Human Rights

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.

Maintaining Sustainability and Human Rights Principles as Supply Chains Upend

Compounding crises have wreaked havoc on global supply chains and show no sign of letting up. BSR shares implications of these tariffs and recommendations on next steps for companies.

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.

The CSDDD: Implications for the Finance Industry

WBA’s 2024 Social Benchmark evaluated the world’s 2,000 most influential companies and found that approximately 90% of financial institutions assessed scored zero on human rights due diligence.