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How Ethiopia’s Nascent Apparel Industry Can Build a Strong, Empowered Workforce thumnail image
Women’s Empowerment | Supply Chain

How Ethiopia’s Nascent Apparel Industry Can Build a Strong, Empowered Workforce

To achieve sustainability over the long term, Ethiopia’s emerging apparel industry must embed good business practice from the beginning.

New BSR Report: Scaling Clean Energy through Financial Industry Collaboration thumnail image
Financial Services | Collaboration | Climate Change

New BSR Report: Scaling Clean Energy through Financial Industry Collaboration

The transition to a low-carbon economy is underway. How can the financial services industry collaborate to scale clean energy finance?

How Myanmar is Building a Labor Dispute Resolution System thumnail image
Supply Chain | Human Rights

How Myanmar is Building a Labor Dispute Resolution System

Myanmar is following these four steps to build a process that helps to protect and enforce the rights and obligations of workers and employers.

The Future Looks Clean: New Sustainable Fuel Buyers’ Principles thumnail image
Climate Change

The Future Looks Clean: New Sustainable Fuel Buyers’ Principles

This new set of principles from our Future of Fuels initiative provides a robust framework for the road freight system to accelerate the transition to low-carbon, sustainable fuels.

How Newmont Ghana Empowers Women in the Workforce, Workplace, and Community thumnail image
Women’s Empowerment | Supply Chain | Energy and Extractives

How Newmont Ghana Empowers Women in the Workforce, Workplace, and Community

We sat down with a team from Newmont Mining to understand what a successful approach to advancing women's economic empowerment looks like in practice.

New BSR Guidance Integrates Gender Equality into Supply Chain Codes of Conduct thumnail image
Women’s Empowerment | Supply Chain

New BSR Guidance Integrates Gender Equality into Supply Chain Codes of Conduct

While codes of conduct are the most widespread tools companies use to drive sustainability throughout the supply chain, they don’t yet effectively frame and address the specific risks facing women.

Redefining Sustainable Business to Meet the Moment thumnail image
Inside BSR

Redefining Sustainable Business to Meet the Moment

In our era of immense change, it's time to redefine sustainable business with a new agenda, a new approach, and a new voice.

How Global Value Chains Push and Pull U.S. Companies on Climate Action thumnail image
Supply Chain | Climate Change

How Global Value Chains Push and Pull U.S. Companies on Climate Action

The push and pull of global value chains—from supplier engagement to the emergence of China as a new climate leader—will build momentum for climate action by companies in the United States.

Building Climate Resilience in Asia: Why Companies Should Invest in People thumnail image
Climate Change

Building Climate Resilience in Asia: Why Companies Should Invest in People

Investing in human capital is essential for enhancing societal and corporate resilience to climate change in Asia.

BSR at 25: Meeting the Moment thumnail image
Inside BSR

BSR at 25: Meeting the Moment

This year marks BSR’s 25th anniversary. And in a time of extraordinary change, we're staying firmly focused on what these shifts mean for the future of sustainable business.

How Men Can Help Empower Women through HERproject thumnail image
Women’s Empowerment

How Men Can Help Empower Women through HERproject

It has become increasingly clear that for women to be able to make and act on choices they value, support from men—as coworkers, as managers, and as family members—is vital.

Better Energy Management Electrifies the Corporate Agenda thumnail image
Climate Change

Better Energy Management Electrifies the Corporate Agenda

Forward-looking businesses are realizing huge cost savings by investing in energy efficiency measures and switching to renewable energy.

Automation: How Business Can Lead a Sustainable Transition thumnail image
Equity, Inclusion, and Justice

Automation: How Business Can Lead a Sustainable Transition

Adopting these four practices can help companies facilitate a smooth transition to automation.

Beyond Today’s Conflict and Beyond Today’s Minerals thumnail image
Technology | Supply Chain | Energy and Extractives

Beyond Today’s Conflict and Beyond Today’s Minerals

Companies can create conflict minerals programs with positive social impacts by broadening their geographic focus and responsible procurement efforts and deepening their transparency and partnerships to engage government.

Made in Africa: How the Apparel Sector Can Build an Ethical Sourcing Destination thumnail image
Women’s Empowerment | Supply Chain | Equity, Inclusion, and Justice | Consumer Products

Made in Africa: How the Apparel Sector Can Build an Ethical Sourcing Destination

Many apparel brands are starting to source from sub-Saharan Africa. Here's how they can embed responsible business practices and advance women's economic empowerment from the beginning.