Reports

BSR’s Center for Sustainable Procurement: Year 1 Findings and Insights

Tuesday Jun 18, 2013

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Tuesday Jun 18, 2013

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Eric Olson, Senior Vice President, BSR

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The research draws lessons from three yearlong pilot projects with AT&T, Best Buy, and Dell, as well as from Hilton Worldwide's proprietary LightStay platform. The CSP is developing tools and approaches for sustainable procurement that will benefit the wider network of companies interested in integrating this into their overall sustainability priorities. The pilot projects—conducted with BSR member companies selected based on their existing supply chain sustainability focus and a high level of buy-in for this work—examined how companies can make sustainable procurement decisions in specific product categories covering a spectrum of challenges.

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Three Ways Business Is Combating Modern Slavery

Shubha Chandra, Manager, BSR

The business community has a critical role to play in the fight against modern slavery, a practice that spans all business sectors and geographies. As we commemorate the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, GBCAT welcomes all companies to join us in our shared fight against modern slavery.

Blockchain through the Whole Supply Chain

Tara Norton, Managing Director, BSR

The term “global supply chain” conjures up images of large ports filled with colorful arrays of ocean-bound shipping containers being systematically partitioned for each destination or commercial freight trucks arriving at highly-organized distribution centers. But global supply chains all start before that point—and our actions to make supply chains more visible, traceable, and sustainable need to start at the beginning.

Getting Circular Economy Right: Let’s Put People at the Center of Circular Fashion

Cliodhnagh Conlon, Manager, BSR; Magali Barraja, Associate Director, BSR

BSR is working with the C&A Foundation to explore the ways in which advancing circular fashion affects people and in particular, women. Our research reveals that very few companies adopting circular fashion models are considering the social aspects as they make this shift.

Eliminating Violence and Harassment Just Became an Obligation for Businesses Worldwide

Aditi Mohapatra, Director, Women’s Empowerment, BSR; Lauren Shields, Associate Director, BSR

The recent ILO Convention shows more is expected from businesses when it comes to tackling violence and harassment. Here’s how companies can take action using BSR’s “Act, Enable, Influence” framework.

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