Human Rights
Q&A: The Future of Business and Human Rights
To continue our Q&A series with our experts on the past, present, and future of sustainable business, we sat down with our Human Rights lead to discuss innovations, opportunities, and challenges in the field.
Sustainability Management
Introducing the Sustainable Futures Lab
BSR has launched a new Sustainable Futures Lab, which will enable foresight-driven engagement with a broad spectrum of changes across various domains that are reshaping the context for business and sustainability.
Collaboration | Climate Change
Redefining Sustainable Business: Radical Collaboration, Inside and Out
Sustainability departments need to embrace and promote a spirit of “radical collaboration” if they are to achieve their objectives in a rapidly changing environment.
Climate Change
New Climate Leadership to Realize the Paris Vision
Bold, collaborative business leadership on climate change will help realize the Paris Agreement vision of a resilient, low-carbon economy, and we are thrilled to see the trend continue during Climate Week NYC.
Climate Change
Collaborating to Achieve Climate Leadership
These examples reveal that the future of climate action is a path charted with innovative and transformative partnerships.
Equity, Inclusion, and Justice | Climate Change
Where BSR Will Be During the UN General Assembly and Climate Week NYC
BSR staff will participate in events around the UN General Assembly and Climate Week in New York, as we work with the private sector to build climate resilience and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Climate Change
How Business Can Help Build Climate Resilience Today
Recent extreme weather events—from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma to Typhoon Hato in Hong Kong and southern China—have caused devastating displacement, financial damage, and loss of life. Here are three ways businesses can build adaptive capacity.
Transport and Logistics | Human Rights
Emerging Human Rights Issues for the Transport and Logistics Sector
As we think about the changes shaping the world around us—whether as a result of trade, climate change, globalization, or automation—here are a few emerging human rights topics for transport and logistics companies to keep on their radars.
Sustainability Management
Q&A: The Future of Sustainability Management
To kick off a Q&A series with our sustainability experts, we sat down with our Sustainability Management lead to discuss the past, present, and future of the field.
Healthcare
Innovative Finance for Sustainability at Scale
Innovative finance represents a significant opportunity for increasing social impact and business value and closing the SDG financing gap. The healthcare sector presents some leading examples.
Human Rights | Equity, Inclusion, and Justice | Climate Change
Business Leadership: Continuing to Build the Momentum
As many of us prepare to gather in New York this month for Climate Week and the UN General Assembly, we are also focused on how to translate this important talk into action.
Transport and Logistics | Equity, Inclusion, and Justice
Sustainability on the Move: Transportation Innovation
With transportation infrastructure about to be radically transformed through technological advances like autonomous vehicles, we foresee tremendous opportunities for sustainability.
Technology
Turning the Internet Green: A Progress Update from BSR’s Future of Internet Power
Following completion of the Future of Internet Power initiative's fourth year of work, we’re taking a moment to look at our recent achievements and to highlight our ongoing efforts.
Human Rights | Climate Change
The Human Rights Implications of the Renewable Energy Transition
We can expect the intersection between human rights and renewable energy to become increasingly relevant in our near future, and we invite you to be a part of this trend by integrating the human rights agenda into your business practices.
Human Rights
Reflections from a BSR Summer Intern: How to Create Maximum Impact
One of our summer interns reflects on his experiences and what he learned about strategies for accelerating change and maximizing impact on business and human rights.