Action for Sustainable Derivatives (ASD)

Ricki supports BSR’s work on collaborations, with a focus on those related to supply chain sustainability. Her engagements focus on opportunities to scale impact on supply chains through shared learning, common approaches, and coordinated action.

Ricki has extensive experience managing and overseeing BSR’s collaborations on sustainable sourcing of commodities, with a particular focus on consumer sectors industries and agriculture-based supply chains.

She also brings many years of strategy consulting experience, with strong ability to design and execute research, draw business insights, and develop corporate strategies.

Ricki holds a BS in Development Sociology from Cornell University.

Recent Insights From Ricki Berkenfeld

• Strengthening Supply Chain Sustainability: Eight Dimensions for Responsible Business / July 17, 2025 / Blog
• Integrity in a Permacrisis: Maintaining Sustainability and Human Rights Principles as Supply Chains Upend / April 9, 2025 / Blog
• Advancing Supply Chain Sustainability through Collaboration: Lessons from Action for Sustainable Derivatives / February 19, 2025 / Blog
• Action for Sustainable Derivatives: Annual Update on Progress, 2023 / January 15, 2024 / Reports
• Action for Sustainable Derivatives: Annual Update on Progress, 2022 / January 17, 2023 / Reports

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As Director, Collaborations, Charlene develops and implements strategies to engage BSR member companies and other stakeholders in high-impact collaborations for sustainable development. She specializes in building collaborative approaches between consumer-facing companies and their value chains to embed long-term sustainability, build resilience in the face of disruption, and increase equity, inclusion, and justice.

Charlene brings over 20 years of experience in sustainability, systems change, futures, and collaboration. Prior to BSR, Charlene was associate director for sustainable value chains and livelihoods with global sustainability non-profit Forum for the Future, where she directed collaborative system change initiatives in cotton, tea and other commodities, and led strategy projects with partners across the fashion and textile, agricultural and food sectors.

Charlene has an extensive background in futures, including working with the UK government’s futures unit developing and testing strategies across government departments.

Charlene holds an MSc in Sustainability and Responsibility from Ashridge Management College (UK), a BA in International Relations from the University of Puget Sound (US), and a Diploma in Organisation Development from Henley Business School (UK).

Recent Insights From Charlene Collison

• Why an Impactful Sustainability Strategy needs Collaboration / September 26, 2023 / Blog
• Are garment workers one step closer to living wages? / June 30, 2023 / News

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Laura supports BSR’s Business Transformation work across industries. She has also worked on several of BSR’s multistakeholder collaborations, including the Global Impact Sourcing Coalition and Maritime Anti-Corruption Network.

Prior to joining BSR, Laura was the director of the Copenhagen branch of a global social impact consultancy advising startup companies and social enterprises on fundraising and communications strategies as well as social impact creation and measurement. She also held an internship position at a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening the rights of women journalists. Laura speaks German, English, and Spanish.

Laura holds an M.Sc. in Business and Development Studies with a Minor in Sustainable Business and Entrepreneurship and a B.Sc. in Business, Language, and Culture, both from Copenhagen Business School.

Recent Insights From Laura Hansson

• Collaborating to Advance the SDGs: Three Considerations for Business Leaders / February 27, 2024 / Blog
• Advancing the SDGs Through Collaboration / December 12, 2023 / Reports
• Southeast Asian Reptile Conservation Alliance Progress Report 2022 / April 26, 2022 / Reports
• Next-Generation Private-Sector Collaboration for Sustainable Development: Q&A with Neste / March 28, 2018 / Blog
• Next-Generation Private-Sector Collaboration for Sustainable Development: Q&A with Gavi / February 27, 2018 / Blog

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Alexandra supports BSR’s Collaborative Initiatives portfolio, facilitating the development and implementation of impactful multi-stakeholder solutions that tackle systemic challenges to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including climate change, economic inequity, and gender inequality. She works across industries, largely within agricultural commodities and consumer products, to drive collective action for supply chain sustainability, responsible sourcing, and ethical trade.

Prior to joining BSR, Alexandra developed global partnerships to foster business transformation, promote responsible business conduct, and scale business action to accelerate progress on the SDGs. Alexandra began her career analyzing trade policy and coordinating international trade and supply chain projects for a global, multi-sector clientele.

Alexandra holds a Master’s in International Public Management, with specializations in Global Economic Policy and Diplomacy, from l’Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. She graduated magna cum laude with a BA in International Affairs and French from the George Washington University. She speaks English, French, and German.

Recent Insights From Alexandra Kolev

• Advancing Supply Chain Sustainability through Collaboration: Lessons from Action for Sustainable Derivatives / February 19, 2025 / Blog
• Action for Sustainable Derivatives: Annual Update on Progress, 2023 / January 15, 2024 / Reports
• The Just Transition Planning Process for Business / September 11, 2023 / Reports
• Sustainable Coconut Partnership: Toward a Responsible and Resilient Sector / May 17, 2023 / Blog

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Andrei supports the management of BSR’s Collaborative Initiatives portfolio and provides dedicated assistance to select initiatives. He also contributes to research, communications, administration, and logistics for BSR’s Collaborations team, ensuring efficient and effective collaboration of BSR members and partners across all issues and sectors.

Andrei has held a diversity of positions in the sustainability field, including roles focused on clean energy, conservation green buildings, and scenic preservation. He previously supported national volunteer and service programs at the U.S. Forest Service and, most recently, worked on corporate climate solutions at Conservation International, where he honed his knowledge of and passion for working with companies to reduce their footprints, uphold human rights, protect nature, and advance global sustainability goals.

Andrei holds a BA in Environmental Studies and Comparative Government from Wesleyan University.