BSR works with clients—from large multinationals to junior exploration companies—to improve social and environmental performance at both the operational and corporate levels.
With experience on every continent, we leverage our global network of partners in government, civil society, and academia to complement our expertise and remain at the forefront of emerging trends and practices.
With industry experience and practical knowledge of on-the-ground challenges, we help companies: understand the stakeholder landscape and assess social and human rights risks; design programs that enhance community relations; make a strategic contribution to development; evaluate social and environmental performance and impact; and communicate expectations and best practices to companies’ supply chains. We help companies achieve these goals through interactive trainings, field-based activities, and tailored reports.
Our Impact
Ghana Responsible Mining Alliance
Discover how we brought two mining companies and USAID together to develop an alliance aimed at improving the lives of Ghanaians in mining communities.
Sino Gold
Learn how we helped Sino Gold build its "social license to operate" by promoting long-term community development in remote villages surrounding its mine in China.
Focus Areas
- Sustainability integration
- Human rights
- Social license to operate
- Local procurement and economic development
- Community development partnerships
- Contractor/vendor management
- Water scarcity
- Indigenous Peoples
- Revenue transparency and benefit distribution
- Resettlement and compensation
- Climate change policy
- Site closure
Dig Deeper
Sample Member Companies
- AREVA Group
- Barrick Gold
- Coeur D'Alene Mines
- Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
- Goldcorp, Inc.
- Gold Fields Exploration
- IAMGOLD Corporation
- Kinross Gold Corporation
- Minera Los Pelambres
- Nevada Mining Association
- Pan American Silver
- Rio Blanco Copper
- Sagittarius Mines
- South American Silver
- Teck
- Tiffany & Co.
- VALE
