Research, Reports & Publications

Vancity Publishes 7th Integrated Annual Report

Vancity’s latest integrated Annual Report, Vancity in 2016: building on our values, demonstrates how being firmly rooted in local communities can deliver strong financial returns. It can be viewed at annualreport.vancity.com.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

How Ethiopia’s Nascent Apparel Industry Can Build a Strong, Empowered Workforce

BSR’s HERproject conducted this scoping study to provide a snapshot of the buyers, factories, and other stakeholders active in the apparel industry and identify key trends and approaches for their operations in Ethiopia. This research aims to build a strong, empowered workforce, focused on female workers, in Ethiopia's emerging apparel industry.

Supply Chain & the Circular Economy

Supply Chain Transparency: A Change Tool for Successful Global Businesses

Identifying companies’ vast supply networks is challenging, and tracking their sustainability performance even more so. However, measuring data and increasing transparency are powerful tools for managing the risks and grasping the opportunities of global supply chains, contributing to sustainable development and a positive effect on the bottom line.​

Research, Reports & Publications

Consumers Energy Sustainability Report 2017

Sustainability means everything to us at Consumers Energy. It is our approach to business. The philosophy extends beyond our energy mix, power generation and distribution. It’s our way of life, and it’s evident in everything we do — from hiring and training our people, to caring for families and communities.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Consumers Energy Recognized by Forbes Magazine as Michigan’s Best Employer in National Survey

Last week, unemployment fell to its lowest level in a decade. Companies are competing aggressively for talent, piling on more perks and benefits every year. But which organizations have the most satisfied employees? Forbes worked with research firm Statista to compile the definitive list of the best employers in America.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Transforming Technology Pro Bono: New Tool for Nonprofits Released by Taproot Foundation and VMware Foundation

The median technology budget of nonprofits is less than 2% of each organization’s total operating budget, and most nonprofits are not confident that they have enough skilled staff or training to effectively use technology, according to NTEN’s 9th Annual Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Report. This is in stark comparison with the ubiquitous adoption and use of technology in the for-profit sector. With the goal of bridging this technology divide, the Taproot Foundation, in collaboration with VMware Foundation, released a new nonprofit-focused tool entitled Transforming Technology Pro Bono at Taproot’s annual U.S. Pro Bono Summit on April 26.

Green Infrastructure

Collaboration, Creativity and Planning Will Define Smart Cities

The rise of the smart city will rely on the ability of stakeholders to collaborate, engage citizens and act on data. Partnerships are hard at work and planning is under way to overcome the legacy of siloed services, focus on integrated systems that will ultimately be more adept at delivering critical services, empower communities and elevate our quality of life.

Research, Reports & Publications

2016 Co-op Way Report

The Co-op is one of the world’s largest consumer co-operatives, with over 4 million active members. Its purpose is ‘Championing a better way of doing business for you and your communities’.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

New BSR Report: Scaling Clean Energy Through Financial Industry Collaboration

The transition to a low-carbon economy is underway. This new research report from BSR, with support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and ClimateWorks, highlights how collaboration with the financial industry can help address three specific market barriers and scale finance for clean energy action.

Research, Reports & Publications

It’s Your Business

John Lewis Partnership has launched an online Corporate Responsibility report and Human Rights and Modern Slavery report to complement its 2017 Annual Report and Accounts.

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