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Mar

March 21, 2011

Stories From the Field

Terry Nelidov, Former Manager, BSR

BSR Manager Terry Nelidov recently sat down with University of California, San Diego Professor Richard Feinberg to discuss highlights from BSR's three-year DR-CAFTA Responsible Competitiveness project and practical tools that companies anywhere in the world can apply to their labor and competitiveness strategies.

#DR-CAFTA #Supply Chain

Mar

March 7, 2011

HERproject Takes to the Field in Kenya

Jennifer Schappert, Former Manager, BSR

#Grants #Supply Chain #Womens Empowerment

Feb

February 1, 2011

Taking Worker Rights to Scale—So What If There Isn’t a Business Case?

Ayesha Barenblat, Former Director, Stakeholder Collaboration, BSR

#Human Rights #Supply Chain

Jan

January 13, 2011

Conflict Minerals Reporting Regulations: Who is Covered?

Marshall Chase, Former Associate Director, BSR

#Conflict Minerals #Human Rights #Supply Chain

Dec

December 7, 2010

Water in the 21st Century: Shared Risks Demand Shared Action

Gavin Power, Deputy Director, UN Global Compact, and Jason Morrison, Program Director, Pacific Institute

The CEO Water Mandate's new "Guide to Responsible Business Engagement with Water Policy" provides a way for companies to look far beyond their fence lines and engage with a spectrum of water stakeholders to help ensure the healthy and long-term stewardship of a given water catchment, river basin, or watershed.

#Strategy and Integration #Supply Chain #Sustainability Management

Nov

November 16, 2010

Doing Business With China’s New Generation of Workers

Wei Dong Zhou, Former , BSR

BSR's China Director Wei Dong Zhou discusses how the new generation of workers in China is transforming the labor landscape and the implications for global companies, consumers, and 800 million workers in a country that no longer wants to be "the sweatshop of the world."

#Supply Chain

Oct

October 21, 2010

California Transparency in Supply Chains Act Is Now Law

Diane Osgood, Ph.D.

#Reporting and Communications #Supply Chain #Sustainability Management

Oct

October 5, 2010

Three Tools for Managing Supply Chain Transparency on Climate

Ryan Schuchard, Former Associate Director, Climate Change, BSR

Companies are facing growing pressure to increase their transparency on climate-related impacts, but challenges are significant, including the divergent information requirements of various interest groups, demand for details about supply chain impacts, and the sheer expense of reporting on climate issues. Our practical, three-part approach to transparency will help your company overcome these hurdles.

#Climate Change #Supply Chain

Sep

September 27, 2010

ISO 26000 Approved for Publication. Now What?

Angie Farrag-Thibault, Former Director, Collaborative Initiatives and Transport and Logistics, BSR

#Supply Chain

Jul

July 22, 2010

What the U.S. Legislation on Conflict Minerals Means for the Private Sector

Marshall Chase, Former Associate Director, BSR

#Conflict Minerals #Supply Chain

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