![Supply Chain Sustainability in the Consumer Goods Industry and the Benefits of Collaboration thumnail image](https://www.bsr.org/images/thumbnails/2017-consumer-goods-supply-chain-blog-thumb.jpg)
Supply Chain | Consumer Products | Collaboration
Supply Chain Sustainability in the Consumer Goods Industry and the Benefits of Collaboration
Here are five key findings from the 2016 AIM-PROGRESS Member Benchmarking report on the state of supply chain sustainability in the fast-moving consumer goods industry.
![Three Steps to Tackle Raw Materials Risks—from the Inside Out thumnail image](https://www.bsr.org/images/thumbnails/2017-6-26-commodities-blog-thumb.jpg)
Supply Chain
Three Steps to Tackle Raw Materials Risks—from the Inside Out
Proactively understanding where your company has raw material and commodity risks puts it in a position to more efficiently meet stakeholder expectations, minimize risk, and maximize impact.
![BSR’s Women in Factories China Program: Moving from Risk to Value in the Supply Chain thumnail image](https://www.bsr.org/images/thumbnails/2017-6-22-women-in-factories-blog-thumb.jpg)
Women’s Empowerment | Supply Chain
BSR’s Women in Factories China Program: Moving from Risk to Value in the Supply Chain
The Women in Factories program has given women workers in China the skills and knowledge they need to change their lives and how they work, creating value for factories and catalyzing change in manufacturing supply chains.
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Financial Services
Activist Investors and the Rise of Short-Termism 2.0
The rise of hedge fund activist investors is making it more challenging for companies to focus on long-term value creation.
![The Digital, Sustainable Future of Supply Chains thumnail image](https://www.bsr.org/images/thumbnails/2017-6-16-digital-supply-chains-blog-thumb.jpg)
Supply Chain
The Digital, Sustainable Future of Supply Chains
With all the buzz about augmented reality, blockchain, and the Internet of Things, how can we elevate sustainability to a primary consideration in the digitalization of supply chains?
![Impact Sourcing and Inclusive Supply Chains: A Conversation with Microsoft’s Tim Hopper thumnail image](https://www.bsr.org/images/thumbnails/2017-6-14-gisc-blog-thumb.jpg)
Supply Chain | Equity, Inclusion, and Justice
Impact Sourcing and Inclusive Supply Chains: A Conversation with Microsoft’s Tim Hopper
We sat down with Microsoft's manager of responsible sourcing initiatives to discuss its recent focus on inclusion of people with disabilities in the supply chain and more.
![What Are the 10 Most Urgent Human Rights Risks for Your Industry? thumnail image](https://www.bsr.org/images/thumbnails/2017-6-13-human-rights-primers-blog-thumb.jpg)
Human Rights
What Are the 10 Most Urgent Human Rights Risks for Your Industry?
We're launching a series of primers that will help you identify and act on key human rights issues in your industry.
![Business Steps Up Leadership on Climate Action as U.S. Administration Withdraws thumnail image](https://www.bsr.org/images/thumbnails/2017-6-7-paris-agreement-business-support-blog-thumb.jpg)
Climate Change
Business Steps Up Leadership on Climate Action as U.S. Administration Withdraws
While consensus on climate action has long been elusive, companies from diverse sectors of the economy have stepped up and pledged to protect the standards of the Paris Agreement.
![Three Actions to Promote Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Apparel Sector thumnail image](https://www.bsr.org/images/thumbnails/2017-6-6-empowering-women-workers-apparel-blog-thumb.jpg)
Women’s Empowerment | Supply Chain | Consumer Products
Three Actions to Promote Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Apparel Sector
Here's how apparel companies can take action to promote women workers' well-being and economic empowerment.
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Climate Change
BSR Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
BSR regrets that the United States has announced its intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change.
![Can Marketers Change the World? thumnail image](https://www.bsr.org/images/thumbnails/2017-5-31-marketing-sustainability-blog-thumb.jpg)
Sustainability Management
Can Marketers Change the World?
We have reached a tipping point for sustainability marketing.
![Despite U.S. Uncertainty on Paris, Business Momentum for Climate Action Remains Strong thumnail image](https://www.bsr.org/images/thumbnails/2017-5-30-paris-agreement-blog-thumb.jpg)
Climate Change
Despite U.S. Uncertainty on Paris, Business Momentum for Climate Action Remains Strong
BSR urges the United States to remain in the Paris Agreement on climate change, and we are confident that the business community will continue to lead on climate action.
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Inside BSR
Registration Now Open for the BSR Conference 2017: How Business Leads
Join us this October at a new venue—in Huntington Beach, California—to explore how business leads on critical sustainability issues in a time of extraordinary change.
![How to Increase Your Company’s Renewables Portfolio thumnail image](https://www.bsr.org/images/thumbnails/2017-5-15-renewables-portfolio-blog-thumb.jpg)
Energy and Extractives | Climate Change
How to Increase Your Company’s Renewables Portfolio
Here’s how to assess your options for procuring renewable energy and how to collaborate to increase your portfolio more quickly.
![How Ethiopia’s Nascent Apparel Industry Can Build a Strong, Empowered Workforce thumnail image](https://www.bsr.org/images/thumbnails/2017-5-11-ethiopia-scoping-study-blog-thumb.jpg)
Women’s Empowerment | Supply Chain
How Ethiopia’s Nascent Apparel Industry Can Build a Strong, Empowered Workforce
To achieve sustainability over the long term, Ethiopia’s emerging apparel industry must embed good business practice from the beginning.