclusion, and Justice

Sustainability on the Move: Transportation Innovation

With transportation infrastructure about to be radically transformed through technological advances like autonomous vehicles, we foresee tremendous opportunities for sustainability.

Turning the Internet Green: A Progress Update from BSR’s Future of Internet Power thumnail image
Technology

Turning the Internet Green: A Progress Update from BSR’s Future of Internet Power

Following completion of the Future of Internet Power initiative's fourth year of work, we’re taking a moment to look at our recent achievements and to highlight our ongoing efforts.

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Human Rights | Climate Change

The Human Rights Implications of the Renewable Energy Transition

We can expect the intersection between human rights and renewable energy to become increasingly relevant in our near future, and we invite you to be a part of this trend by integrating the human rights agenda into your business practices.

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Human Rights

Reflections from a BSR Summer Intern: How to Create Maximum Impact

One of our summer interns reflects on his experiences and what he learned about strategies for accelerating change and maximizing impact on business and human rights.

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Human Rights | Equity, Inclusion, and Justice | Climate Change

Next Steps for the (Former) Members of the Business Advisory Councils

In the wake of yesterday’s collapse of the advisory councils assembled by Donald Trump, here are five key principles for the business leaders who were on the councils to help define and promote a thriving economy.

Now Is the Time to Examine (and Re-Examine) Your Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion thumnail image
Equity, Inclusion, and Justice

Now Is the Time to Examine (and Re-Examine) Your Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

The recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, and a leaked internal memo at Google remind us of the importance of corporate action on diversity and inclusion.

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Climate Change

Climate Risk and Resilience: South African Companies Paving the Way

When it comes to taking a comprehensive approach to climate change risk management, these South African companies across industries are leading the way.

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Sustainability Management | Energy and Extractives

Stakeholder Groups Extractives Companies Should Engage to Be Inclusive and Effective

In the mining sector, stakeholder engagement is particularly relevant given the close proximity to and impact on local communities through the use of resources such as water, energy, and land. While every company’s specific stakeholders depend on its operating circumstances, extractives companies should consider these stakeholder groups when developing an engagement strategy.

Leveraging Mobile for Workforce Engagement: Opportunities and Recommendations from HERhealth thumnail image
Women’s Empowerment | Technology | Healthcare

Leveraging Mobile for Workforce Engagement: Opportunities and Recommendations from HERhealth

Three years ago, BSR launched a partnership with Qualcomm Wireless Reach to amplify the outcomes of BSR’s HERproject program in China through mobile technology. Our work together focused on enhancing HERhealth, the pillar of HERproject that aims to empower low-income women working in global supply chains to take charge of their health.

How to Build Effective Sustainability Governance Structures thumnail image
Sustainability Management

How to Build Effective Sustainability Governance Structures

Sustainability governance helps a company implement sustainability strategy across the business, manage goal-setting and reporting processes, strengthen relations with external stakeholders, and ensure overall accountability. It’s important to keep in mind that there is no cookie-cutter structure that can be applied; every company must tailor its approach for what makes most sense given its business model, structure, resources, and level of sustainability integration into the business.

Luxury, Sustainability, and Desirability: Two New Rules of the Game thumnail image
Consumer Products

Luxury, Sustainability, and Desirability: Two New Rules of the Game

How can traditional luxury brands adapt and stay relevant? These two rules describe desirability for products and services in terms of both demand and supply.

The State of Sustainable Business in 2017: Results from the Ninth Annual BSR/GlobeScan Survey thumnail image
Inside BSR | Equity, Inclusion, and Justice | Climate Change

The State of Sustainable Business in 2017: Results from the Ninth Annual BSR/GlobeScan Survey

The results of this year's BSR/GlobeScan State of Sustainable Business Survey remind us of the need for business to redefine the sustainability agenda and lead in today's dynamic environment.