Sustainability Management
Five Tips for Setting Bold Sustainability Goals for 2020 and Beyond
We need business to be willing to boldly tackle the complex challenges that society faces by committing to progress, even without a concrete plan. Increased ambition is not just the way to achieve the SDGs—it’s also the best way to create truly resilient business strategies.
Climate Change | Sustainability Management
COP25: National Governments Fail to Seize the Day, but Business Climate Action Continues
As we enter the decisive decade of the 2020s—when significant steps towards decarbonization have to happen if we are to stave off the worst impacts of climate change—the 2019 UN climate conference in Madrid, COP25, was a poor jumping-off point.
Climate Change | Equity, Inclusion, And Justice | Human Rights | Sustainability Management | Women’s Empowerment
Our Top Sustainability Insights of 2019
As 2019 comes to an end, we are taking a moment to look back at the news and initiatives that shaped the year. Our six most popular blog posts and reports exemplify the diversity of topics BSR works on, from gender equality to stakeholder engagement.
Human Rights | Technology
A Human Rights Review of the Facebook Oversight Board
Today, BSR is releasing a human rights review to inform the governance and operations of the Facebook Oversight Board so that it is consistent with human rights-based approaches, principles, standards, and methodologies.
Climate Change | Sustainability Management | Technology
The New Climate for Ever-Evolving Technology: Q&A with Patrick Browne, Director, Sustainability, UPS
BSR interviews UPS Director of Sustainability Patrick Browne on the types of new technologies UPS has deployed, the impact they have had so far, and plans to further integrate tech into their sustainability strategy for 2020 and beyond.
Human Rights
Human Rights Day 2019: BSR Reflections on the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights
As we look ahead to 2020, what are the pivotal human rights issues that businesses should be paying attention to? Here’s what BSR heard at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights.
Collaboration | Human Rights | Sustainability Management | Transport And Logistics
If Corruption Is a Cancer, How Do We Cure It? Lessons for International Anti-Corruption Day
The link between the quality of government institutions that implement policies controlling corruption and economic development is clear. However, in many parts of the world, corruption is still one of the biggest obstacles to social and economic development. In the long-term perspective, being a clean company makes it easier to do business.
Supply Chain | Technology
Blockchain through the Whole Supply Chain: Traceability at the Source Depends on Trust
This blog is the second in a series where BSR and Envisible document their project to support a global brand and its supply chain partners to establish a blockchain-enabled traceable supply chain that delivers sustainability benefits to all the actors in the supply chain.
Consumer Products | Supply Chain | Women’s Empowerment
Challenges and Opportunities for Gender Equality in a European Luxury Supply Chain
While women are vital to the Italian luxury sector, gender inequality throughout the supply chain still impacts them in the short- and long-term. However, both brands and suppliers are well placed to lead efforts towards improved gender equality in Italy, in both supply chains and in the country’s overall sociocultural context.
Human Rights | Supply Chain
Can Corruption in Your Value Chain Lead to Complicity in Gross Human Rights Abuses?
If businesses fail to conduct conflict-sensitive human rights due diligence and integrate their anti-corruption and human rights efforts, they may be linked to human rights abuses conducted by a third party. BSR recommends enhanced human rights due diligence that is both conflict-sensitive and that integrates corruption risk.
Climate Change | Nature | Supply Chain
Action for Sustainable Derivatives: A BSR/Transitions Collaboration
To accelerate compliance of supply chains with deforestation-free and responsible sourcing principles, BSR and Transitions are excited to launch a new collaborative initiative for corporate buyers of palm-based derivatives alongside 11 member companies: Action for Sustainable Derivatives (ASD).
Collaboration
One Year In: How CoLab Is Mobilizing the Collective Power of Business
At the BSR Conference in 2018, BSR launched CoLab, an incubator and accelerator of private-sector collaboration, to mobilize the collective power of business to solve some of the world’s biggest sustainability challenges. Its 2019 progress report, Mobilizing the Collective Power of Business, highlights its accomplishments over the past year.
Sustainability Management
The New Climate for Business
BSR President and CEO Aron Cramer addresses the new climate for business and the urgency agenda for the upcoming decisive decade in his first Annual CEO Letter.
Sustainability Management
The State of Sustainable Business 2019: Toward a Critical Decade
As CEOs call for a new capitalism that values purpose alongside profit, today BSR releases the findings of its 11th annual State of Sustainable Business survey, which includes responses from business leaders representing 125 global companies.