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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Blog

How to Drive Value through Supply Chain Sustainability

Tara Norton, Managing Director, BSR; Cliodhnagh Conlon, Manager, BSR

As supply chain sustainability—also known as responsible sourcing, sustainable sourcing, responsible supply, or sustainable procurement—continues to evolve, companies must also stay abreast of its trends if they hope to build or maintain a competitive edge.

The Supply Chain Leadership Ladder 2.0

Tara Norton, Managing Director, BSR; Cliodhnagh Conlon, Manager, BSR; Jeremy Prepscius, Vice President, Asia-Pacific, BSR

The Supply Chain Leadership Ladder 2.0 incorporates learnings from our work with companies where we use the framework to identify their level of maturity and ambition, benchmark their practices against their peers, and develop concrete action plans to improve.

Making Supply Chains Safe for Women Workers

Jeremy Prepscius, Vice President, Asia-Pacific, BSR; Christine Svarer, Director, HERproject, BSR

When it comes to tackling harassment and abuse, compliance programs alone are inadequate. They need to be rethought with the worker at the center, and they should measure and bolster the programs put in place to address root causes and build real change.

Five Trends Defining the Future of Retail

Elisa Niemtzow, Managing Director, BSR; Jacob Park, Director, Sustainable Futures Lab, BSR

Retail is changing in complex ways, and the future will look quite different from today. We need to prepare now for new challenges, but also for new opportunities to drive more sustainable consumption patterns, promote diversity and inclusion, and meet emerging consumer needs.

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