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A leaked document has indicated that on January 29, the EU will release details on the Omnibus Simplification Package, which proposes to streamline reporting requirements across three key EU Green Deal laws. Here's what businesses need to know ahead of the proposal’s release. 

Explore three key ways to upgrade your businesses sustainability governance system in 2025.

While business leaders are understandably nervous about being too aspirational or public about sustainability goals, there is still value in communicating a quantifiable, long-term vision to steer the company and its wider value chain players. BSR shares guidance on how leaders can set ambitious yet achievable sustainability goals for 2025 and beyond.

Three years after the fall of Roe v. Wade, in a rapidly evolving landscape of state-by-state restrictions, what can businesses do to prepare, anticipate, and protect their workforce against efforts to criminalize and ban abortion access?

With the promise of a “decisive” decade for achieving crucial goals falling short, BSR CEO and President Aron Cramer poses 10 questions that are likely to define progress for sustainable business leaders in 2025.

Do the results of the U.S. election change the role of the Chief Sustainability Officer? Hear from over ten sustainability leaders from our original report and feedback from ongoing conversations with members to uncover whether the election has changed their perspective about their role.

Following the third annual Tech Against Trafficking Summit, BSR’s Technology and Human Rights teams share six key priorities for business action on leveraging technology to combat modern slavery.

With an increasing shift from voluntary to mandatory human rights due diligence, leaders are questioning the implications for their business: What are the risks associated with forced labor in supply chains, which sectors are most affected by forced labor risks, and how can businesses engage with suppliers to mitigate these risks?

Learn how businesses can better understand the climate and nature nexus and how BSR is guiding our member companies in creating more integrated strategies that consider impacts on human livelihoods.

The US elections will have profound implications for the global economy, and sustainable business. The question facing us now is: how can sustainable business leaders continue to make important progress in this new environment?

Explore six questions every leadership team must answer on sustainability governance to drive the ESG agenda forward.

Learn seven ways for sustainability leaders to reassert their commitment in transforming companies, economies, and societies

Unpack the differences in wage terminology, explore practical guidance on how companies can determine the Adequate Wage for a location, and learn what companies can expect to come from reporting and human rights due diligence requirements.

What are the signs that a collaborative initiative is reaching the end of its tenure and how can businesses tell whether the “red flags” being seen are conquerable hurdles or warning signs of a pending end?

Discover five key considerations for sustainability teams to understand, manage, and report on social and environmental issues as they learn to navigate AI’s evolving landscape responsibly.

Explore three key areas business leaders can focus on to effectively navigate the complex intersection between corporate strategy, regulatory obligations, and stakeholder expectations.