Reports and Primers

Aug

August 7, 2019

How Business Can Build a ‘Future of Work’ That Works for Women

Katie Abbott, Manager, Inclusive Economy, BSR; Aditi Mohapatra, Managing Director, BSR

Businesses have a responsibility not only to help workers prepare and transition for the ‘future of work,’ but also enact strategies that create positive change and economic advances for women. This report outlines how to do so.

#Inclusive Economy #Womens Empowerment

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Jul

July 9, 2019

Key Considerations in Managing ESG through a Merger

Laura Gitman, Chief Operating Officer, BSR; Elisabeth Best, Former Manager, Sustainability Management, BSR; Michaela Lee, Former Manager, BSR

As business leaders across industries pursue M&A activity, there will be substantial ESG opportunities and risks for the companies involved: opportunities to create more ambitious and resilient sustainability strategies, accompanied by risks that ESG objectives will be sidelined by overwhelming pressures to create short-term value.

#Financial Services #Strategy and Integration #Sustainability Management

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Jul

July 8, 2019

Human Rights Insights: Trends from the Human Rights Working Group’s Spring Meeting

Salah Husseini, Associate Director, Human Rights, BSR; Dunstan Allison-Hope, Vice President, BSR

In March and April 2019, BSR’s Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) held its first round of meetings for the year in New York, London, and Tokyo.

#Human Rights

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Jun

June 26, 2019

Human Rights Policy Engagement: The Role of Companies

Salah Husseini, Associate Director, Human Rights, BSR; Aron Cramer, President and CEO, BSR; Michelle Nadboy, Former Associate, BSR

It is increasingly important for business not only to maintain its commitments to respect human rights, but also to find new ways to support the work of governments for such effort

#Human Rights #Strategy and Integration

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May

May 15, 2019

The Supply Chain Leadership Ladder 2.0

Tara Norton, Former Managing Director, BSR; Cliodhnagh Conlon, Associate Director, 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.

#Supply Chain

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Apr

April 29, 2019

Five-Step Approach to Stakeholder Engagement

Alison Taylor, Senior Advisor, BSR; Charlotte Bancilhon, Associate Director, BSR; Cecile Oger, Director, BSR; Jonathan Morris, Associate Director, BSR

This report provides a comprehensive stakeholder engagement approach and toolkit that will help your company build and retain stakeholder trust in the long term.

#Stakeholder Engagement

Mar

March 4, 2019

ESG in Private Equity: How To Write a Responsible Investment Policy

Nandini Hampole, Former Associate Director, BSR; David Korngold, Director, BSR

Over the past 10 years, the private equity sector has seen responsible investment approaches move from exception to expectation. Formalized integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations is becoming the norm. For all firms, a meaningful policy is fundamental to responsible investment and ESG integration.

#Financial Services #Future of Reporting

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Feb

February 19, 2019

Five Reporting Trends for 2019: Insights on the Future of Reporting

Elisabeth Best, Former Manager, Sustainability Management, BSR; Jeannie Cho, Former Associate, BSR; Dunstan Allison-Hope, Vice President, BSR

Here are the five innovations that BSR's Future of Reporting collaborative initiative would like to see improve reporting and disclosure in 2019.

#Collaboration #Reporting and Communications #Sustainability Management

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Dec

December 3, 2018

Climate and the Just Transition

David Wei, Managing Director, BSR

The just transition is an economy-wide process that produces the plans, policies, and investments that build resilient economies and communities with green and decent jobs, and this report explores the role business can play in making it a reality.

#Climate Change

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Nov

November 13, 2018

Climate and Human Rights

Edward Cameron, Former Managing Director, BSR; Peter Nestor, Former Director, BSR

This report explores the intimate connection between climate resilience and human rights and outlines how companies can address this nexus.

#Climate Change #Human Rights

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