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Climate Change | Equity, Inclusion, and Justice | Healthcare

Three Business Initiatives That Advance Climate Justice

Climate justice acknowledges that climate change has disproportionate impacts on communities and exacerbates underlying existing systemic inequities. The following are noteworthy climate justice interventions by businesses.

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Climate Change | Nature | Energy and Extractives

COP28 Marks Important Steps Forward: Now the Real Work Begins

COP28 ended with an agreement by all nations to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems. While this is an important step forward, is it enough? 

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Nature

How Businesses Can Address the Water Scarcity Crisis

BSR’s Anna Iles talks to Tim Smedley, author of The Last Drop: Solving the World’s Water Crisis, about policies and practices to address water scarcity and the risks impacting current water management systems.

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Human Rights | Collaboration | Technology

Tech Against Trafficking Summit: Leveraging Technology to Eradicate Forced Labor

Meta and BSR hosted the second Tech Against Trafficking (TAT) Summit. Bringing together over 140 global anti-trafficking leaders, the summit focused specifically on the nexus between technology, forced labor and labor trafficking.

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Sustainability Management | Sustainability Reporting | Business Transformation

Beyond Compliance: Eight Considerations for Your Materiality Assessment

With the emergence of mandatory disclosure regulations, learn more about considerations practitioners should have before conducting a materiality assessment.

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Human Rights | Technology

A Human Rights Impact Assessment of the Tech Coalition’s Lantern Program

The Tech Coalition commissioned BSR to undertake a human rights impact assessment of The Lantern Program to identify potential risks of the new endeavor.

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Energy and Extractives | Emerging Issues | Transport and Logistics

How Will Chinese Companies Shape the Global EV Market?

A global shift to reduce carbon emissions has led to an expansion in China’s role in the global electric vehicle and battery markets. What implications does this have for decarbonization and grid stability in emerging markets? 

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Inside BSR: Q&A with Cherry Lin

Inside BSR is our series featuring BSR team members from around the world. Meet Cherry Lin, a Manager based out of our Guangzhou office.

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Energy and Extractives | Transport and Logistics

Responsible Business in Space

Our findings from speaking with 16 aerospace leaders on sustainability and the space sector.

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Human Rights | Emerging Issues | Supply Chain

Nine Ways to Mitigate Risk of Child Labor Across the Supply Chain

Instances of child labor are increasing across the world. Learn more about how businesses can mitigate these risks.

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Climate Change

BSR’s Climate Journey Toward Net Zero

As a mission-driven sustainable business network, we focus on impact in everything we do. Learn more about the steps we’re taking as an organization to stay in line with our core beliefs and achieve net zero. 

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Human Rights | Business Transformation | Equity, Inclusion, and Justice | Climate Change | Nature | ESG

Making Connections Across Professions

With an acceleration of alignment among initiatives, guidelines, and standards over recent years, BSR staff share their thoughts going forward.

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Collaboration | Sustainability Management

Why an Impactful Sustainability Strategy needs Collaboration

Companies are petitioned every day to join new partnerships and collaborations, and it can become overwhelming. How might a sustainability team make strategic decisions about which collaborations to join, and justify the time and expense?

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Nature | Boards

Five Ways to Activate Your Board on Nature

Nature-related issues represent a material risk for most companies. It’s important to recognize actions and immediate steps boards can take to address the growing concerns.

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Emerging Issues | Industrials | Technology | Scenarios

Interview with the Future: Meet the CSO of Antennae, a Manufacturing Company Operating in 2030

In this time-travel interview, we journey into a scenario where a strong retreat from economic globalization meets the wild west of artificial intelligence. And in this imagined future, we hear from Lorna León, the fictional Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) of Antennae—an imaginary manufacturing company supplying electrical components for satellites.