Denielle works with BSR member companies across various industries on strategy, supply chain sustainability, and reporting. She also supports Value Creation through Natural Capital.

Prior to joining BSR, Denielle focused on greenhouse gas accounting, sustainability reporting, solid waste management, and sustainability strategy for Dartmouth College. She has experience researching the environmental, social, and economic impacts of the conflict minerals supply chain, and assessing the viability of mitigating climate change through climate finance projects such as REDD+.

Denielle holds an M.E.S.M. from the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and B.A. in Ecosystem Science and Policy, and Geography from the University of Miami.

Edwina works with consumer products and food, beverage, and agriculture companies on sustainability strategy, stakeholder engagement, and sustainable supply chains. She also supports the Sustainable Lifestyles Frontier Group.

Prior to joining BSR, Edwina worked for Kingfisher plc and was responsible for planning, performance management, and reporting for the Net Positive program across multiple brands’ built portfolio. She managed one of Kingfisher’s largest integrated climate change mitigation investment programs from concept to board approval and delivery. Previously, Edwina held a number of management consulting roles with AECOM and Davis Langdon LLP, working with clients on projects ranging from sustainability strategy to risk management procedures and technical tool development and analysis to U.K. industry engagement and guidance.

Edwina holds an M.S. in Environment and Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.S. in Environmental Science and International Development from the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom.

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Elisa leads BSR’s consumer sectors practice globally and oversees the BSR global membership network. She works with companies in the luxury, beauty, fashion, hospitality, retail, and food industries to better integrate sustainability into core business strategy, products, and operations.

She helps companies understand the world’s big disruptions, create resilient and inclusive business models and practices, and evolve brand strategy to integrate changing consumer expectations. Elisa also leads BSR’s Responsible Luxury Initiative and the Southeast Asia Reptile Conservation Alliance (SARCA).

Prior to joining BSR, Elisa was an account manager at CHANEL and a consultant at Accenture and Ernst & Young.

Elisa is French-American. She holds an M.B.A. in Luxury Goods Marketing and Management from Sup de Luxe, an M.A. in International Relations from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques Paris, and a B.A. in French from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Tara leads BSR’s global supply chain sustainability practice and directs BSR’s operations in Europe.

She advises chief procurement officers and senior directors at leading global companies on the development of sophisticated supply chains that create business value and address urgent and long-term risks and opportunities. She drives strategy and implementation projects across industry sectors including consumer products, retail, financial services, technology, manufacturing, and transportation, covering sustainable procurement, supplier engagement, collaboration, traceability, climate change, human rights, and labor rights. She serves on the United Nations Global Compact Advisory Group on Supply Chain Sustainability.

Before joining BSR, Tara directed supply chain work at 2degrees and was the general manager of Sedex, where she ran and significantly grew the world's largest not-for-profit sustainable supply chain membership organization and database. Previously, Tara worked in sustainable procurement at BAA, was project manager at the World Trade Center Association Los Angeles, and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kherson, Ukraine. She is a dual citizen of the United States and the United Kingdom and speaks fluent French.

Tara holds an M.B.A. from London Business School and a B.A. with Honors in French and International Studies from Northwestern University.