Action for Responsible Timber Sourcing (ARTS)
Promoting due diligence, sustainable production, and market transformation in timber sourcing
Action for Sustainable Derivatives
A collaboration of derivatives users working to transform their supply chains by increasing transparency, monitoring risks, engaging the sector, and generating on-the-ground impacts.
Building Responsibly
Promoting the rights and welfare of workers in the engineering and construction industry.
Centering Health Equity in Climate Action
Co-creating climate solutions that ensure health for all
Fair Circularity Initiative
Respecting the rights of informal waste workers in circular value chains
Future of Reporting
Strengthening sustainability through improved reporting best practices and standards
Global Business Coalition Against Human Trafficking
Combating modern slavery in global supply chains.
Healthcare and Human Rights Forum (HCHRF)
Building human rights due diligence approaches to healthcare industry impacts
Human Rights Working Group
Supporting companies around the world to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Japan Sustainability Strategy Working Group
Sharing best practices and learnings to improve sustainability performance.
Partnership for Global LGBTIQ+ Equality
A coalition of organizations committed to leveraging their individual and collective advocacy to accelerate LGBTIQ+ equality and inclusion globally and drive positive change.
Responsible Luxury Initiative®
Advancing sustainability in luxury industry value chains
RISE
RISE is a collaborative initiative that strives to empower low-income women working in global supply chains.
The Supplier Cascade
A practical approach to accelerating supply chain decarbonization.
Sustainable Coconut Partnership
Driving positive impact for coconut farmers’ livelihoods, the climate, and the environment
Sustainable Entertainment Alliance
Accelerating the transformation of the entertainment business into a more sustainable industry
Tech Against Trafficking
Leading companies deploying innovative technology to help eradicate human trafficking
Collaborating for Sustainable Development
BSR invites a wide range of stakeholders to partner with us for sustainable development, including companies, grantmakers, advisors, and partners, including external collaborations and alliances. Apply to join one of our current collaborations or raise ideas on collaborative actions your organization would like to participate in developing.
Business
BSR members and other companies are invited to participate in a wide range of collaborations where you can work with other committed stakeholders to implement impactful solutions to global challenges.
Grantmakers
Grantmakers are invited to contact BSR to explore how our collaborative initiatives align with your own strategic priorities and impact goals, and to investigate how financial support can spark high-impact collaborative movements in partnership with the private sector.
Advisors and Partners
Advisors and Partners offer critical perspectives, insights, and expertise to ensure that our collaborations advance systemic solutions to global challenges. Please contact BSR if you wish to learn more about our collaborative initiatives and how you might engage.
Alliances and Partnerships
Our cross-sector collaborative initiatives and partnerships ensure that no company is alone in addressing systemic sustainability challenges. Collaboration is a powerful enabler for companies seeking to transform their businesses, while making a meaningful impact.
Action Coalition on Responsible Technology
Together with key stakeholders, including the UN Human Rights’ B-Tech project, the Global Network Initiative (GNI), Ericsson, Telia Company and BSR, this Action Coalition has been established to support the improvement of human rights due diligence efforts and activities in relation to development and use of digital technologies. BSR is a founding partner.
Cascale
250 leading apparel, footwear and textile brands, retailers, suppliers, service providers, trade associations, non-profits, NGOs, and academic institutions working to reduce environmental impact and promote social justice throughout the global value chain.
SME Climate Hub
An initiative of the We Mean Business Coalition, the Exponential Roadmap Initiative, and the United Nations Race to Zero campaign. In collaboration with Normative and the Net Zero team at Oxford University, the SME Climate Hub provides tools and resources to enable SMEs to make a climate commitment, take action, and measure their progress towards emissions reductions.
Sustainable Freight Buyers Alliance
Unites freight buyers and freight decarbonization initiatives to shift to zero emissions freight transport. BSR is a founding partner.
We Mean Business Coalition
We Mean Business Coalition is a nonprofit coalition working with the world’s most influential businesses to take action on climate change. Together, the Coalition catalyzes business and policy action to halve emissions by 2030 and accelerate the transition to a net zero economy. The Coalition works with a growing network of funders and partners to mobilize philanthropic funding and invest in portfolios of climate action initiatives to realize this vision at speed and scale.
Previous Initiatives
BSR has a long history of launching, facilitating, and scaling high-impact collaborative initiatives. Even after these initiatives move out from BSR, we are proud of the work achieved and continue to support their journey in building connections between business and the world. Explore several such initiatives below.
Retired Initiatives
Bay Area Corporate Climate Resilience Council
Betterwork Buyers Forum
Business Action for Women
Center for Technology and Sustainability
CiYuan
DR-CAFTA Responsible Competitiveness
Energy for a Just Transition
Future of Fuels
Future of Stakeholder Engagement
Healthcare Working Group
Licensing Working Group
Medical Devices Working Group
Migration Linkages
Myanmar Responsible Sourcing
Value Creation through Natural Capital
Net Positive Project
Procurement Leadership Group
Resilience and Adaptation Initiative
Restaurant Roundtable for Sustainability
Sustainability Reporting Initiative
Sustainable Air Freight Alliance
Sustainable Lifestyles Frontier Group
Value Chain Risk to Resilience
Women in Factories China Program