![Can We Create a ‘Future of Work’ that Works for Women? thumnail image](https://www.bsr.org/images/thumbnails/2019-08-07-bsr-wd-report-thumb.jpg)
Women’s Empowerment | Equity, Inclusion, and Justice
Can We Create a ‘Future of Work’ that Works for Women?
How can businesses navigate the broader changes taking place in the world of work in a way that accelerates women’s workplace participation? BSR sets out to answer this question in its latest report, How Business Can Build a ‘Future of Work’ that Works for Women, published today in partnership with Women Deliver.
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Supply Chain | Human Rights
Three Ways Business Is Combating Modern Slavery
The business community has a critical role to play in the fight against modern slavery, a practice that spans all business sectors and geographies. As we commemorate the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, GBCAT welcomes all companies to join us in our shared fight against modern slavery.
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Supply Chain
Blockchain through the Whole Supply Chain
The term “global supply chain” conjures up images of large ports filled with colorful arrays of ocean-bound shipping containers being systematically partitioned for each destination or commercial freight trucks arriving at highly-organized distribution centers. But global supply chains all start before that point—and our actions to make supply chains more visible, traceable, and sustainable need to start at the beginning.
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Human Rights
How Business Can Impact Human Rights: Four Lessons from Peacebuilding and Development
Jenny Vaughan joins BSR as the new Human Rights Director, bringing four key insights from over a decade of experience in international development and peacebuilding that can help business not just to respect human rights, but to fulfill these rights.
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Women’s Empowerment | Supply Chain | Human Rights | Consumer Products
Getting Circular Economy Right: Let’s Put People at the Center of Circular Fashion
BSR is working with the C&A Foundation to explore the ways in which advancing circular fashion affects people and in particular, women. Our research reveals that very few companies adopting circular fashion models are considering the social aspects as they make this shift.
![Mergers Are Coming: How to Manage ESG through the M&A Process thumnail image](https://www.bsr.org/images/thumbnails/2019-07-09-esg-mergers-acquisitions-thumb.jpg)
Sustainability Management
Mergers Are Coming: How to Manage ESG through the M&A Process
BSR has developed a primer, Managing ESG through a Merger, to help Chief Sustainability Officers (CSOs), their teams, and internal allies navigate the M&A process to leverage and enhance ESG-related programs and priorities.
![Five Legal Trends Affecting Business and Human Rights thumnail image](https://www.bsr.org/images/thumbnails/2019-07-08-human-rights-thumb.jpg)
Human Rights
Five Legal Trends Affecting Business and Human Rights
As countries’ concern for human rights changes, so will the legal landscape—as will the operating environment for business.
![Scaling Impact: Tech Against Trafficking Launches Accelerator Program thumnail image](https://www.bsr.org/images/thumbnails/2019-07-02-tat-accelerator-thumb.jpg)
Technology | Human Rights
Scaling Impact: Tech Against Trafficking Launches Accelerator Program
Tech Against Trafficking has launched an Accelerator Program, which aims to identify promising uses of technology in the anti-trafficking field and to harness the expertise and resources of member companies.
![Eliminating Violence and Harassment Just Became an Obligation for Businesses Worldwide thumnail image](https://www.bsr.org/images/thumbnails/2019-07-01-ilo-convention-blog-thumb.jpg)
Women’s Empowerment | Supply Chain | Human Rights | Equity, Inclusion, and Justice
Eliminating Violence and Harassment Just Became an Obligation for Businesses Worldwide
The recent ILO Convention shows more is expected from businesses when it comes to tackling violence and harassment. Here’s how companies can take action using BSR’s “Act, Enable, Influence” framework.
![Human Rights Policy Engagement: The Role of Companies thumnail image](https://www.bsr.org/images/thumbnails/2019-06-26-human-rights-policy-blog-thumb.jpg)
Human Rights
Human Rights Policy Engagement: The Role of Companies
It is increasingly important for business not only to maintain its commitments to respect human rights, but also to find new ways to support the work of governments for such efforts.
![Is Stakeholder Engagement the Key to Successful Community Standards? thumnail image](https://www.bsr.org/images/thumbnails/2019-06-19-community-standards-thumb.jpg)
Technology | Human Rights
Is Stakeholder Engagement the Key to Successful Community Standards?
Ongoing debates about leadership, governance, and regulation of social media are highly relevant to any stakeholder engagement discussion for platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.
![Human Rights, Access to Remedy, and Stakeholder Engagement thumnail image](https://www.bsr.org/images/thumbnails/2019-06-18-access-to-remedy-thumb.jpg)
Human Rights
Human Rights, Access to Remedy, and Stakeholder Engagement
It is clear that there is still a significant gap between companies responding to allegations of harming human rights and actually engaging with the affected rightsholders to ensure that appropriate remedy is provided.
![#DontBanEquality: CEOs Step Up to Say Abortion Bans are Bad for Business thumnail image](https://www.bsr.org/images/thumbnails/2019-06-14-abortion-activism-thumb.jpg)
Women’s Empowerment | Human Rights
#DontBanEquality: CEOs Step Up to Say Abortion Bans are Bad for Business
While it may seem safer for companies to stay silent on abortion legislation, many companies have concluded that they need to speak out to stay consistent on their commitments to gender equality and support for women’s health.
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Human Rights | Collaboration
New Collaborative Initiative to Advance LGBTI Equality Globally
BSR is pleased to announce our latest Collaborative Initiative, the Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality (PGLE), a collaboration between the World Economic Forum, OHCHR, and BSR.