Cali, Colombia
October 21-November 1, 2024
We invite you to join BSR at the following events and engage with fellow sustainability leaders on building a just and sustainable world. Members can log into the BSR Member Portal to view our Brief on Preparing for COP16.
Scheduled Speakers
Laura Donnelly, Director, Climate and Nature, BSR
Laura Donnelly
Director, Climate and Nature, BSR
New York
Laura leads BSR’s Nature team. Her focus is working with member companies to develop holistic and credible strategic approaches to address nature related impacts and dependencies. These engagements are conducted across industries, with an additional focus on understanding the linkages between nature and other areas of focus (e.g., human rights, climate, etc.).
Prior to joining BSR, Laura spent seven years on the markets transformation team at the Rainforest Alliance. Her role focused on engaging companies throughout agriculture supply chains in addressing risks and opportunities through incorporating nature-based solutions and interventions. This included working with companies from farm to market on their sustainability strategy utilizing the Rainforest Alliance program. Laura also has experience in the beauty industry, where she worked in brand management and marketing.
Laura holds a Master of Communication Management from the University of Southern California and a BS in Business Administration from Boston University.
Recent Insights From Laura Donnelly
- From Scopes to Spheres: Advancing Climate and Nature Integration / September 17, 2025 / Blog
- Developing Integrated Approaches to Human Rights, Climate, and Nature / August 14, 2025 / Blog
- Is Your Company Ready for TNFD? / September 24, 2024 / Blog
- How Businesses Can Address the Water Scarcity Crisis / December 14, 2023 / Blog
- Five Ways to Activate Your Board on Nature / September 13, 2023 / Blog
Erin Leitheiser, Former Associate Director, Nature, BSR
Paloma Muñoz Quick, Director, Human Rights Standards, BSR
Paloma Muñoz Quick
Director, Human Rights Standards, BSR
Copenhagen
Paloma leads BSR’s work on Human Rights Standards, including standard-setting, knowledge management, and helping companies respond to emerging standards and regulation. She is also Senior Advisor to BSR’s Finance & Human Rights Practice.
Prior to joining BSR, Paloma was Advisor to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights and Senior Consultant of the UN B-Tech Project, where she developed a vision for promoting the uptake of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights among investors and guidance on responsible investment in digital technologies. Prior to the UN, Paloma launched and led the Investor Alliance for Human Rights, where she developed thought leadership on the investor responsibility to respect human rights and supported stewardship engagements across industries. She also worked at the Danish Institute for Human Rights advising companies, governments, and civil society on business and human rights.
Paloma is a member of the US government’s Advisory Committee on Responsible Business Conduct. She sits on the Editorial Board of Developments in the Field of the Business and Human Rights Journal of Cambridge University.
She holds a Master of International Affairs (M.I.A.) in Human Rights from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and a B.A. in Political Science, also from Columbia University.
Paloma is Chilean-American and is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Recent Insights From Paloma Muñoz Quick
- EU Omnibus: Challenges and Opportunities of the Parliament’s Proposed Changes to the CSDDD / October 17, 2025 / Blog
- Developing Integrated Approaches to Human Rights, Climate, and Nature / August 14, 2025 / Blog
- Advancing a People-Centered Approach to Sovereign Debt / June 4, 2025 / Blog
- Omnibus: The Costs of Looking Away from Sustainability Impacts in Uncertain Times / May 7, 2025 / Blog
- The EU Omnibus: What’s at Stake for Business, People, and the Planet / January 28, 2025 / Blog
Beatriz Osorio Marugán, Manager, Climate and Nature, BSR
Beatriz Osorio Marugán
Manager, Climate and Nature, BSR
Paris
Beatriz is part of the nature and climate change teams, aiming at strengthening and developing BSR’s nature offering as well as tapping into the interconnectedness between these two areas and crafting solutions that uplift members’ climate and nature commitments and their overall impact.
Prior to joining BSR, Beatriz was the Consulting Director and Board Member at the Paris branch of a global social impact student consultancy, where she managed a range of missions, especially within the education, consumer, and financial sectors. She also worked for over two years as a public sector consultant at EY Madrid, where she mostly assisted public bodies in project definition, strategy, and implementation under the European Regional Development Fund scheme, participating in a wide array of projects focusing on social inclusion, the circular economy, green mobility, and smart cities.
Beatriz holds a MS in Sustainability and Social Innovation from HEC Paris, a MS in Management Consulting from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, and a BSc in International Management and Modern Languages (IMML) from the University of Bath. She speaks Spanish, English, and French.
Recent Insights From Beatriz Osorio Marugán
- Applying a Systems-Based Approach to Move from Climate Risk to Resilience / October 16, 2025 / Reports
- Integrating Nature within Climate Scenarios / September 30, 2025 / Reports
- From the Backseat to the Front Row: The Urgent Need for Adaptation / September 17, 2025 / Blog
- How Business Can Integrate Biodiversity into a Nature Strategy / November 10, 2022 / Blog