We Need to Talk about Blockchain—Together.
Five Years after Rana Plaza, We Still Must Do More to Empower Women Workers in Bangladesh
Climate And Nature | Gender | Supply Chain
The Business Case for Empowering Women through Climate-Resilient Supply Chains
Applying a gender lens to resilience activities will help companies anticipate and recover from climate events and foster innovation.
Financial Services
An Exciting New Era for ESG and Socially Responsible Investing in Japan
The pro-business Japanese government has doubled down on transparency, helping investors understand a broad set of ESG issues that are material for their investment strategies and enabling social dialogue.
Collaboration | Energy And Extractives | Supply Chain
Next-Generation Private-Sector Collaboration for Sustainable Development: Q&A with Neste
We spoke with Neste's sustainability manager about multistakeholder collaboration and its role at the company.
Supply Chain
Corporations as Citizens: Have We Come Full Circle?
Until the past few years, our society has not expected corporations to act like exemplary citizens. But we are seeing hopeful signs that this could be changing.
Inclusive Business | Supply Chain
Why Hiring 100,000 Impact Workers Is Only the Beginning: Interview with The Rockefeller Foundation
We caught up with Mamadou Biteye of The Rockefeller Foundation to reflect on the development of the Global Impact Sourcing Coalition and its progress to date.
Supply Chain
Culture, Behavior, and Corporate Integrity 2.0
Today's social and political dynamics have further sharpened the need for companies to rethink corporate purpose, values, and ethics beyond compliance.
Inclusive Business | Supply Chain
Our Challenge to Businesses: Hire 100,000 New Impact Workers by 2020
This new challenge aims to help drive job creation for economically and socially vulnerable people across global supply chains.
Gender
The Women’s Empowerment Principles in Practice: Analyzing One Year of Data
The Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Gap Analysis Tool was developed to give companies guidance on how to implement the WEPs. Here's how companies are using it one year after its launch.
Supply Chain | Transport And Logistics
Sustainability Management for a Rapidly Changing World: Q&A with Maersk Group’s Annette Stube
Annette Stube, head of sustainability at Maersk, shared her insights on the role of the sustainability team, sustainability risks for the company, and how to measure impact.
Climate And Nature | Gender | Healthcare | Supply Chain
Climate Change, Public Health, Women’s Empowerment, and Supplier Performance in Bangladesh
Rising temperatures and more frequent flooding events are likely to increase with climate change, and in Bangladesh, this will affect the lives of the 4 million people working in the garment industry, who are disproportionately women.
Gender
How Do You Empower 100,000 Women?
In 2014, ANN made its 100,000 Women Commitment to empower 100,000 women working in its global supply chain. Here's the story of how it achieved this milestone.
Gender
On International Women’s Day, Let’s Press for Progress in Global Supply Chains
If all players across global value chains press for progress, we can achieve a future where an empowered female workforce is widely recognized as a driver for business success.
Supply Chain | Technology
Managing Supply Chain Water Risk: New Capacities for New Challenges
Water scarcity will be a defining issue of the 21st century. This example from Dell demonstrates how companies can manage water risk in their supply chains.