Human Rights

Partnering with Suppliers to Advance Human Rights Due Diligence

Evolving regulatory frameworks and rising stakeholder expectations are prompting companies to move beyond one-size-fits-all compliance and collaborate with suppliers to strengthen human rights across the value chain. Discover practical tools for fostering a partnership-based approach to human rights due diligence and examples of effective supplier engagement models.

What’s Next? Building on a Corporate-Level Human Rights Assessment

Human Rights Assessments are foundational to the due diligence process, but real impact comes from embedding HRA findings into daily operations, governance, and strategy. BSR share six key steps companies can take to move beyond one-time assessments and build credible due diligence approaches that strengthen risk management and deliver positive outcomes for both people and business.

Mining and the Just Transition: Putting People at the Center of the Energy Transition

The mining industry plays a dual role in climate change as both a contributor of greenhouse gas emissions and enabler of the clean energy transition. Explore key actions companies can take to facilitate a just transition, as mining expands with the growing demand for renewable energy technologies.

Developing Integrated Approaches to Human Rights, Climate, and Nature

Siloed operational frameworks, data issues, and limited guidance on how EU-wide sustainability regulations interact hinder effective human rights and environmental due diligence. BSR shares insights and emerging good practices for integrated approaches to human rights, climate, and nature.

Four Tips for Authentic Business Leadership During Pride 2025

Pride celebrations come amid ongoing challenges to LGBTIQ+ equality, with some companies pulling back and others still prioritizing inclusion. BSR shares four practical tips for company engagement on LGBTIQ+ equality efforts.

The EU AI Act: Where Do We Stand in 2025?

BSR discusses the status of the EU AI Act—in terms of provisions that have come into force and those yet to do so—as well as potential changes to the AI Act in the future.

CSDDD:Using a Risk-Based Approach to Address Human Rights and Environmental Impacts in Supply Chains

The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) expects companies to take a risk-based approach to address human rights and environmental impacts. Assessing impacts across the supply chain is a challenging requirement for companies. BSR’s Human Rights team walks through the three steps involved in a risk-based approach.

Adequate Wages vs. Living Wages: Implementation Guidance for Companies

BSR’s Human Rights team unpacks the differences in terminology, provides practical guidance on how companies can determine the Adequate Wage for a location, and shares what companies can expect to come from reporting and human rights due diligence requirements.

An Impact-Based Approach to Responsible AI

AI is evolving at speed, creating unprecedented opportunities and challenges across every industry and function. A responsible approach to AI goes beyond policies and principles to consider AI’s impacts on people and the environment across the company’s value chain over the short, medium and long term. BSR’s tech team offers key considerations for navigating AI’s evolving landscape responsibly.