Sustainability Management | Governance
Empowering Executives and Activating Boards: The New Nexus of Sustainability Governance
Boards of directors oversee many sustainability issues and address complex questions. Our advisory services aim to empower executives and Chief Sustainability Officers to engage, inform, and activate boards.
Climate Change | Equity, Inclusion, and Justice
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Creates Powerful Tailwinds for Net Zero Companies
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is historic legislation. BSR Managing Director David Wei shares how it will impact companies, from creating tailwinds for achieving net-zero goals to providing signals for the future of corporate climate action.
Technology | Human Rights
Best Practices for Human Rights Due Diligence in Tech Sales Channels
To fulfill their commitments to implementing the UNGPs, vendors need their sales partners to address end-use human rights risks. Explore our new brief, which shares guidance and best practices related to the human rights expectations of sales channels in the technology sector.
Inside BSR
Inside BSR: Q&A with Ellinor Haggebrink
Inside BSR is our monthly series featuring BSR team members from around the world. This month, we connected with Ellinor Haggebrink, a Manager based in Copenhagen.
Sustainability Management | Business Transformation
Business Leadership in the Great Fragmentation: Part 2
The divisions caused by “The Great Fragmentation” are a barrier to achieving an economy that drives equitable and sustainable progress. To meet the needs of our fragmented world, business can reorient their efforts around four main objectives.
Sustainability Management | Sustainability Reporting
BSR Response: How the EU’s Sustainability Reporting Standards Will Be a Game Changer
The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) recently released a set of sector-agnostic exposure drafts that form the first set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). We share our response to EFRAG's public consultation.
Sustainability Management | Sustainability Reporting
How IFRS Sustainability Reporting Standards Can Contribute to Further Harmonization
BSR welcomes and has responded to the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)’s two exposure drafts released in March 2022, grounding our comments in 30 years of experience working with member companies.
Sustainability Management | Climate Change | Business Transformation
Business Leadership in the Great Fragmentation: Part 1
The world is fragmenting politically, economically, environmentally, and culturally. BSR President and CEO Aron Cramer shares the six interlocking factors that are accelerating fragmentation and why they're significant for business.
Women’s Empowerment
In Egypt, Digital Payroll Helps Garment Workers Reap What They Sew
Human Rights | Climate Change
Just Transition: Clean Energy with a Clear Conscience
Sustainability Management
A Business Approach to Reinforcing Democracy
More than 80 percent of business leaders see threats to democracy as threats to business. What can business do?
Technology | Climate Change
Delaying Climate Action: The Challenges of Moderating Climate Misinformation on Social Media
Sustainability Management | ESG
What the ESG Critics Are Right About—And Where They’re Misguided
Sustainability Management | Sustainability Reporting
What Business Needs to Know about the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
Under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), all large, all listed, and some non-EU companies will be required to report sustainability information against mandatory European Sustainability Reporting Standards. Six things that business should know about the CSRD.
Sustainability Management | ESG | Governance
Activating Directors on Sustainability: Six Questions for Your Board
Directors of EU companies will soon face a pivotal shift in their duties toward sustainability with the upcoming EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). Here are six key questions for boards to determine their readiness to govern evolving expectations.