Food, Beverage & Agriculture
The production, distribution, and sale of food and beverage products affects global sustainability issues, ranging from access to water and workers’ rights to hunger, poverty, and health and wellness.
Companies need to understand these impacts in order to devise effective strategies to promote sustainable farm-to-fork food chains and to meet the demands of customers, investors, NGOs, and government regulators.
We work with a broad range of agriculture, food, and beverage companies—including farms, processors, manufacturers, retailers, and restaurants—to integrate corporate responsibility into core business strategies.
BSR has applied our approach to materiality, stakeholder relations, and supply chain management throughout the industry to affect improved performance.
Case Studies
Starbucks Coffee Company
Discover how we connected Starbucks with stakeholders so they could have a better understanding of the environmental and social impacts of select products. Learn more
Nestlé Waters North America: Strengthening Dialogue with Communities
See how we developed a siting and community-commitment framework to proactively manage site impacts, incorporate increased local input into the company’s water-siting process, and increase the transparency of the company’s siting efforts. Learn more
AgroAmérica: Improving Productivity Through Better Communication
Learn how we helped this Guatemalan commodity crop company reduce work stoppages by 20 percent through a program designed to build trust and dialogue among workers, the union, and management. Learn more
Our Services
- Strategy development and integration
- Materiality analysis
- Value-chain management
- Reporting and communications
- Stakeholder engagement
- Benchmarking
Our Issues
- Water management
- Energy efficiency
- Labor conditions
- Community outreach
- Sustainable consumption
- Emerging concerns
Dig Deeper
- Food for Thought: A Conversation With BSR's New Food, Beverage & Agriculture Practice Director
- BSR articles and reports on food, beverage and agriculture
- BSR Food and Agriculture Trends Report
Resources
Sample Member Companies
- Anheuser-Busch InBev
- Brown-Forman
- Campbell Soup Company
- Cargill, Incorporated
- Chiquita Brands, Inc.
- The Coca-Cola Company
- Danisco A/S
- Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (FEMSA)
- Green Mountain Coffee, Inc.
- Dunkin' Brands
- East Balt Inc.
- Green Mountain Coffee
- Kellogg Company
- Kraft Foods Inc.
- Mars, Inc.
- McCormick & Company, Incorporated
- McDonald's Corporation
- Monsanto Company
- Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc.
- Pepsico, Inc.
- Sodexo
- Starbucks Coffee Company
- Syngenta AG
- Target
- Unilever
- Yum! Brands, Inc.