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Technology | Sustainability Management | Human Rights

Insights from Telia Company’s Human Rights Impact Assessments

Here are four insights into how to apply the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights that we gained while conducting recent human rights impact assessments for Telia Company.

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Women’s Empowerment

How Business Can Support the Global Movement for Family Planning

Accessing family planning services is essential for women and girls to be able to stay in school, join the workforce, and—crucially—remain active in the formal economy.

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Inside BSR

Shape the Future of Sustainable Business at the BSR Conference 2017

This year's Conference—at a new venue in Huntington Beach—comes at a time when technology, economics, and politics are rewriting the sustainability playbook. And at this moment in history, business leadership is essential.

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Women’s Empowerment | Supply Chain

BSR Collaborates with Indian Business Association to Address Sexual Harassment in Garment Industry

We are proud to announce a new collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industry’s Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development.

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Supply Chain | Consumer Products | Collaboration

Supply Chain Sustainability in the Consumer Goods Industry and the Benefits of Collaboration

Here are five key findings from the 2016 AIM-PROGRESS Member Benchmarking report on the state of supply chain sustainability in the fast-moving consumer goods industry.

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Supply Chain

Three Steps to Tackle Raw Materials Risks—from the Inside Out

Proactively understanding where your company has raw material and commodity risks puts it in a position to more efficiently meet stakeholder expectations, minimize risk, and maximize impact.

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Women’s Empowerment | Supply Chain

BSR’s Women in Factories China Program: Moving from Risk to Value in the Supply Chain

The Women in Factories program has given women workers in China the skills and knowledge they need to change their lives and how they work, creating value for factories and catalyzing change in manufacturing supply chains.

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Financial Services

Activist Investors and the Rise of Short-Termism 2.0

The rise of hedge fund activist investors is making it more challenging for companies to focus on long-term value creation.

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Supply Chain

The Digital, Sustainable Future of Supply Chains

With all the buzz about augmented reality, blockchain, and the Internet of Things, how can we elevate sustainability to a primary consideration in the digitalization of supply chains?

Impact Sourcing and Inclusive Supply Chains: A Conversation with Microsoft’s Tim Hopper thumnail image
Supply Chain | Equity, Inclusion, and Justice

Impact Sourcing and Inclusive Supply Chains: A Conversation with Microsoft’s Tim Hopper

We sat down with Microsoft's manager of responsible sourcing initiatives to discuss its recent focus on inclusion of people with disabilities in the supply chain and more.

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Human Rights

What Are the 10 Most Urgent Human Rights Risks for Your Industry?

We're launching a series of primers that will help you identify and act on key human rights issues in your industry.

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Climate Change

Business Steps Up Leadership on Climate Action as U.S. Administration Withdraws

While consensus on climate action has long been elusive, companies from diverse sectors of the economy have stepped up and pledged to protect the standards of the Paris Agreement.

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Women’s Empowerment | Supply Chain | Consumer Products

Three Actions to Promote Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Apparel Sector

Here's how apparel companies can take action to promote women workers' well-being and economic empowerment.

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Climate Change

BSR Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

BSR regrets that the United States has announced its intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change.

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Sustainability Management

Can Marketers Change the World?

We have reached a tipping point for sustainability marketing.