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AI and Human Rights in Extractives

AI is driving change within the extractives sector, potentially leading to major human rights impacts throughout company operations, from geologic risk analysis to workplace management.

This report identifies human rights issues associated with increased use of AI in extractives companies and provides recommendations on addressing these impacts.

AI and Human Rights in Financial Services

Financial institutions are increasingly using AI technologies, from reducing operational costs to delivering customer service. Yet this evolution may bring human rights risks—as well as opportunities—that companies can’t ignore.

This report identifies human rights issues associated with the growing importance of AI technology to financial services and provides recommendations to companies on addressing these impacts.

AI and Human Rights in Retail

Explore human rights issues associated with the increased use of AI technology in the retail sector and recommendations to companies on how they can address the human rights impacts of AI in retail in BSR's new report.

Double Materiality for Financial Institutions

Survey Findings and Recommendations

Explore our survey on types of materiality approaches currently in use, periodicity and sources of assessments, and priority ESG issues now and in the future, based on responses from 13 key financial institutions.

Conflict-Sensitive Human Rights Due Diligence for ICT Companies

Guidelines and Toolkit for Corporate Human Rights Practitioners

This toolkit provides analytical and operational decision-making guidance for tech companies on navigating conflict-related issues.

BSR Climate Scenarios

A tool to drive resilient business strategy

Scenario planning can inform today’s climate risk disclosures, build resilient business strategies, and present opportunities for bold action. Explore our new climate scenario narratives now.

Human Rights Assessment of the Software-as-a-Service Sector

SaaS services address numerous business needs, and they are behind many of the consumer-facing products and platforms we use every day. This report identifies salient human rights risks and makes recommendations to SaaS providers on how to avoid, prevent, and mitigate adverse human rights impacts associated with their individual services and the sector as a whole.

Corporate Action to End Gun Violence

BSR’s Toolkit for Corporate Action to End Gun Violence was developed in collaboration with Everytown for Gun Safety. Gun violence is a national issue in the US. Due to the pervasiveness of gun violence, businesses, their employees, business partners, and customers are all likely to have been impacted by the issue at some point. While many companies see the issue of gun violence as falling outside their sphere of responsibility and influence, companies can and should take action to protect their employees, consumers, and the communities they operate in.

Human Rights Assessments: Identifying Risks, Informing Strategy

According to the UNGPs, companies should identify and assess any actual or potential adverse human rights impacts to gauge human rights risks. BSR shares its human rights assessment methodology to help with this important first step of human rights due diligence.

Keeping Workers in the Loop

Preparing for a Just, Fair, and Inclusive Transition to Circular Fashion

From automation to climate disruption, this report considers the impact of a changing industry context and dynamics on workers and offers recommendations to industry and policymakers on creating a just, fair and inclusive circular fashion system.

Climate Change: Building Resilience While Protecting Human Rights

This report explores the intersection between climate and human rights and makes recommendations on taking first steps to create long-term, resilient business strategies that address human rights impacts related to physical climate impacts as well as the transition to a low carbon economy.

Access to Remedy

After 10 years of implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), companies are increasingly expected to address the harms they have caused or contributed to through their business relationships. This brief explains what effective remedy is, the role of business, and five recommendations for companies to improve access.

Addressing Forced Labor and other Modern Slavery Risks: A Toolkit for Corporate Suppliers

The Global Business Coalition against Human Trafficking (GBCAT) has released a new toolkit that aims to help businesses that work in corporate supply chains to quickly identify areas of the business which carry the highest risk of modern slavery and develop a plan to identify, prevent, and address risks.

Human Rights Due Diligence of Products and Services

Assessing the Downstream Value Chain

We can see and feel the human rights impacts of products and services. This issue brief explains downstream human rights due diligence, why it’s important, coming advancements, and how to get started.

Seven Questions to Help Determine When a Company Should Remedy Human Rights Harm under the UNGPs

How can companies determine whether they have caused, contributed, or are directly linked to an adverse impact through their business relationships? A new white paper explores seven questions to help companies determine their connection to negative impacts and how to reframe these questions to identify appropriate actions to prevent and mitigate potential adverse human rights impacts that may occur in the future.