Date and Time
Wednesday July 8, 2015
9:00 am-5:00 pm
EDT
Location
New York
Wednesday July 8, 2015
9:00 am-5:00 pm
EDT
New York
Sustainability is evolving to focus much more on the benefits companies bring to society even as they reduce their impacts. There is significant potential to accelerate this movement so that more companies make net positive and other benefits-focused commitments.
A number of organizations are driving this issue forward, but additional alignment is needed to avoid fragmentation and increase scale and impact. BSR, Forum for the Future, and the Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise at Harvard University, will gather companies and partners to identify opportunities for greater alignment and possible joint action to accelerate and scale our collective impact. This event is supported by Dell.
BSR President and CEO Aron Cramer discusses major themes shaping the year ahead: net zero, climate action and social justice, attention on ESG, board role redefinition, and the business voice on the "great fragmentation."
How will China's 14th Five-Year Plan steer the country's development for the next five years, and what do its environmental and climate considerations mean for business?
L. Simone Washington, BSR's Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), shares four takeaways for companies on shaping a more inclusive world where all people have fair access to opportunities and activities to improve their lives.
As China finalizes its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), what are the macro themes for the sustainability world to watch, and how will they impact business?
For companies, it is a business imperative to have a more transparent, resilient, responsible, and sustainable global supply chain model. Here are three steps for improving supply chain sustainability.
Drawing on the UNGPs, UN guidance for business in conflict situations, and BSR’s own experience working with businesses in Myanmar and advising companies on human rights due diligence in high-risk contexts, here are seven practical steps that businesses with a presence in Myanmar can take.
How can companies play a role in tackling systemic racism and discrimination?
It is time to turn ambition to action. In the year ahead, BSR will be focusing on three broad areas: (1) business transformation to meet ESG objectives; (2) decisive climate action to translate commitments into real change; and (3) creating an economy that is truly inclusive.