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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.