Blog | 2015 October 29
Worker Health as a Workplace Management Issue: New Guidelines for Companies
Maria Pontes, Former Manager, BSR; David Wofford, Senior Advisor Workplace Policies, The Evidence Project/RAISE Health
Worker health often falls under the purview of occupational health and safety, but companies have the opportunity to improve workers’ lives (and productivity) by shifting their approach to workplace healthcare. New guidelines from BSR’s HERproject and the Evidence Project/RAISE Health help companies achieve this.
Report | 2015 October 28
Workplace Health Facility Guidelines and Management Benchmarks
Blog | 2015 October 15
Improving Nutrition in Factories in Bangladesh: A Business and Sustainable Development Opportunity
Marat Yu, Former Manager | Hong Kong
Our new report on ready-made garment factories in Bangladesh highlights the need for and benefits of providing education and nutritional foods to workers. BSR's HERproject and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition are partnering to do just that.
Report | 2015 October 15
Current Practices in Food and Childcare-Service Provision in Bangladesh’s RMG Factories
Blog | 2015 October 8
Bringing Respect to the Factory Floor and Beyond: Launching HERrespect in Bangladesh
Marat Yu, Former Manager | Hong Kong
As BSR works to create safe, empowering workplaces through HERproject, we are undertaking a new aspect of the initiative: HERrespect, which will seek to promote positive gender relations in factories to prevent and address violence against women.
News | 2015 October 1
HERproject Partners with Kenya Flower Council and DEG
News | 2015 September 15
A History of HERfinance
Blog | 2015 June 2
A New HERproject Frontier: Bringing Health Education to Tea Smallholders in Kenya
Jean-Baptiste Andrieu, Associate Director, BSR; Lauren Shieds, Manager, BSR
Lauren Shields, Director | France
A new report details how to adapt the HERproject peer-education model for supply chain workers to smallholder farms.
Blog | 2015 April 3
Four Ways to Design Financial Products for Low-Income Women
Lauren Shields, Director | France
During the HERfinance Convening last month, participants highlighted how companies can put low-income women at the center when it comes to designing financial products that they will access and use.
Blog | 2015 March 9
How HERfinance Is Empowering Workers: Results from Our Pilot Project
Findings from our HERfinance pilot in India demonstrate that the financial-literacy program is having a positive impact on workers' financial knowledge, behaviors, and confidence—and perceptions of their employers.
