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BSR Insights
by BSR
BSR® is a sustainable business network and consultancy focused on creating a world in which all people can thrive on a healthy planet. With offices in Asia, Europe, and North America, BSR® provides its 300+ member companies with insight, advice, and collaborative initiatives to help them see a changing world more clearly, create long-term value, and scale impact.
Episodes
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Responsible AI: A Conversation with Elisa Moscolin, EVP of Sustainability, Sage
Laura Gitman, BSR’s Chief Impact Officer, and Elisa Moscolin, Executive Vice President for Sustainability and Foundation at BSR Member, Sage, join host David Stearns to explore the nexus between AI and sustainability. Drawing on Sage’s AI journey and BSR’s engagement with CSOs, they discuss how...
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Responsible AI: Regulatory Trends and Governance Challenge
Richard Wingfield, Director of BSR's Responsible Tech practice, and Will Manley, Head of Digital Regulation for the international law firm Slaughter and May, join host David Stearns to discuss the geopolitical and regulatory trends shaping how companies develop, procure, and deploy AI tools and...
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Responsible AI in Practice
Lindsey Andersen and Lale Tekişalp, Associate Directors of BSR’s Responsible Tech practice, join host David Stearns to unpack the responsible AI landscape, its origins and evolution, and what responsible AI looks like in practice for tech companies developing models and products, and for those...
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Safeguarding Human Rights in High-Risk and Conflict-Affected Areas
Christine Diamente, BSR Managing Director of Business Transformation, and Jenny Vaughan, BSR Managing Director of Human Rights and Inclusive Business, join host David Stearns to discuss how companies operating in conflict-affected and high-risk areas can navigate increased risk of involvement in...
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Doing Business in an Era of Geopolitical Conflict
Aron Cramer, BSR President and CEO, and Ogi Kanaya, BSR Associate Director join host David Stearns to discuss how businesses are navigating an era of acute geopolitical tension and uncertainty. This episode explores the real world challenges companies are facing and how sustainability strategies...
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A Year of Uncertainty: Maintaining Progress Amidst a Battle of Ideas
Following his recent blog about the “Ten Big Questions Facing Sustainable Business Leaders in 2025,” BSR President and CEO Aron Cramer chats with David Stearns about the EU Omnibus package and its potential impact on regulatory requirements, why sustainability goal setting remains a valuable...
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A Conversation with Mario Abreu, Group VP, Sustainability, Ferrero
Mario Abreu, Group VP, Sustainability at Ferrero chats with BSR Managing Director, Transformation Christine Diamente, and host David Stearns about the cross-functional role of sustainability at Ferrero, how he maintains a focus on ambition, and why the nexus between climate change, people, food,...
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A Conversation with Darsh Myronidis, Group Director of Sustainability, Virgin
Darshana Myronidis, Group Director of Sustainability at Virgin Group, chats with BSR Managing Director, Transformation Christine Diamente and host David Stearns about of the evolution of her role at Virgin, strategies for embedding sustainability within a company, how to maintain momentum in the...
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Reflections from Climate Week NYC: The Tension Between Pragmatism and Ambition
Immediately following Climate Week NYC, BSR President and CEO Aron Cramer chats with David Stearns about some of the inconvenient truths facing sustainability leaders going into this annual gathering, observations that gave him cause of optimism, and a look inside some of BSR’s events, including…
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Navigating U.S. Election Uncertainty: A Call to Action for Sustainable Business
In the United States, electoral uncertainty, threats to democracy, and the potential for instability and chaos are notably apparent as the country faces an enormously consequential election this fall. What are the risks for sustainable business, and what proactive steps can business leaders take…
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What the SBTi Battle Portends: The Decisive Decade Becomes the Dilemma Decade
Aron Cramer, BSR President and CEO, chats with David Stearns following his latest blog about the public battle over the direction of the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), the fundamental question behind this debate, and the tradeoffs companies face at a time when rapid progress on climate...
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Responsible and Sustainable AI
Lale Tekisalp, Associate Director, Technology Sectors, chats with David Stearns on the topic of Responsible and Sustainable AI, exploring: The latest developments, including the latest regulatory developments, that listeners should be aware of. The risks that companies should be aware of when...
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The Environmental Impacts of AI
Ameer Azim, Climate Change Director, chats with David Stearns on the Environmental Impact of AI, exploring: Why it’s important to assess the environmental impacts of a technology like AI. Through what type of activities or upgrades does the use of AI increase a company’s CO2 emissions? Beyond...
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Apply a Futures Lens to AI
Jacob Park, Transformation Director and head of BSR’s Sustainable Futures Lab, chats with David Stearns about Applying a Futures Lens to AI, exploring: Why futures thinking techniques can be particularly useful to discussions about responsible AI. How scenario planning exercises work, who is...
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The Human Rights Impacts of AI
Hannah Darnton, Technology and Human Rights Director, chats with David Stearns on the Human Rights Impacts of AI, exploring: How the use of AI may impact human rights and where we might see examples of this. Are there ways that AI can be used as a tool to protect human rights? In BSR’s…
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Regulating AI
Richard Wingfield, Technology and Human Rights Director, chats with David Stearns on the topic of Regulating AI, exploring: What the newly passed EU AI Act is, and what it regulates. Why the Act takes a risk-based approach and how different types of risks are categorized. What type of advice BSR…
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Is the U.S. Ceding its Position as a Leader in Sustainability?
Aron Cramer, BSR President and CEO, chats with David Stearns about why the United States is at risk of marginalizing itself and its influence over the pace and trajectory of progress on sustainability, and what this means for business.
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What's at Stake for Sustainable Business 2024 with Aron Cramer
What's at Stake for Sustainable Business 2024 with Aron Cramer by BSR
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Leading with Ambition with Aron Cramer
Aron Cramer, BSR President and CEO, chats with David Stearns on the topic of Leading with Ambition, exploring: —Why companies should be enthusiastic about these changes to reporting requirements and regulatory frameworks. —The apparent tension that these reporting requirements have created…
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Unpacking Double Materiality with Beth Richmond
Beth Richmond, BSR Director, Transformation chats with David Stearns on Unpacking Double Materiality, exploring: —How the different frameworks and guidelines define materiality, where they are similar and where they are different. —Why companies should apply the concept of double materiality, and...
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Role of Boards and Governance with Christine Diamente
Christine Diamente, BSR Managing Director, Transformation chats with David Stearns on the Role of Boards and Governance, exploring: —What new skills Boards need to have in light of these new regulatory and reporting requirements. —What platforms or opportunities exist for upskilling and what kind...
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The Impact Across Business Units with Adam Fishman
Adam Fishman, BSR Associate Director, Transformation chats with David Stearns on The Impact Across Business Units, exploring: —Unpacking the latest regulatory frameworks, how they are distinct and how they work together. —Why this is an important time for those in sustainability functions within…
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The Impact on Climate and Nature with David Wei
David Wei, BSR Managing Director, Climate and Nature chats with David Stearns on The Impact on Climate and Nature, exploring: —How these rules and regulations apply specifically to net zero reporting and other climate-related commitments. —What impact they may have on greenwashing, specifically...
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Human Rights and the Future of Compliance with Dunstan Allison-Hope
Dunstan Allison-Hope, BSR Vice President, Human Rights chats with David Stearns on Human Rights and the Future of Compliance, exploring: —Why compliance is important and why it deserves its moment in the sun. —The difference between complying with the spirit of the law and the letter of the law,...
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The Evolving Reporting Landscape Trailer
The Evolving Reporting Landscape Trailer by BSR
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BSR® is a sustainable business network and consultancy focused on creating a world in which all people can thrive on a healthy planet. With offices in Asia, Europe, and North America, BSR® provides its 300+ member companies with insight, advice, and collaborative initiatives to help them see a changing world more clearly, create long-term value, and scale impact.
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