Sustainability Insights
Sustainability Insights

Helping you see a changing world more clearly.
Recent Highlights

From Climate Risk to Adaptation: Why El Niño is a Business Stress Test

The Future of Sustainable Business Collaboration

Double Materiality Assessments—From Compliance to Strategic Integration
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Advisory Services
Advisory Services

BSR’s sustainability advisory services help companies to achieve impact and create long-term business value.
Core Services

Strategy Design

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Consumer Products

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Sustainable Futures Lab

BSR’s Sustainable Futures Lab helps businesses to spot emerging issues early, explore different possible futures, and develop more resilient and sustainable strategies. Learn More

Our Integrated Approach
Collaboration
Collaboration

High-impact partnerships to address global challenges.
Overview

BSR’s business-led, collaborative forums provide a safe, trusting environment for companies to learn from their peers, see a changing world more clearly, and move forward as a group to accelerate progress and achieve impact at scale. Learn More
Collaborative Initiatives

Year-on-year collaborations bring together companies across sectors and geographies to strengthen company performance, improve markets and industries, and contribute to systemic change toward a more just and sustainable world. Learn More

Action for Sustainable Derivatives

Building Responsibly

Fair Circularity Initiative

Future of Reporting

Global Business Coalition Against Human Trafficking

Healthcare and Human Rights Forum (HCHRF)

Human Rights Working Group

Japan Sustainability Strategy Working Group

Responsible Luxury Initiative®

RISE

Tech Against Trafficking
Roundtables and Multi-Company Opportunities

Shorter-term convenings bring sustainability leaders together to exchange insights, solve shared challenges, and advance practical solutions on the most pressing issues in sustainable business. Learn More

AI in Sustainability Roundtable

Climate and Nature Working Group

Environmental Impacts of AI Working Group

Human Rights in U.S. Agriculture Working Group

Investor Working Group on Responsible AI

Labor Rights in the AI Data Supply Chain

Operationalizing Sustainability Roundtable

Responsible AI Working Group

Responsible Data Center Development

The Future of Corporate Climate Targets Roundtable

Value Chain First Movers
Membership

Membership

Join a global business network dedicated to sustainability.

Overview

Let’s talk about how membership can help transform your sustainability challenges into opportunities that create business value and competitive advantage. Learn More

Eligibility and Dues

Your path to joining our network starts here. Learn More

List of Member Companies

BSR has a global network of nearly 250 member companies from a range of industries and regions. See All Members

Member Portal

Our library of exclusive tools and resources for BSR members, including implementation toolkits, deep-dive topic briefings and reports, and other valuable content from our global team of sustainability experts. Explore
Focus Areas

Focus Areas

Thought leadership, strategic advice and opportunities to collaborate on the world’s most important sustainability issues.

Business Transformation

Climate and Nature

Human Rights

Inclusive Business

Responsible Technology
Events
Events

BSR's high-quality convenings provide leaders from the private sector and beyond with the opportunity to come together to engage on the essential role business plays in addressing global sustainability challenges.

Featured Event

Deliver Results in 2027 with BSR Membership

Webinar

September 15, 2026

10 - 10:30 am EDT

The Future of Sustainable Business Collaboration

Webinar

September 16, 2026

4 - 5 pm CEST

BSR Members Only

Making the Case for Sustainability Budgets

Webinar

September 17, 2026

10:30 - 11:30 am EDT

Connect with BSR at Climate Week NYC and UNGA Week 2026

New York

September 20-27
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BSR Insights+

Sustainability and CSR: A Word about Terms

What is CSR, what is sustainability, and why does BSR prefer to use one term over the other?