Staff Biography
Aron Cramer, President and CEO
Senior Management, Board Member | San Francisco
Aron is recognized globally as an authority on corporate responsibility by leaders in business and NGOs and by his peers in the field. He advises senior executives at BSR’s 250 member companies and other global businesses, and is regularly featured as a speaker at major events and in a range of media outlets. Under his leadership, BSR has doubled its staff and significantly expanded its global presence. Aron is co-author of the book Sustainable Excellence: The Future of Business in a Fast-Changing World, about the corporate responsibility strategies that drive business success.
Aron joined BSR in 1995 as the founding director of its Business and Human Rights Program, and in 2002, he opened BSR’s Paris office, where he worked until becoming President and CEO in 2004.
Previously, Aron practiced law in San Francisco and worked as a journalist at ABC News in New York.
Expertise
Integrating CSR into business strategy, human rights policies and practices, stakeholder engagement
Thought Leadership
- Blog: Can We Fast Forward the Sustainability Story?
- Blog: Learning the Right Lessons From the Apple Story
- Blog: Letter to the New York Times From BSR
- Blog: The Relationship Between Consumers and Business is Changing From the Bottom Up
- Blog: Davos 2012: The Bottom-Up Transformation
In the News
- WindMade Products Do More Than Suck Air , NPR Marketplace - January 27, 2011
- BSR’s Aron Cramer debates Professor Karnani on the case for CSR , Business News Network - October 20, 2010
- Sustainable Excellence: The Must-Read Book , Fast Company - October 17, 2010