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BSR and the National Association of Corporate Directors are proud to present a primer on ESG for board directors to lay out the fundamental concepts of business and sustainability, discuss the board’s role in providing oversight, and address several key challenges and solutions. This primer is available as an exclusive benefit to NACD and BSR members.

January 2024: The exclusive quarterly member insights provides BSR members perspectives from our global team on sustainability issues and opportunities to help our member companies see a changing world more clearly.

Leading companies increasingly tie ESG/sustainability KPIs to performance measurement and compensation. BSR discusses ESG performance metrics and their business case, the landscape, and the risk of pushback.

The following worksheet has been compiled based on BSR’s Supplier Code of Conduct Review tool. The best practices listed are compiled based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights as well as leading guidance from the Responsible Business Alliance.

BSR shares its best practices for setting expectations of suppliers, including guidance for establishing policies, supplier codes of conduct, and supplier contracts. 

Via a co-creation process in business activities related to climate action, companies can enable more effective climate solutions that address interconnected, systemic issues.

Explore ASD's progress on its approach to action, deepening engagement with supply chain players, and scaling impact on the ground.

The sustainable product claims space is rapidly evolving, governed by voluntary and mandatory frameworks as well as changes in consumer and retailer awareness and preferences. BSR shares its perspective on navigating sustainability claims.

Drawing on BSR’s expertise in incubating, designing, and facilitating collaborative initiatives, this report explores how business-led multi-stakeholder collaboration can help to advance the SDGs.

Exploring emerging issues through a Futures Wheel exercise can help your organization think through the varied, cascading, and sometimes surprising potential implications if an emerging issue of today were to become mainstream.

Insights+ provides insights and foresight that empower sustainability leaders to be strategic C-Suite advisors by identifying and analyzing emerging and cross-cutting sustainability issues, as well as supporting their efforts to achieve tangible progress toward a more just and sustainable world.

In the fifth edition of Insights+, the Climate Change team dives into the biggest topics at COP28: fossil fuel phase-out and the just transition, accountability for business commitments, the role of nature in achieving climate goals, and climate justice. Explore key recommendations for business leaders on how they can take action on these topics and what might be around the corner.

BSR’s Energy for a Just Transition collaboration explored the modern slavery risks associated with the energy transition and identified ways to address these risks.