Business For Social Responsibility

TO WORK WITH BUSINESS TO CREATE A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD.

SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENTWE DRAW ON OVER 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH COMPANIES AND THEIR STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES AND GEOGRAPHIES. WE CAN:-WORK WITH COMPANIES TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES AND INCORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY INTO CORE CORPORATE STRATEGY.-ADVISE ON MORE EFFECTIVE AND IMPACTFUL REPORTING APPROACHES.-HELP COMPANIES UNDERSTAND AND ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS AND BUILD TRUST, BOTH AT THE CORPORATE LEVEL AND IN SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIES OR SERVICE AREAS.-ADVISE COMPANIES ON A RAFT OF NEW ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY CHALLENGES AND HELP BUILD ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES WHERE INTEGRITY AND SUSTAINABILITY ARE CORE CONSIDERATIONS.

HER PROJECTBSR'S HERPROJECT IS A COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVE THAT STRIVES TO EMPOWER LOW-INCOME WOMEN WORKING IN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS. BRINGING TOGETHER GLOBAL BRANDS, THEIR SUPPLIERS, AND LOCAL NGOS, HERPROJECT DRIVES IMPACT FOR WOMEN AND BUSINESS VIA WORKPLACE-BASED INTERVENTIONS ON HEALTH, FINANCIAL INCLUSION, AND GENDER EQUALITY. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2007, HERPROJECT HAS WORKED IN MORE THAN 1,000 WORKPLACES ACROSS 17 COUNTRIES AND HAS INCREASED THE WELL-BEING, CONFIDENCE, AND ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF MORE THAN 1,225,000 WOMEN AND 775,000 MEN.

CLIMATE CHANGETHE 2015 PARIS AGREEMENT DEFINES OUR COLLECTIVE VISION FOR A CLIMATE RESILIENT WORLD. BSR WORKS WITH COMPANIES TO BUILD THE PARIS VISION IN THREE MAIN WAYS:-DEVELOP EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS STRATEGIES THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH THE PARIS AGREEMENT. THIS INVOLVES SETTING AND VALIDATING CLIMATE TARGETS, ESTABLISHING RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICIES AND ROADMAPS, AND BUILDING RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE IMPACTS THROUGHOUT COMPANY OPERATIONS AND VALUE CHAINS (E.G. SUPPLIER ENGAGEMENT, REVERSE SOURCING, AND LOW-CARBON PROCUREMENT).-MANAGE UNAVOIDABLE CLIMATE RISKS. THIS INVOLVES ASSESSING AGAINST AND IMPLEMENTING THE TCFD RECOMMENDATIONS, EVALUATING PHYSICAL AND TRANSITION RISKS, AND CO-DEVELOPING STANDARD APPROACHES TO INTEGRATE SUCH RISK MANAGEMENT INTO THE BUSINESS. SUCH INTEGRATION MIGHT INCLUDE CONDUCTING CLIMATE RISK ASSESSMENTS AND CLIMATE SCENARIO ANALYSIS, AND BUILDING RESILIENCE AT THE NEXUS OF PEOPLE AND CLIMATE.-LEVERAGE COLLABORATION TO CREATE NET ZERO VALUE CHAINS. BSR MANAGES A RANGE OF LEADING, CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVES THAT ALLOW COMPANIES TO WORK TOGETHER ON SOLUTIONS TO LARGE-SCALE REDUCTION AND MITIGATION CHALLENGES.

HUMAN RIGHTSWE DRAW ON A TEAM OF NEARLY 20 HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS AND A NETWORK OF PARTNERS FROM BUSINESS AND CIVIL SOCIETY TO TACKLE GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND HELP COMPANIES IN ALL SECTORS MEET AND EXCEED GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS. OUR WORK INCLUDES SURVEYING AND BENCHMARKING HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES AND POLICIES ACROSS INDUSTRIES TO AID OUR MEMBER COMPANIES' EFFORTS TO CRAFT COMPREHENSIVE, RESPONSIBLE APPROACHES TO HUMAN RIGHTS.DEIBSR WORKS WITH OUR MEMBER COMPANIES TO DEVELOP DEI STRATEGIES AND ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE GLOBALLY RELEVANT AND ENCOMPASS ENTIRE COMPANY VALUE CHAINS. IN THAT RESPECT, BSR OFFERS COMPANIES: DEI IMPACT ASSESSMENTS, WITH A FOCUS (WHERE RELEVANT) ON A SPECIFIC IDENTITY SUCH AS GENDER LENS OR RACIAL EQUITY ASSESSMENTS. STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING GUIDANCE ON HOW TO DEVELOP HOLISTIC DEI APPROACHES THAT ADDRESS INDIVIDUAL COMPANY AND SYSTEM-WIDE CHANGE. STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, INPUT FROM LEADING DEI ORGANIZATIONS ON STRATEGY AND PROGRAMS GUIDANCE ON HOW TO EMBED DEI IN GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING ADVICE ON HOW TO BETTER EMBED DEI INTO DECISION MAKING AND DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS AT COMPANIES. BEST PRACTICES FOR REPORTING AND TRANSPARENCY, INCLUDING RECOMMENDATIONS ON KEY METRICS AND NARRATIVES TO ENSURE COMPANIES ARE EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATING ACTIVITIES, IMPACT, AND PROGRESS.