Reports

Between the Lines: Listening to Female Factory Workers in China

Thursday Mar 7, 2013

BSR Staff

#Environment, #Supply Chain, #Womens Empowerment,

This report emphasizes the importance of in-depth engagement with workers to understand their specific challenges and ambitions, and offers strategies such as creating paths for development and promotion, based on listening to and responding to workers' needs and aspirations.

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Blog

Can Corruption in Your Value Chain Lead to Complicity in Gross Human Rights Abuses?

Joanna Lovatt, Associate, BSR; Alison Taylor, Managing Director, Sustainability Management, BSR; Jenny Vaughan, Human Rights Director, BSR; Céline da Graça Pires, Associate, BSR

If businesses fail to conduct conflict-sensitive human rights due diligence and integrate their anti-corruption and human rights efforts, they may be linked to human rights abuses conducted by a third party. BSR recommends enhanced human rights due diligence that is both conflict-sensitive and that integrates corruption risk.

Action for Sustainable Derivatives: A BSR/Transitions Collaboration

Tara Norton, Managing Director, BSR; Nicolas Ronderos, Manager, Collaborations, BSR

To accelerate compliance of supply chains with deforestation-free and responsible sourcing principles, BSR and Transitions are excited to launch a new collaborative initiative for corporate buyers of palm-based derivatives alongside 11 member companies: Action for Sustainable Derivatives (ASD).

Human Rights in a Global Supply Chain: Challenges and Approaches

Jenny Vaughan, Human Rights Director, BSR; Salah Husseini, Associate Director, Human Rights, BSR; Cynthia Wang, Associate, BSR

During its summer meetings, BSR's Human Rights Working Group covered topics ranging from women’s empowerment in the business context to applying human rights considerations to artificial intelligence systems as part of its discussion on implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

Making Women Workers Count

Magali Barraja, Associate Director, BSR; Annelise Thim, Manager, Women's Empowerment, BSR; Victoria Reca, Associate, BSR; Eva Ehoke, Associate, BSR

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