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Business Transformation | Emerging Issues | Governance | Nature | Scenarios | Sustainability Management | Elections 2024

The United States is at Risk of Marginalizing Itself on Sustainability

Developments in the US are marginalizing American leadership globally and creating unnecessary barriers to achieving a more just and sustainable global economy.

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Climate Change | Governance | Human Rights | Nature | Scenarios | Sustainability Reporting | CSDDD

CSDDD: A Pragmatic Approach to Managing Human Rights and Environmental Impacts

Learn more about CSDDD’s risk-based due diligence approach, as well as three provisions of the Directive that merit particular attention from companies.

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Emerging Issues | Governance | Technology | Human Rights

The EU AI Act: What It Means for Your Business

With the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act soon to come into force, explore key features of the Act and who will be affected.

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Governance | Human Rights | Technology | Collaboration

Building an Effective Supply Chain Data Ecosystem to Prevent Forced Labor

BSR’s Collaborative Initiative Tech Against Trafficking (TAT) offers seven principled recommendations for an effective supply chain data ecosystem, where data is shared at greater scale and impact.

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Business Transformation | Emerging Issues | Governance | Human Rights | Sustainability Reporting

25 Insights, 25 Years

Former BSR VP Dunstan Allison-Hope reflects on his 25-year career in consulting and sustainability.

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Business Transformation | Emerging Issues | Governance | Sustainability Management | Sustainability Reporting | Technology

Beyond 2025: Setting Credible Sustainability Goals for Long-Term Impact

It's time for business to reflect and plan ahead for sustainability commitments for 2025 and beyond.

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Sustainability Management | Sustainability Reporting | Business Transformation

So, You’ve Completed a Materiality Assessment. Now What?

Materiality assessments are a key part of companies' effective sustainability and business management. Explore next steps that companies can take after this exercise.

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Business Transformation | Sustainability Management | Sustainability Reporting | Human Rights | Climate Change

Why 2024 Could Be a Pivotal Year for Sustainability in the UK

With economic growth likely to be a key issue in the UK's next general election, leaders based in or with operations in the UK can take the lead in making the business case for sustainability.

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Human Rights | Financial Services | Supply Chain

Twenty Years of Implementing Living Wage

BSR has been a driving force behind the Living Wage movement for the past 20 years. Explore trends behind the movement and what business needs to know.

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Business Transformation | Emerging Issues | Supply Chain | Sustainability Management | Sustainability Reporting | Collaboration

Five Ways Companies Can Help Smallholders and SMEs Prepare for Upcoming Regulations

BSR’s Supply Chain Sustainability team shares five recommendations for businesses to enable incoming regulation to support transformation, with SMEs at the heart of resilient supply chains. 

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Business Transformation | Emerging Issues | Governance | Elections 2024

Business Leadership Amidst 2024 Elections Around the Globe

Explore key takeaways from a recent roundtable on “Business Leadership Amidst the 2024 Elections Around the Globe,” hosted by BSR and Kite Insights.

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Equity, Inclusion, and Justice

It’s Time for DEI to Evolve, Not Dissolve

BSR Director, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice MaryAnne Howland shares some common mischaracterizations of DEI work and discusses three ways companies can center this work in their business strategies.

RISE: A Reflection on Women’s Advancement Beyond Supervisory Roles in the Garment Industry thumnail image
Consumer Products | Industrials | Supply Chain

RISE: A Reflection on Women’s Advancement Beyond Supervisory Roles in the Garment Industry

RISE spoke with women workers in Bangladesh and India to gather their perspectives on how they define career advancement and the barriers that prevent taking on supervisory positions.

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Human Rights | Supply Chain | Equity, Inclusion, and Justice

Closing the Gender Gap: Addressing Wage Inequality

Companies can support women workers in industries like textiles and agriculture by applying a gender lens to their living wage approaches.

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Business Transformation | Governance | Sustainability Reporting

Demystifying Social KPIs under CSRD: Six Recommendations for Business

Explore our roadmap for business on how to identify meaningful social KPIs and targets covering the entire value chain for companies in the EU.