Report | 2017 May 11
Ethiopia’s Emerging Apparel Industry: Options for Better Business and Women’s Empowerment
Leveraging 10 years of experience of helping empower women in global supply chains, BSR’s HERproject conducted this scoping study to provide a snapshot of the buyers, factories, and other stakeholders active in the industry and key trends that influence their operations in Ethiopia.
Blog | 2017 May 11
How Ethiopia’s Nascent Apparel Industry Can Build a Strong, Empowered Workforce
Lauren Shields, Director | France; Margaux Yost, Former Manager | France
To achieve sustainability over the long term, Ethiopia’s emerging apparel industry must embed good business practice from the beginning.
Report | 2017 May 1
Digitizing Worker Salary Payments: A Manual for Ready-made Garment Factories
Md. Majidul Haque, Bangladesh Technical Lead, Digital Financial Services, FHI360
Blog | 2017 April 26
New BSR Guidance Integrates Gender Equality into Supply Chain Codes of Conduct
Magali Barraja, Former Manager | Paris; Maria Pontes, Former Manager
While codes of conduct are the most widespread tools companies use to drive sustainability and human rights expectations throughout the supply chain, they don’t yet effectively frame and address the specific risks facing women.
Blog | 2017 April 18
How Men Can Help Empower Women through HERproject
Elissa Goldenberg, Former Manager, BSR
It has become increasingly clear that for women to be able to make and act on choices they value, support from men—as coworkers, as managers, and as family members—is vital.
Blog | 2017 April 5
Companies Serious about Empowering Women Must Accelerate the Transition to Digital Wages
Blog | 2017 March 30
Partner Profile: Nazneen Huq, Change Associates
Blog | 2017 March 8
HERproject at 10: Celebrating HERsuccess, Inspiring HERfuture
Christine Svarer, Director, HERproject | France
As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of HERproject, we’re taking a moment to think about what we have achieved and what we have left to do.
Blog | 2017 January 17
Driving Collective Action on Women’s Empowerment
Elissa Goldenberg, Former Manager, BSR
In partnership with Win-Win Strategies and supported by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, BSR invites companies to join Business Action for Women, a collaborative initiative for companies aimed at driving collective action on progress for women.
Blog | 2016 December 6
Women and Climate Change: Disproportionately Affected but Powerful Agents of Change
Samantha Harris, Manager, BSR
This is how companies can have a role in building women’s resilience to climate change in their operations, supply chains, and the local communities in which they operate.