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Climate Change
The New SBTi Standard Places Science at the Heart of Corporate Net-Zero Targets
The launch of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Net-Zero Standard just before COP26 marks a significant milestone. It is the first independently certifiable standard that assesses a company's net-zero targets, and importantly it clearly grounds them into 1.5°C-aligned short-term and long-term action.
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Climate Change
COP26 Made Climate Action Mainstream Business and Put 1.5°C on Life Support
What happened at COP26? BSR Managing Director David Wei and Director Giulio Berruti share their takeaways on international cooperation, climate action and business, and upcoming trends seen at the event.
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Financial Services | ESG
Allbirds’ SPO Framework Is Step in the Right Direction for ESG Commitments by High-Growth Companies
As Allbirds prepared its initial public offering (IPO), this led to the creation of the Sustainability Principles and Objectives Framework. BSR CEO Aron Cramer shares more about the framework.
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Human Rights
Companies Now Have a Powerful New Tool for Promoting and Protecting the Rights of LGBTIQ+ Employees
The world’s leading companies have a tremendous opportunity to stand up and promote rights and protections for their LGBTIQ+ employees. The UN LGBTIQ+ Standards Gap Analysis Tool—recently launched by a coalition of international organizations, including BSR and the Partnership for Global LGBTIQ+ Equality (PGLE)—is helping companies to do just that.
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ESG | Sustainability Reporting
The VRF and IFRS Foundation Join Forces: A New Day for ESG Reporting and Disclosure
The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFRS) intends to consolidate the Value Reporting Foundation (VRF) and the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB). As ESG gains momentum and urgency, it is time to embed sustainability considerations in the basic functioning of the capital markets, which will only happen with universal disclosures that enable consistency.
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Climate Change
Transform to Net Zero: Five Key Steps to Setting Net Zero Goals
While more than 3,000 businesses have pledged to reach net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050, many companies face challenges in putting this guidance into practice. Transform to Net Zero member Wipro shares five steps for navigating the net-zero goal-setting process and committing to meaningful emission reduction targets.
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Climate Change
COP26 and the Real Economy: Climate Change Solutions at and beyond Glasgow
As many of us prepare to descend on Glasgow for the once-delayed, badly needed COP26, the urgency of action is blindingly clear. Here are four things we want to see emerge by the time this COP ends on November 14.
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Sustainability Management | ESG | Climate Change
The Stars Are Aligning
We are entering the next era of just and sustainable business with a much clearer pathway. BSR Vice President Dunstan Allison-Hope shares a framework around which the field seems to be coalescing.
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Inside BSR | Human Rights | Financial Services
Inside BSR: Q&A with Paloma Muñoz Quick
This month's Inside BSR features Paloma Muñoz Quick, an Associate Director in our NYC office. She shares how her life in Chile and Brazil fostered her interest in tackling systemic injustice, her work on investor action on human rights, and how working at BSR supports her commitment to protecting human rights.
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Women’s Empowerment | Consumer Products
Accelerating Action on SDG 5 across the Jewelry Industry
As part of Generation Equality, BSR, in partnership with the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), have launched a report that sheds light on the current state of corporate efforts to advance gender equality in the jewelry industry. We share four insights from the report.
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Human Rights | Financial Services | ESG
Human Rights Are Not Just an “ESG Factor”
The notion that investors should use environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations to inform their decision-making is having a moment. This is undoubtedly a good thing but there is a risk that fundamental concepts—like the responsibility of business to respect human rights—may get lost in the process.
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In Memoriam: John G. Ruggie (1944-2021)
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Climate Change
Only Transformative Net-Zero Implementation Will Meet Our Climate Crisis
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report revealed that climate change isn’t a problem we should solve for the next generation, but one we must deal with immediately. Are the thousands of business net-zero commitments up to the task of changing our global trajectory? A look at how companies can ensure that their net-zero implementation plans are commensurate to the crisis at hand.
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Human Rights | Financial Services
Reimagining Investment: Human Rights in Venture Capital
The increasingly widespread media coverage of surveillance and spyware technologies has put a spotlight on the role of private equity firms, including venture capital (VC) investors, in financing human rights abuses. How can VC firms meet their human rights responsibilities?
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Supply Chain | Human Rights
Creating Opportunities for Action: Advancing Children’s Rights in the Palm Oil Industry
The number of children in child labor has increased from 152 to 160 million globally, and COVID-19 is expected to further obstruct efforts to eliminate child labor. Here's how palm oil companies can respect child rights and address this complex issue.