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Sustainability Management | Financial Services | ESG | Business Transformation

Navigating the ESG Ratings Landscape: Five Recommendations for Business

ESG ratings can often raise questions and sometimes frustration among companies. We share five common dilemmas with key recommendations for business.

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Human Rights

The New EU Forced Labor Product Ban: Recommendations for Business

The European Commission published a trade instrument proposal banning products made with forced labor from being marketed, sold, or exported from the EU market. How business can get started.

BSR Climate Scenarios: A Tool to Drive Resilient Business Strategy thumnail image
Climate Change

BSR Climate Scenarios: A Tool to Drive Resilient Business Strategy

Explore three climate scenario narratives built upon the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) climate scenarios and corresponding datasets.

Human Rights Due Diligence of Meta’s Impacts in Israel and Palestine in May 2021 thumnail image
Technology | Human Rights

Human Rights Due Diligence of Meta’s Impacts in Israel and Palestine in May 2021

BSR reviewed the human rights impacts of Meta’s company policies and activities during the May 2021 crisis in Israel and Palestine. Here are the results.

Beyond the Generation Equality Forum: One Year of Driving Action for Gender Equality thumnail image
Women’s Empowerment

Beyond the Generation Equality Forum: One Year of Driving Action for Gender Equality

In June 2021, the private sector set a new gender equality agenda through the Generation Equality Forum. Learn about the progress made and where gaps remain.

Driving Decarbonization: Accelerating Zero-Emission Freight thumnail image
Transport and Logistics | Collaboration

Driving Decarbonization: Accelerating Zero-Emission Freight

Until there is collaboration and co-investment in pilot projects across the entire freight industry, low- and zero-carbon freight solutions will remain undeveloped at scale.

“And” May Be the Most Important Word thumnail image
Sustainability Management | Sustainability Reporting | Business Transformation

“And” May Be the Most Important Word

As new laws and standards for just and sustainable business come forth, here’s what companies need to focus on—and how this can bring about increased ambition.

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Technology | Human Rights

Human Rights Everywhere All at Once

While each new regulatory initiative in the tech industry addresses a specific topic, here’s how human rights based-approaches provide a common thread tying them together.

Advancing Nature-Positive Solutions for Business thumnail image
Nature | Climate Change

Advancing Nature-Positive Solutions for Business

Adopting a nature-positive lens to company operations and supply chains can help reduce risks and drive long-term business resilience.

Conflict and Modern Slavery: The Investment Perspective thumnail image
Human Rights | Financial Services

Conflict and Modern Slavery: The Investment Perspective

As mandatory due diligence laws come into effect across Europe, examining and managing potential human rights risks are more critical than ever for companies and their investors.

Empowering Executives and Activating Boards: The New Nexus of Sustainability Governance thumnail image
Sustainability Management | Governance

Empowering Executives and Activating Boards: The New Nexus of Sustainability Governance

Boards of directors oversee many sustainability issues and address complex questions. Our advisory services aim to empower executives and Chief Sustainability Officers to engage, inform, and activate boards.

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Creates Powerful Tailwinds for Net Zero Companies thumnail image
Climate Change | Equity, Inclusion, and Justice

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Creates Powerful Tailwinds for Net Zero Companies

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is historic legislation. BSR Managing Director David Wei shares how it will impact companies, from creating tailwinds for achieving net-zero goals to providing signals for the future of corporate climate action.

Best Practices for Human Rights Due Diligence in Tech Sales Channels thumnail image
Technology | Human Rights

Best Practices for Human Rights Due Diligence in Tech Sales Channels

To fulfill their commitments to implementing the UNGPs, vendors need their sales partners to address end-use human rights risks. Explore our new brief, which shares guidance and best practices related to the human rights expectations of sales channels in the technology sector.

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Inside BSR

Inside BSR: Q&A with Ellinor Haggebrink

Inside BSR is our monthly series featuring BSR team members from around the world. This month, we connected with Ellinor Haggebrink, a Manager based in Copenhagen.

Business Leadership in the Great Fragmentation: Part 2 thumnail image
Sustainability Management | Business Transformation

Business Leadership in the Great Fragmentation: Part 2

The divisions caused by “The Great Fragmentation” are a barrier to achieving an economy that drives equitable and sustainable progress. To meet the needs of our fragmented world, business can reorient their efforts around four main objectives.