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Climate Change

Business Risk, Reward, and Resilience in the Face of Extreme Weather

As businesses begin to assess extreme-weather risks and opportunities and consider investments in building resilience, they should keep the following in mind.

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Food, Beverage, and Agriculture

Emptier Refrigerators as Social Capital: Redefining the Value of Food in the United States

Our vision is that emptier refrigerators become a badge of social awareness of reducing food waste—and companies can help reach that vision through collaboration.

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Sustainability Management

A Guide to Stakeholder Engagement for Healthier Communities

The Healthy Business Coalition’s new Stakeholder Engagement Guide is designed to help companies engage key stakeholders on their healthy business goals, progress, and obstacles.

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Climate Change

The Growing Business Risks in Fossil Fuels

As fossil fuels present an increasing number of economic and business risks, smart companies are investing in renewable energy to power their growth.

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Climate Change

BSR’s Statement on the U.S. Administration Executive Order on Climate Change

The executive order to dismantle the U.S. Clean Power Plan puts significant progress toward a clean economy at risk, but two factors will ensure that this low-carbon transition is inevitable.

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Sustainability Management

The Five Levels of Building an Ethical Culture

Companies seeking to understand and build an ethical culture should consider systems thinking and group dynamics theory.

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Technology | Sustainability Management

Lessons in Technology and Convergence from SXSW 2017

Here are four trends that ran through this year's South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas.

Investors, Consumers, and Markets Demand Climate Action: Four Trends for Your Business to Know thumnail image
Climate Change

Investors, Consumers, and Markets Demand Climate Action: Four Trends for Your Business to Know

When it comes to key business drivers, it’s clear that climate ambition is a growing requirement for companies.

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Sustainability Management | Financial Services

Evolution in Private Equity ESG: From Policies and Efficiency to Impact

The private equity sector has a unique and powerful opportunity to evolve to an integrated, strategic approach to sustainability, which will enhance stakeholder relations and reputation; advance positive environmental, social, and governance impacts; and improve business outcomes.

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Women’s Empowerment

Yes, It’s Your Business: The Private Sector Must Address Gender-Based Violence

Gender-based violence is a complex issue that businesses often hesitate to tackle. But its pervasiveness—one in three women will experience physical or sexual violence in her lifetime—means that we will not achieve gender equality without addressing it.

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Women’s Empowerment

A New Tool to Help Companies Close the Gender Gap

BSR helped develop a new tool, inspired by the Women's Empowerment Principles, that helps companies make informed decisions to improve their impact on gender equality.

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Consumer Products

Sustainability: A Brand’s Secret Weapon

By integrating sustainability into product and marketing strategy, multi-brand companies can reap societal, environmental, and financial benefits.

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Equity, Inclusion, and Justice

Preventing Violent Extremism: An Interview with Amy Cunningham, GCERF

We sat down with a senior advisor at the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund to discuss how the private sector and other stakeholders can help prevent vulnerable men, women, and youth from joining terrorist groups.

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Women’s Empowerment

HERproject at 10: Celebrating HERsuccess, Inspiring HERfuture

As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of HERproject, we’re taking a moment to think about what we have achieved and what we have left to do.

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Women’s Empowerment

What Can Companies Do to Empower Women in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Through our recent research on women's economic empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa, we found three main trends that informed our analysis and recommendations for private-sector action.