Climate Change
China’s Carbon Emission Trading Scheme and its Implications for Businesses
China’s new national Emission Trading Scheme is a critical part of China's plans to use market mechanisms to reach peak emissions before 2030 and net zero by 2060 – it has become the world’s largest emission trading system. BSR shares insights to help you to understand exactly how the ETS works, how it will likely evolve, and its potential impacts on business.
Inside BSR | Climate Change
Inside BSR: Q&A with Erin Leitheiser
This month's Inside BSR features Erin Leitheiser, who recently joined BSR’s Climate team as a Manager in our Copenhagen office.
Human Rights | Equity, Inclusion, and Justice
Race and Ethnicity: Civil Society Expectations for Business and Recommendations for Company Action
Racism and ethnic discrimination is a global problem, and addressing these issues benefits everyone. We conducted interviews among BSR’s 300 member companies to identify common challenges companies face when addressing these issues and the potential opportunities this can represent for businesses. We also interviewed civil society organizations around the world to understand their expectations for corporate action.
Human Rights | Financial Services
The Future of Business and Human Rights
As we celebrate Human Rights Day on December 10—the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights—we are taking the opportunity to reflect on the role of business in shaping a future in which human rights are respected and protected in both law and in practice.
Supply Chain | Consumer Products
The Rise of Circular Fashion Brings Opportunity to Design a Fashion System That Works for All
The fashion industry is transforming from linear to more circular business models. How can we leverage this transformation to reimagine and rebuild the global fashion system so that it works for all? Through Keeping Workers in the Loop (KWIL), we convened over 45 major fashion industry players—established brands, emerging circular businesses, worker representatives, sustainable fashion experts, and international institutions—to explore this very question.
Climate Change
The New SBTi Standard Places Science at the Heart of Corporate Net-Zero Targets
The launch of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Net-Zero Standard just before COP26 marks a significant milestone. It is the first independently certifiable standard that assesses a company's net-zero targets, and importantly it clearly grounds them into 1.5°C-aligned short-term and long-term action.
Climate Change
COP26 Made Climate Action Mainstream Business and Put 1.5°C on Life Support
What happened at COP26? BSR Managing Director David Wei and Director Giulio Berruti share their takeaways on international cooperation, climate action and business, and upcoming trends seen at the event.
Financial Services | ESG
Allbirds’ SPO Framework Is Step in the Right Direction for ESG Commitments by High-Growth Companies
As Allbirds prepared its initial public offering (IPO), this led to the creation of the Sustainability Principles and Objectives Framework. BSR CEO Aron Cramer shares more about the framework.
Human Rights
Companies Now Have a Powerful New Tool for Promoting and Protecting the Rights of LGBTIQ+ Employees
The world’s leading companies have a tremendous opportunity to stand up and promote rights and protections for their LGBTIQ+ employees. The UN LGBTIQ+ Standards Gap Analysis Tool—recently launched by a coalition of international organizations, including BSR and the Partnership for Global LGBTIQ+ Equality (PGLE)—is helping companies to do just that.
ESG | Sustainability Reporting
The VRF and IFRS Foundation Join Forces: A New Day for ESG Reporting and Disclosure
The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFRS) intends to consolidate the Value Reporting Foundation (VRF) and the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB). As ESG gains momentum and urgency, it is time to embed sustainability considerations in the basic functioning of the capital markets, which will only happen with universal disclosures that enable consistency.
Climate Change
Transform to Net Zero: Five Key Steps to Setting Net Zero Goals
While more than 3,000 businesses have pledged to reach net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050, many companies face challenges in putting this guidance into practice. Transform to Net Zero member Wipro shares five steps for navigating the net-zero goal-setting process and committing to meaningful emission reduction targets.
Climate Change
COP26 and the Real Economy: Climate Change Solutions at and beyond Glasgow
As many of us prepare to descend on Glasgow for the once-delayed, badly needed COP26, the urgency of action is blindingly clear. Here are four things we want to see emerge by the time this COP ends on November 14.
Sustainability Management | ESG | Climate Change
The Stars Are Aligning
We are entering the next era of just and sustainable business with a much clearer pathway. BSR Vice President Dunstan Allison-Hope shares a framework around which the field seems to be coalescing.
Inside BSR | Human Rights | Financial Services
Inside BSR: Q&A with Paloma Muñoz Quick
This month's Inside BSR features Paloma Muñoz Quick, an Associate Director in our NYC office. She shares how her life in Chile and Brazil fostered her interest in tackling systemic injustice, her work on investor action on human rights, and how working at BSR supports her commitment to protecting human rights.
Women’s Empowerment | Consumer Products
Accelerating Action on SDG 5 across the Jewelry Industry
As part of Generation Equality, BSR, in partnership with the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), have launched a report that sheds light on the current state of corporate efforts to advance gender equality in the jewelry industry. We share four insights from the report.