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Collaborative Initiatives

Current Initiatives

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BSR member companies can use their Engagement Options to partly or fully cover the cost of joining a BSR collaborative initiative.

Action for Sustainable Derivatives

A collaborative initiative that promotes responsible sourcing and collective action to increase sustainable production of palm oil and palm oil derivatives.

Building Responsibly

Building Responsibly is a group of leading engineering and construction companies working together to raise the bar in promoting the rights and welfare of workers across the industry.

Business Action for Women

A coalition of business leaders driving progress for women

Clean Cargo™

A leading global carrier-shipper initiative dedicated to environmental performance improvement in marine container transport through measurement, evaluation, and reporting

Future of Fuels

A vision of commercial road freight fueled by low-carbon sustainable technology

Future of Reporting

Sharing reporting best practices to improve sustainability performance, enable informed decision-making, and influence the future of the reporting field

Global Business Coalition Against Human Trafficking

Advancing cross-industry progress to combat modern slavery in global supply chains.

Global Impact Sourcing Coalition

A forum of the world's leading companies committed to incorporate and scale impact sourcing as a business strategy—ending poverty through procurement.

Green Freight Asia is an industry-led network focused on driving sustainable road freight in the Asia Pacific region to ultimately improve fuel efficiency, reduce CO2e emissions and lower logistics costs across the entire supply chain.

Healthcare Working Group

Improving health globally through a sustainable and resilient healthcare sector

Healthy Business Coalition

Convening cross-industry leaders to expand health and well-being across entire value chains

HERproject™

Unlocking the full potential of women working in global supply chains through workplace programs promoting health, financial inclusion, and gender equality

Human Rights Working Group

Working to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights across all industries

Maritime Anti-Corruption Network

Working toward a maritime industry free of corruption that enables fair trade to the benefit of society at large

Net Positive Project

Working for a world where companies drive financial success and create "net positive" impacts by putting back more into society, the environment, and the global economy than they take out

Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality

A coalition of organizations committed to leveraging their individual and collective advocacy to accelerate LGBTI equality and inclusion globally and drive positive change.

Railsponsible

Railsponsible is an industry initiative focused on sustainable procurement and aims to continuously improve sustainability practices throughout the railway industry supply chain

Responsible Luxury Initiative™

Advancing sustainability practices throughout all luxury industry value chains

Restaurant Roundtable for Sustainability

Enabling restaurant and foodservice companies to identify, understand, and prioritize shared solutions for emerging sustainability issues.

Southeast Asian Reptile Conservation Alliance (SARCA)

Advancing responsible and transparent supply chains of reptile skins from Southeast Asia

Sustainable Air Freight Alliance

A collaboration between shippers, freight forwarders, and airlines to track and reduce carbon dioxide emissions from air freight and promote responsible freight transport.

Tech Against Trafficking

A coalition of technology companies collaborating with global experts to help eradicate human trafficking using technology.

Value Chain Risk to Resilience

A collaboration to build climate resilience for communities, farmers and workers along value chains

We Mean Business

Companies and investors creating a low-carbon revolution

Betterwork Buyers Forum

An opportunity for international buyers to collaborate with key stakeholders to improve labor standards and competitiveness in global supply chains

Center for Technology and Sustainability

Advancing the deployment of technology solutions that address humanity’s most pressing environmental challenges

CiYuan

Building cross-sector partnerships to enhance social investment in China

DR-CAFTA Responsible Competitiveness

Making the business case for responsible labor in Central America and the Dominican Republic

Future of Internet Power

An internet powered by 100% renewable energy

Future of Stakeholder Engagement

Helping companies understand current trends in stakeholder engagement around the world

Global Network Initiative

A unique multi-stakeholder platform, the Global Network Initiative (GNI) helps technology companies respect freedom of expression and privacy rights when faced with government pressure to hand over user data, remove content, or restrict communications.

Licensing Working Group

The Licensing Working Group brought together licensors and licensees to develop tools and resources to help the industry uphold social and environmental standards, address the root causes behind non-compliance, and ensure that compliance is managed systematically across the entire licensing supply chain. This Collaborative Initiative is no longer active.

Medical Devices Working Group

At the nexus of technology and healthcare, the medical device industry faces a host of sustainability challenges, including product lifecycle, environmental safety, supply chain management, transparency, health systems in emerging markets, and more.

Migration Linkages

Migration Linkages is an initiative to help protect the rights of migrant workers who are moving between developing countries.

Myanmar Responsible Sourcing

Helping companies entering Asia’s frontier market align business needs with the opportunity to shape the country’s sustainable development

Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Initiative

The Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Initiative (PSCI) is a group of pharmaceutical and healthcare companies who share a vision of better, social, environmental and economic outcomes in the communities where we buy.

Procurement Leadership Group

Bringing together sustainability and procurement professionals to build more efficient and effective models for procurement that enable fair, inclusive, and sustainable supply chains

Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance

Now an independent initiative. Originally led by BSR, Rocky Mountain Institute, World Resources Institute, and World Wildlife Fund, REBA facilitates solutions among customers, renewable energy suppliers, utilities, and policymakers to transform electricity systems with renewable energy.

Resilience and Adaptation Initiative

Building resilience to climate change risks for businesses and communities

Responsible Business Alliance

Founded in 2004 as the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition, the Responsible Business Alliance is an industry coalition committed to creating shared value for businesses and the people and communities that contribute to the manufacture of electronic devices around the world.

Sustainability Reporting Initiative

Helping companies better understand current trends in sustainability reporting around the world

Sustainable Lifestyles Frontier Group

Seizing today’s opportunity for business to enable sustainable lifestyles globally

Value Creation through Natural Capital

Strategic engagement for companies on managing impacts and dependencies on natural capital, biodiversity, and ecosystem services

Women in Factories China Program

Women make up a majority of China’s manufacturing sector, and businesses that invest in women’s skills, capacity, and empowerment will be better equipped to succeed.

About Us

BSR™ is a global nonprofit organization that works with its network of more than 250 member companies and other partners to build a just and sustainable world. From its offices in Asia, Europe, and North America, BSR™ develops sustainable business strategies and solutions through consulting, research, and cross-sector collaboration. Learn more about BSR’s 25 years of leadership in sustainability.