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Why We Need a Loud (and Consistent) Business Voice on Policy Issues thumnail image
Supply Chain

Why We Need a Loud (and Consistent) Business Voice on Policy Issues

Business silence on key public policy issues is no longer an acceptable stance.

The 5 Stages of Materiality Grief thumnail image
Supply Chain

The 5 Stages of Materiality Grief

These are our tips for navigating the journey from denial to acceptance when embarking on a materiality assessment.

Three Hot Debates in Sustainability Reporting Today thumnail image
Sustainability Management

Three Hot Debates in Sustainability Reporting Today

Throughout our recent discussions with sustainability reporting leaders, we were struck by sharply divided opinions on these three questions.

Four Sustainability Management Trends and Opportunities in the Banking Sector thumnail image
Supply Chain | Financial Services

Four Sustainability Management Trends and Opportunities in the Banking Sector

How has corporate responsibility in the banking sector changed since the 2008 financial crisis? What more could be done?

(Re)Making the Case for Sustainability: Effective Sustainability Management through a CEO Transition thumnail image

(Re)Making the Case for Sustainability: Effective Sustainability Management through a CEO Transition

To maintain and increase sustainability investment during a CEO transition, answer these guiding questions.

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Sustainability Management

Managing Sustainable Business in a Rapidly Changing World

The era of stand-alone sustainability strategies needs to end; the creation of resilient business strategies with sustainability at the foundation needs to begin. Here's how practitioners can reimagine sustainable business inside their organizations.

France’s Due Diligence Law: Is Your Company Ready to Disclose Its Vigilance Plan? thumnail image
Supply Chain | Human Rights

France’s Due Diligence Law: Is Your Company Ready to Disclose Its Vigilance Plan?

In 2018, large companies falling within the scope of the French Due Diligence Law are expected to develop, implement, and publish their due diligence plans to identify risks and prevent infringements on human rights, fundamental freedoms, health and safety, and the environment. Here are ways your company can prepare.

A New Year’s Resolution for CEOs: Give Every Worker a Good Job thumnail image
Equity, Inclusion, and Justice

A New Year’s Resolution for CEOs: Give Every Worker a Good Job

What makes a corporation just? For the last three years, the American public has ranked one issue first: worker treatment, or providing employees with good jobs.

Davos 2018: Advancing the SDGs in a Fractured World thumnail image
Women’s Empowerment | Sustainability Management | Equity, Inclusion, and Justice | Climate Change

Davos 2018: Advancing the SDGs in a Fractured World

The theme for this year's World Economic Forum Annual Meeting is "Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World." Here's what business leaders gathering in Davos this week can do to advance the Sustainable Development Goals and our shared future.

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Technology | Human Rights

The Right to Privacy, 70 Years On

The challenges companies face to respect the human right to privacy are growing substantially. A business response to this challenge should contain these five elements.

Seven Things Every Company Should Know about Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Business thumnail image
Technology | Human Rights

Seven Things Every Company Should Know about Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Business

These considerations are essential for companies to factor into their AI strategies.

Pandemics: They’re Everyone’s Business thumnail image
Healthcare

Pandemics: They’re Everyone’s Business

Global health security is everyone’s business, and examples from these companies demonstrate that collaborating and partnering is the only way forward for pandemic preparedness.

Surveying the Human Rights Landscape: How Businesses Are Managing Human Rights in 2018 thumnail image
Human Rights

Surveying the Human Rights Landscape: How Businesses Are Managing Human Rights in 2018

This is the final post from a three-part series featuring our human rights experts’ reflections on the evolving business and human rights landscape in 2017, as well as their perspectives on emerging issues we anticipate in 2018.

Children’s Rights Online: A Conversation with UNICEF thumnail image
Technology

Children’s Rights Online: A Conversation with UNICEF

Children’s rights often feature prominently when BSR assesses the human rights impacts of information and communications technology (ICT) companies. Dunstan Allison-Hope spoke to Brian Keeley, editor of UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children report, the latest edition of which examines the perils and possibilities of digital technology and connectivity for children, about UNICEF’s work on this issue.