BSR Insights+

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Business Transformation | Sustainability Reporting

How New Regulations Are a Game-Changer in Just and Sustainable Business

Insights+ provides insights and foresight that empower the CSO to be a strategic C-Suite advisor by crystallizing emerging and cross-cutting sustainability issues, enabling companies to elevate their strategic ambition and achieve tangible progress toward a more just and sustainable world.

In the third edition, President and CEO Aron Cramer and Vice President, Human Rights Dunstan Allison-Hope dive into upcoming regulatory requirements concerning just and sustainable business and discuss how companies can stay focused on actions that will be considered credible, not merely compliant.

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Climate And Nature | Emerging Issues | Financial Services | Sustainable Futures Lab

Land Value at Risk

What climate justice risks do the insurance industry face, and how can business best build inclusive resilience to these risks?

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Human Rights

Canada’s Modern Slavery Legislation: Key Recommendations for Business

Canada recently adopted legislation targeting modern slavery across corporate supply chains. Members of BSR’s Human Rights team share key provisions of the act and recommendations for business.

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Collaboration

Sustainable Coconut Partnership: Toward a Responsible and Resilient Sector

We discuss the recently launched Sustainable Coconut Partnership, the unique challenges facing farmers, and how it plans to scale impact in the year ahead.

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Esg | Financial Services

Applying an ESG Lens to Crypto

Cryptocurrencies continue to attract investors against the odds. How can businesses approach these opportunities in a way that maximizes their potential for empowerment and inclusivity, while guarding against significant environmental and social concerns?

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Climate And Nature | Emerging Issues | Sustainable Futures Lab

Anywhere the Smoke Blows: The Health and Climate Risks of Wildfires

A new understanding of the environmental and health impacts of wildfire has significant implications for the role of business in wildfire prevention, management, and adaptation.

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Business Transformation | Climate And Nature

Climate Transition Plans That Enable Business Transformation

Stakeholders are issuing calls for companies to disclose how they intend to meet their climate targets via climate transition plans. BSR outlines five characteristics of a transformative climate transition plan that generates long-term value.

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Governance | Human Rights

Embedding Human Rights from Boots to the Boardroom

As new legislation emerges, business leaders will need to manage human rights issues on an ongoing basis. Four steps for implementing long-term human rights action plans.

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Boards | Business Transformation | Climate And Nature | Governance

Nine Ways to Activate Your Board on Climate

Board oversight on climate-related risks and opportunities is increasingly important. Explore three strategies for activating boards on climate.

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Human Rights | Responsible Technology

A Human Rights Impact Assessment of Twitch

BSR and Twitch undertook a human rights assessment of Twitch, an interactive live streaming service. Today, we are pleased to publish the final report in full.

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Human Rights | Responsible Technology

Why Every Business Needs to Think about Responsible AI

As more companies use AI in their products, services, and operations, it’s time for business to take a human rights-based approach to AI.

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Human Rights | Inclusive Business

Call to Action for Businesses on the Medication Abortion Rulings

Restricting access to comprehensive reproductive care, including abortion, is a business and economic issue that employers are already navigating. We share recommendations for business action.

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Climate And Nature | Emerging Issues | Human Rights

Decoding Nature’s Soundscapes

Scientists are getting closer to understanding how organisms and ecosystems use sound (known as bioacoustics) to communicate. We share how bioacoustics can impact business.

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Climate And Nature

Back to Nature: A Call to Action

BSR’s Nature team dives into the Science-Based Targets for Nature and discusses how business can take immediate action if it is to keep pace with the market and mitigate nature-related risks before they become acute.  

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Climate And Nature

Transform, Finance, and Adapt: What the IPCC Report Means for Credible Corporate Climate Action

The new IPCC synthesis report shows that we must speed up climate action. Explore six key ways business can act to meet the moment.

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Inclusive Business | Inside Bsr

Inside BSR: Q&A with MaryAnne Howland

Inside BSR is our monthly series featuring BSR team members from around the world. Meet MaryAnne Howland, a Director based out of BSR New York's office.