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Climate And Nature | Esg | Human Rights | Inclusive Business | Supply Chain | Sustainability Management

Modernizing the Social Contract in 2021: Five Developments for Business to Consider

COVID-19 has shown—in a tragic way—how interconnected the world is. All the events of the past year and a half have also reinforced and deepened the urgent need to redefine the social contract and the key role business must play in that effort.

Women’s Digital Inclusion: The Risks of Going Too Fast and Not Fast Enough thumnail image
Gender

Women’s Digital Inclusion: The Risks of Going Too Fast and Not Fast Enough

Sonia Jorge of Alliance for Affordable Internet and Mariana Lopez of the GSMA Connected Women Programme share insights for stakeholders working to bridge the digital gender divide.

Beyond #StopAsianHate: Building an AAPI-Inclusive Workplace Culture thumnail image
Human Rights | Inclusive Business

Beyond #StopAsianHate: Building an AAPI-Inclusive Workplace Culture

As the U.S. celebrates AAPI Heritage Month this May, there is an opportunity for business leaders to learn more about the AAPI experience and help to build a more just, sustainable, and inclusive world—beginning in the workplace.

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Companies Can and Should Act to Prevent Gun Violence

Companies have a responsibility to provide safe working environments for their employees—something they cannot reasonably guarantee given the current state of gun violence in the U.S. Here's how they can and should work to protect their employees and the communities they operate in from gun violence.
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Climate And Nature | Inside Bsr

Inside BSR: Q&A with Melissa Do

This month's Inside BSR features Melissa Do, an Associate based in our San Francisco office, and discusses her sustainability journey as well as her work on climate change.

China’s Climate Goals, The 14th Five-Year Plan, and the Impact on Sustainable Business thumnail image
Climate And Nature

China’s Climate Goals, The 14th Five-Year Plan, and the Impact on Sustainable Business

How will China's 14th Five-Year Plan steer the country's development for the next five years, and what do its environmental and climate considerations mean for business?

Leaders Summit on Climate: Forward Progress to the Net Zero Economies We Need thumnail image
Climate And Nature

Leaders Summit on Climate: Forward Progress to the Net Zero Economies We Need

For the first time since the Paris Agreement, the Leaders Summit on Climate kicked off a new round of stronger targets from major emitters. Here's what this means for business.

Joining the UN Generation Equality Forum is Smart Business thumnail image
Gender | Human Rights

Joining the UN Generation Equality Forum is Smart Business

The Generation Equality Forum (GEF) offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to come together to build an ambitious agenda to empower women and girls. BSR member PayPal discusses its role as a Generation Equality Forum Action Coalition Lead and what motivated it to take part in the Forum.

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Human Rights

Science: A Human Right for Our Times

Science is significant to the role of business in enabling the realization of human rights. Today, BSR is releasing a new primer on the right to science and the role of companies.

Six Things Business Should Know About the EU Taxonomy thumnail image
Climate And Nature | Financial Services | Sustainability Management

Six Things Business Should Know About the EU Taxonomy

Companies based in, doing business with, and with investors in the EU will need to pay attention to the EU Taxonomy and its impact on investments.

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Consumer Products | Supply Chain

Keeping Workers in the Loop

How will circular fashion, at scale, impact job opportunities and quality? Keeping Workers in the Loop brings together industry leaders and stakeholder to explore circular fashion and jobs in the decade ahead by taking a futures approach.

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Collaboration

Maritime Anti-Corruption Network Embarks on a New Journey

BSR is proud to announce that the collaborative initiative Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) is prepared to take the next step of becoming its own independent organization.

Inside BSR: Q&A with Sethypong Sok thumnail image
Gender | Inside Bsr

Inside BSR: Q&A with Sethypong Sok

This month's Inside BSR features Sethypong Sok, HERproject's country representative in Cambodia, and discusses his life, his work on women's empowerment, and his drive to lift fellow Cambodians out of poverty.

What Businesses Operating in Vietnam Can Do about Climate Risk thumnail image
Climate And Nature | Sustainability Management

What Businesses Operating in Vietnam Can Do about Climate Risk

All companies operating in Vietnam need to know that the country is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. How can businesses in Vietnam best prepare and build resilience?