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Human Rights | Supply Chain

How Business Can Support Survivors of Human Trafficking

GBCAT is launching a new resource, A Guide for Business on Empowerment and Employment of Survivors of Human Trafficking, to inform companies on how they can support the long-term recovery of survivors of human trafficking.

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Human Rights

COVID-19 and Beyond: Technology, Responsible Decision Making, and Public Health Emergencies

The COVID-19 public health emergency has surfaced important questions about the relationship between the right to privacy and other human rights. BSR is releasing a paper that sets out the key elements of a human rights-based approach to the use of data and technology solutions during public health emergencies.

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Climate Change | Financial Services | Human Rights | Sustainability Management

The Biden Administration and Sustainability in a Changing Asia

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.

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Climate Change

The Paris Agreement’s 5th Anniversary: Accelerating the Momentum for Net Zero

As we observe the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement, we discuss private sector action in making the transition to a low-carbon economy.

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Supply Chain | Women’s Empowerment

The Human Cost of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Workers in the Supply Chain

To understand the human cost of the COVID-19 pandemic in supply chains, HERproject interviewed over 1,000 workers and managers in Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Kenya, and Vietnam and released its findings and recommendations in a new report.

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Equity, Inclusion, And Justice | Human Rights | Women’s Empowerment

Why Company Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs Need Intersectional Approaches

As more and more companies develop, enact, and expand women’s empowerment and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, business needs to understand women’s diverse and distinct experiences and undertake an intersectional approach.

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Sustainability Reporting

Five Steps to Sustainability Reporting in an Evolving Landscape

BSR has published a practical guide, Five Steps to Good Sustainability Reporting, to help companies master the fundamentals of decision-useful disclosure that enables positive sustainability outcomes.

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Human Rights

Building toward Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence

The proposed European mandatory human rights due diligence (EU mHRDD) legislation is a significant development for corporate human rights programs. We present our recommendations on how this legislation can be as effective as possible.

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Esg | Food, Beverage, And Agriculture | Sustainability Management

Meeting the Moment on ESG Investing: Q&A with Lauren Abbott, Global VP, Anheuser-Busch InBev

We connected with Lauren Abbott, Global Vice President, Investor Relations at Anheuser-Busch InBev, to hear her thoughts on what business should do to meet the current moment of ESG investor interest and ultimately build a more equitable, sustainable future.

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Climate Change | Equity, Inclusion, And Justice | Esg | Human Rights | Supply Chain

The Sustainable Business Agenda in a Biden-Harris Administration

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.

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Climate Change | Equity, Inclusion, And Justice

Climate Justice: How Business Climate Action Can Reduce Environmental Racism

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.

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Collaboration | Sustainability Management

Amid COVID-19, BSR20 Highlighted Action, Collaboration, and Leadership

In a year with so many reasons to be concerned about the state of the world and the future, last week’s BSR Conference leaves us with reasons to be optimistic.

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Sustainability Management

Building the Future Starts Now: Reflections from BSR Conference 2020

The BSR20 Conference aimed to help the sustainable business community see our changing world more clearly. Here are four takeaways from the event.

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Human Rights | Supply Chain

Four Features of Effective Human Rights Due Diligence

The EU’s proposed mandatory human rights due diligence legislation has the potential to reshape the way that companies manage their human rights risks—and to boost the impact of company efforts to prevent, mitigate, and remedy these risks. This blog discusses four features of effective human rights due diligence.

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Sustainability Management

Election 2020: A Test for American Democracy, and A Test for American Business

Many companies have already taken steps to enable voting and to promote free and fair elections as Election Day approaches in the U.S. Here are five additional things that business can do to sustain a healthy democracy.