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Biofuels Primer

Green Technologies

An overview and analysis of current trends in biofuels.

Human Rights Strategy Development

Guidance on design and implementation of human rights strategies and best practices from companies.

Human Rights Governance Structures

Guidance on the elements of human rights governance, featuring example structures and company insights.

Member Insights, 2023 Q1

January 2023: This deck provides exclusive insights for BSR members. It shares our global teams’ perspective on sustainability issues and opportunities to help our member companies see a changing world more clearly.

Double Materiality for Financial Institutions

Survey Findings and Recommendations

Explore our survey on types of materiality approaches currently in use, periodicity and sources of assessments, and priority ESG issues now and in the future, based on responses from 13 key financial institutions.

Conflict-Sensitive Human Rights Due Diligence for ICT Companies

Guidelines and Toolkit for Corporate Human Rights Practitioners

This toolkit provides analytical and operational decision-making guidance for tech companies on navigating conflict-related issues.

Net Zero Targets

This FAQ sets out the BSR perspective on net zero targets. We believe that setting science-based net-zero targets—and more importantly, taking ambitious action to achieve these targets—is core to the role that companies should play in helping achieve the Paris Agreement’s stretch target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.

Materiality and Salience

This FAQ sets out the BSR perspective on the related concepts of materiality and salience. We believe that implementation of the key concepts described in this FAQ—such as double materiality, impact materiality, and salience—provide the foundation for more resilient business strategies, informed decision making by all stakeholders, and the realization of human rights in practice.

Climate Change and People

This FAQ sets out the BSR perspective on the relationship between climate change and people. 

Human Rights Assessment

This FAQ sets out the BSR perspective on human rights assessments. We believe that identifying and prioritizing the actual and potential human rights impacts with which a company may be involved is a first critical step in avoiding, preventing, and mitigating harm to people associated with business activity.

Member Insights, 2022 Q4

October 2022: This deck provides exclusive insights for BSR members. It shares our global teams’ perspective on sustainability issues and opportunities to help our member companies see a changing world more clearly.

BSR Climate Scenarios

A tool to drive resilient business strategy

Scenario planning can inform today’s climate risk disclosures, build resilient business strategies, and present opportunities for bold action. Explore our new climate scenario narratives now.

Climate Transition Action Plans

Transform to Net Zero Transformation Guide

Transform to Net Zero sets out eleven key elements of a model Climate Transition Action Plan, with real-world approaches from Mercedes-Benz, Microsoft, Natura &Co., Nike, and Unilever.

Human Rights Priorities for the Beauty and Personal Care Sector

Explore the most relevant, urgent, and probable human rights impacts for businesses operating in the beauty and personal care sector.

10 Human Rights Priorities for the Food, Beverage, and Agriculture Sector

By understanding human rights risks and impacts across the food, beverage, and agriculture supply chain, companies can better mitigate potential negative effects and advance human rights for all.