Reports

Building Long-Term Solutions: Retail Shopping Bag Impacts and Options

Tuesday Jul 6, 2010

Marshall Chase, Former Associate Director, BSR

This study also aims to better understand how the environmental impacts of retail shopping bags can be reduced, including through means other than (or in addition to) choice of bag type, such as change in consumer behavior.

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Five Years after Rana Plaza, We Still Must Do More to Empower Women Workers in Bangladesh

Marat Yu, Manager, BSR

Brands, suppliers, and the development community can do these four things to further the empowerment of women workers in Bangladesh and elsewhere.

Women in the Jewelry Supply Chain: Landscape Review of Barriers to Women’s Economic Empowerment

Ouida Chichester, Manager, BSR; Jessica Davis Pluess, Expert Contributor; Hetal Momaya, Manager, U.S. Events, BSR

This white paper explores the role of women in the jewelry supply chain and the challenges they face to their well-being and advancement.

Financial Needs of Garment Workers in India

Chhavi Ghuliani, Associate Director, BSR; Lucia Flores Guevara, Associate, HERproject, BSR

This report examines the opportunity to expand financial inclusion for women in India’s garment sector by increasing women’s access to and use of mobile financial products and services.

Luxury, Sustainability, and Desirability: Two New Rules of the Game

Elisa Niemtzow, Managing Director, BSR

How can traditional luxury brands adapt and stay relevant? These two rules describe desirability for products and services in terms of both demand and supply.

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