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Mar

March 13, 2020

Respecting Human Rights While Protecting Public Health

Jenny Vaughan, Human Rights Director, BSR; Kelly Scott, Manager, BSR

As the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak disrupts global supply chains and shutters factories and stores around the world, companies are grappling in real time with the human rights implications of the coronavirus response. How can we best protect public health while respecting individual human rights?

#Healthcare #Human Rights

Mar

March 12, 2020

Women’s Empowerment Principles: Turning a Decade of Lessons into Ambitious Business Action

Aditi Mohapatra, Managing Director, BSR

A new report from BSR and the United Nations Global Compact presents aggregate findings of the WEPs Gender Gap Analysis Tool, an online platform that has been used by more than 2,000 companies around the world since its launch in 2017 to anonymously assess their gender equality performance.

#Strategy and Integration #Sustainability Management #Womens Empowerment

Mar

March 11, 2020

The Shift to Digital Wages: Making Sure It Works for Women and Business

Christine Svarer, Director, HERproject, BSR

In the HERfinance Digital Wages program in Bangladesh, designed to support garment factories making the transition from cash to digital payrolls, we found a tangible connection between tailoring programs to women’s needs and an increase in women’s financial inclusion and empowerment.

#Financial Services #HERproject #Inclusive Economy #Supply Chain #Womens Empowerment

Mar

March 9, 2020

Business Action to Achieve Gender Equality in the Decisive Decade

Aditi Mohapatra, Managing Director, BSR; Annelise Thim, Manager, Women's Empowerment, BSR

At BSR, we are committed to working with our members to chart out a path that gets us to gender equality quickly. Here is what we think needs to happen to achieve this during the decisive decade.

#Womens Empowerment

Mar

March 6, 2020

The Impact of Coronavirus on Workers, Business Operations, and Supply Chains in China

Lin Wang, Director, BSR

The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has had an obvious and immediate impact on China’s economy. Here's how it has impacted workers' travel, supply chains, and the economy on local and global levels.

#Supply Chain

Mar

March 5, 2020

Beyond Women on Boards: How Gender Lens Investing Can Transform Your Impact Strategy

Annelise Thim, Manager, Women's Empowerment, BSR; Nandini Hampole, Associate Director, BSR

More impact investors are slowly aligning their strategies to the push for greater gender equality and women’s empowerment. However, understanding on how to unlock the power of capital to support these commitments remains limited. Gender lens investing is a powerful new approach with the potential to change that.

#Financial Services #Womens Empowerment

Mar

March 2, 2020

Sustainable Business in Asia: Five Trends That Will Impact the Decisive Decade

Jeremy Prepscius, Vice President, Asia-Pacific, BSR

Through BSR’s work across Asia, including significant stakeholder engagement across the region, we have identified the following five sustainability trends for business in Asia in the 2020s that will impact sourcing strategies and supply chains, access to finance, employee engagement, sustainability leadership, and increasingly market and consumer engagement.

#Supply Chain #Sustainability Management

Feb

February 27, 2020

Purchasing Power: The Opportunity for Women’s Advancement in Procurement and Global Supply Chains

Cliodhnagh Conlon, Associate Director, BSR; Victoria Reca, Manager, Women's Empowerment, BSR

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs), a framework guiding business on how to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the workplace, marketplace, and community. However, despite considerable advancements, we are still decades away from achieving gender parity.

#Human Rights #Supply Chain #Womens Empowerment

Feb

February 25, 2020

Human Rights Assessments in the Decisive Decade: Innovative Approaches for the Technology Sector

Dunstan Allison-Hope, Vice President, BSR

This blog is the second in a series of two about human rights assessments in the technology industry. While the previous blog described challenges related to these assessments, this blog proposes solutions.

#Human Rights #Information and Communications Technology

Feb

February 20, 2020

Accelerating Toward Data Insights

Melissa Do, Associate, BSR; Hannah Darnton, Associate Director, BSR

In the first Tech Against Trafficking Accelerator, CTDC partnered with Tech Against Trafficking members and partners across different workstreams related to privacy-preserving mechanisms, data standards, and increased platform engagement.

#Human Rights #Information and Communications Technology #Tech Against Trafficking

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