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The Business Role in Creating a 21st-Century Social Contract

Aron Cramer, President and CEO, BSR; Dunstan Allison-Hope, Vice President, BSR; Roger McElrath, Associate Director, BSR; Katie Abbott, Manager, Inclusive Economy, BSR; Daniel Tam-Claiborne, Associate, BSR

The time is now for an overhaul of the social contract to address 21^st-century realities and needs. A new social contract can deliver long-term value creation that enables economic security and mobility, is genuinely inclusive, and addresses challenges such as the transition to clean energy and the emergence of a digital world.

2021: Optimism and Resolve for the Decisive Decade

Aron Cramer, President and CEO, BSR

It is time to turn ambition to action. In the year ahead, BSR will be focusing on three broad areas: (1) business transformation to meet ESG objectives; (2) decisive climate action to translate commitments into real change; and (3) creating an economy that is truly inclusive.

The Biden Administration and Sustainability in a Changing Asia

Jeremy Prepscius, Vice President, Asia-Pacific, BSR

The Biden administration will be facing a changed landscape in Asia. The choices the Biden-Harris administration make on issues like climate change and human rights will not only impact governments in the region, but how businesses in Asia navigate these issues.

The Sustainable Business Agenda in a Biden-Harris Administration

Aron Cramer, President and CEO, BSR

Following the 2020 U.S. elections, BSR President and CEO Aron Cramer lays out an agenda for business to call on the Biden administration to adopt in order to advance a more just and sustainable world.

Climate Justice: How Business Climate Action Can Reduce Environmental Racism

Samantha Harris, Global Lead, Climate and People, BSR

This year’s COVID-19 crisis and racial justice movement have highlighted the systemic inequities in the U.S. and revealed how crises disproportionately affect certain populations. Business has an important role to play in helping to bring climate justice and racial equity front and center while shifting the finance for the energy transition.

Meeting the Moment for Climate Action: Q&A with Maria Mendiluce, CEO, We Mean Business Coalition

Maria Mendiluce, CEO, We Mean Business Coalition

BSR connects with Maria Mendiluce, CEO of the We Mean Business coalition, ahead of BSR Conference 2020 to learn more about what she thinks is needed from business to meet the current moment and build a more equitable and sustainable future.

Three Futures of Company Climate Action

David Wei, Managing Director, BSR

This year’s Climate Week NYC has advanced a shift from climate commitments to climate action. What will company climate action look like in this Decisive Decade? Here are three plausible futures for companies considering their own climate and environmental strategy.

Missing Climate Week, Seeing Climate Refugees

Aron Cramer, President and CEO, BSR

BSR President and CEO Aron Cramer shares his recent experience in Oregon during the wildfires, underlining the necessity of taking climate action.

Freight Buyers Are the Zero-Emission Fuel We Need

ERIC OLSON, Senior Vice President, BSR

Sophie Punte, Executive Director, Smart Freight Centre

CHHAVI GHULIANI, Director, Partnership Development, BSR

BSR and the Smart Freight Centre are moving to accelerate the shift to zero-carbon freight across all modes of transport—air, sea, road, rail, waterways—by 2050 through a new buyer-focused collaborative platform: the Sustainable Freight Buyers Alliance.

Transform to Net Zero and the Shift from Climate Ambition to Climate Action

David Wei, Managing Director, BSR

Unless companies transform into net zero businesses, targets alone will not persuade governments to make more ambitious national pledges. That is why we need—and we are beginning to see—a great shift from climate ambition to climate action.

Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: A Call For Action to Build Resilience Post-COVID

Céline da Graça Pires, Associate, BSR; Samantha Harris, Global Lead, Climate and People, BSR

On the commemoration of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), we recognize that there is still much to be done to prevent, mitigate, and remedy the current and forthcoming adverse impacts of climate change to which Indigenous Peoples are particularly vulnerable.

A 21st-Century Social Contract Must Include a Just Transition to a Net-Zero Economy

Samantha Harris, Global Lead, Climate and People, BSR

We need to enact large-scale systemic changes to combat global climate change—and as the transition to a net-zero GHG emissions economy takes place, we need a social contract that addresses the impact on workers and their communities, especially those facing systemic inequities.

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