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BSR is pleased to announce its appointment as secretariat of the Global Business Coalition Against Human Trafficking, which provides a collaborative space for companies to advance the fight against modern slavery.

Building Responsibly—our new industry-led collaborative initiative with support from Humanity United—will enable construction and engineering companies to collaborate around their shared values, advance their programs through best-practice sharing, and more.

It matters to business success whether products and companies offer community, societal, and environmental benefits. And these benefits create value—to natural systems and human societies—that can be measured.

Rather than resolving issues as they arise or worsen, the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network now aims to shift the integrity culture of the maritime sector to a point where corruption is no longer entertained as a possibility in any port.

Based on lessons learned from our recent human rights work, we have begun exploring the concept of “human rights by design,” which we believe could be essential for the long-term success of the business and human rights discipline.

Through the Clean Cargo Working Group, which now represents 85 percent of ocean container shipping volume, we have seen the value to companies in addressing challenges collaboratively.

We're launching a new collaborative initiative to provide a space for practitioners to share learnings, insights, and perspectives and address important questions about the future of sustainability reporting.

This year, we're strengthening BSR’s capacity to convene business and stakeholders on collaborative initiatives that generate concrete positive outcomes for business, societies, and the environment.

As we witness a systematic assault on the foundations for a just and sustainable world, a new question is arising: How do companies and CEOs respond when basic principles are under attack?

Three main implications for the future of corporate transparency point to the increasing importance of proactive and strategic approaches.

Yes, businesses have to earn profits and provide a return to their investors, but has the focus on a business case for everything undermined what it means to be a good corporate citizen?

There are clear drivers in today's operating environment for multinationals to rethink their approaches to risk, resilience, and corporate responsibility. Here are four stakeholder trends to pay attention to this year.

By strengthening transparency in reporting and offering innovative products and services for all, ICT companies can help advance women as skilled professionals and empowered individuals.

Although in many ways encouraging, our findings in this year's report highlighted the need for urgency.

Sustainable supply chain management means operating in uncertainty, without clear guidance on universal standards on what constitutes best practice. A BSR tool can help companies benchmark their responsible sourcing programs and assess how to improve.