Collaboration | Climate Change
Getting to a Price on Carbon: Collaboration, Action, and Leadership
How can businesses work together to support meaningful public policy to address the climate crisis and carbon emissions?
Women’s Empowerment | Climate Change
To Advance Gender Equality, We Need to Tackle Climate Change
As the effects of climate change continue to exacerbate poverty, inequality and other social issues, the solutions we put forth must include social focus. This includes empowering women to be leaders.
Women’s Empowerment | Supply Chain
Three Ways for Companies to Promote Women’s Leadership across the Supply Chain
Through individual and collective action, companies have the chance not just to promote women as leaders but to become leaders on women’s empowerment—and there has never been a better time to do so.
Women’s Empowerment | Supply Chain | Healthcare
Access to Modern Family Planning Products: Time to Address Social Stigma
HERproject works to improve access and use of modern family planning by addressing stigmas that women and men hold about family planning products during workplace training in Kenya.
Women’s Empowerment | Human Rights
Three Changes for Women and Business Coming in 2019
As we celebrate International Women's Day, we take a look at three events in 2019 that have the potential to alter how business influences women’s empowerment.
Women’s Empowerment
#ThisIsALeader: Raising the Profile of Women Making a Difference
Out of the spotlight and away from the media attention, women throughout global supply chains are quietly taking on leadership roles and driving change for their colleagues, families, and communities.
Financial Services | Climate Change
How Private Equity Can Address TCFD and Climate Change
What courses of action will help private equity firms address climate risks and opportunities in an actionable, meaningful way? BSR suggests two types of approach.
Financial Services
How Private Equity Firms Can Develop Responsible Investing Policies
A responsible investment policy is a private equity firm's commitment to incorporate ESG factors into investment decisions to better manage risk and generate sustainable, long-term returns. Our white paper outlines guidance for private equity firms on a straightforward approach, relevant principles, and practical tips to use in developing a responsible investment policy.
Transport and Logistics | Technology | Human Rights | Financial Services | Consumer Products
A New Transparency Challenge for Business and Human Rights
There is an urgent need to enhance disclosure practices across all industries that receive requests for data and assistance from law enforcement agencies.
Sustainability Management | Collaboration
The Future of Sustainability Reporting
These are the five innovations that we would like to see improve sustainability reporting and disclosure in 2019.
Collaboration | Climate Change
Getting to a Price on Carbon: Opportunities for a New Generation of Collaboration
As discourse on climate change continues to grow in the political, public, and business spheres, the outstanding question remains: What is the best solution?
Sustainability Management
Large Companies Have a Key Role in Strengthening Small Supplier Integrity
Multinational companies need to take a more active role in influencing supplier integrity via procurement processes enforced across their value chains.
Climate Change
Improve Sustainability with New Air Freight Alliance
BSR is pleased to announce the launch of the Sustainable Air Freight Alliance, a forum for buyers and suppliers alike to collaborate on air freight emissions reduction.
Sustainability Management | Financial Services
What Larry Fink’s 2019 Letter Means for the Future of Business
Here are our four main takeaways from this year's letter from BlackRock's Larry Fink to CEOs.
Sustainability Management
How Futures Thinking Can Help Us Shape Globalization 4.0
Futures thinking is an invaluable tool in informing and testing strategies for the next era of globalization.