Case Studies

BSR, the Danish Institute for Human Rights, and Shift Project published six case studies that illustrate how financial institutions are embedding human rights due diligence into their downstream operations and value chain.

BSR partnered with The Estée Lauder Companies and The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation to pilot and scale a bespoke financial literacy program for women workers across the Ghanaian shea supply chain.

Explore BSR’s newest case study with a global technology company to perform a gap assessment against the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Beyond Bank approached BSR to conduct a materiality assessment to proactively identify, assess, and prioritize the bank’s material environment, social, and governance (ESG) risks, opportunities, and impacts.

BSR worked with Inter IKEA, a global home furnishing brand, to design a social performance framework aligned with the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), international frameworks, and existing company best practices.

BSR led a robust double materiality assessment to prepare Assurant, a global business services company, for its upcoming strategy refresh and mandatory disclosure obligations.

BSR worked with the UN Global Compact to engage companies in developing a global approach to gender equality aligning company-specific strategies with wider sustainability targets.

BSR worked with Zuellig Pharma to conduct a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Assessment using BSR methodology to gauge the effectiveness of Zuellig Pharma's DEI efforts and determine its level of maturity and ability to continuously improve.

BSR worked with Hafslund to 1) help provide a better understanding of the current nature landscape, including key regulations, initiatives, frameworks, and standards, and 2) define the company’s stated goal of, and pathway to, contributing to a nature-positive future.

BSR worked with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and another BSR member company to develop a set of best practices and recommendations for how to ensure human rights due diligence (HRDD) is conducted across sales channels.

BSR worked with the Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) to refresh its Human Rights Assessment (HRA) and update its Human Rights Statement.

BSR worked with Mercer International Inc., a global producer of market pulp and solid wood products, to conduct a climate scenario analysis.

BSR worked with Phoenix Group to provide a clearer understanding of its impacts on human rights, publish its first human rights policy, and develop a roadmap to deliver an approach to respecting human rights.

In partnership with Trase, the Responsible Luxury Initiative (ReLI) investigated the deforestation risk linked to its members’ leather supply chains via soy in cattle feed.

BSR worked with Unilever to provide the company with a deeper understanding of the concept of climate justice and its implications across different communities throughout the value chain.