Case Studies

Strengthening Signify’s Sustainability Strategy through Expert Review

BSR partnered with Signify to conduct an external expert review of its 2030 sustainability program, helping strengthen alignment between business objectives and evolving regulatory requirements ahead of board review and launch.

Insights+

Volatility Changes the Playbook, Not the Goal

BSR's President and CEO revisits six questions we posed at the start of 2026 that continue to define the future of sustainable business. While the context has shifted, the central challenge remains the same: how can companies stay focused on long-term sustainability goals while embracing new ways of achieving them in an increasingly volatile world?

Reports

A More Pragmatic Era for Sustainability: Time to Act

BSR-GlobeScan 2026 State of Sustainable Business Survey

Drawing on insights from more than 120 sustainability professionals, BSR and GlobeScan's 2026 State of Sustainable Business Survey offers a snapshot of how leaders currently view operationalization, internal alignment, and the external influences driving sustainability today.

Sustainability FAQs

The Role of the Sustainability Team in Responsible AI

As AI adoption accelerates, companies face growing expectations to ensure its responsible development and use. While AI can advance sustainability efforts, it also introduces significant environmental, social, and governance risks. BSR outlines why Responsible AI is a critical sustainability issue and how CSOs and sustainability teams can influence AI governance. 

Case Studies

Strengthening Signify’s Sustainability Strategy through Expert Review

BSR partnered with Signify to conduct an external expert review of its 2030 sustainability program, helping strengthen alignment between business objectives and evolving regulatory requirements ahead of board review and launch.

Case Studies

Developing a Financial Resilience Program with a Corporate Foundation

BSR partnered with The Estée Lauder Companies and The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation to pilot and scale a bespoke financial literacy program for women workers across the Ghanaian shea supply chain.

Reports

Reproductive and LGBTIQ+ Health Access

Emerging Risks and Responsibilities

Access to reproductive and LGBTIQ+ healthcare is becoming increasingly fragmented across the United States. This report offers practical guidance to companies in various sectors on protecting their workforce, preparing for future impacts, and advancing meaningful solutions.

Reports

BSR Climate Scenarios 2025

Building Climate Resilience Through Strategic Foresight

2024 was the warmest year on record, with a global average surface temperature of more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial records. As climate risks intensify, the need for credible, science-based scenario planning has never been greater.

Insights+

Volatility Changes the Playbook, Not the Goal

BSR's President and CEO revisits six questions we posed at the start of 2026 that continue to define the future of sustainable business. While the context has shifted, the central challenge remains the same: how can companies stay focused on long-term sustainability goals while embracing new ways of achieving them in an increasingly volatile world?

Podcasts

Doing Business in an Era of Geopolitical Conflict

Aron Cramer, BSR President and CEO, and Ogi Kanaya, BSR Associate Director join host David Stearns to discuss how businesses are navigating an era of acute geopolitical tension and uncertainty. This episode explores the real world challenges companies are facing and how sustainability strategies can help protect people, stabilize operations, and build resilience in a rapidly shifting global landscape.

Insights+

Six Key Questions That Will Shape 2026 and Beyond

With continued global turbulence reshaping the economy, business, and society at the start of 2026, BSR CEO and President Aron Cramer poses six questions that are likely to define progress for sustainable business leaders in the year ahead.

Blog

A Year of Uncertainty: Ten Big Questions Facing Sustainable Business Leaders in 2025

With the promise of a “decisive” decade for achieving crucial goals falling short, BSR CEO and President Aron Cramer poses 10 questions that are likely to define progress for sustainable business leaders in 2025.

Tools

Human Rights Governance in 2026

Developed by the Human Rights Working Group (HRWG), this resource showcases elements of effective human rights governance, critical insights into the working group members’ experiences with the subject, and findings from the 2026 BSR HRWG Human Rights Governance Survey.​

BSR Members Only

Insights+

Volatility Changes the Playbook, Not the Goal

BSR's President and CEO revisits six questions we posed at the start of 2026 that continue to define the future of sustainable business. While the context has shifted, the central challenge remains the same: how can companies stay focused on long-term sustainability goals while embracing new ways of achieving them in an increasingly volatile world?

Tools

From Commitment to Resiliency: Designing Durable Sustainability Governance

Insights from the Sustainability Governance Roundtable

Gain practical guidance from this overview of key member insights from the BSR Sustainability Governance Roundtable, in which members explored strategies to design sustainability governance structures, processes, and controls that are robust under scrutiny, responsive to an uncertain landscape, and practical to operate across the enterprise.

BSR Members Only

Insights+

Six Key Questions That Will Shape 2026 and Beyond

With continued global turbulence reshaping the economy, business, and society at the start of 2026, BSR CEO and President Aron Cramer poses six questions that are likely to define progress for sustainable business leaders in the year ahead.

Tools

Human Rights Governance in 2026

Developed by the Human Rights Working Group (HRWG), this resource showcases elements of effective human rights governance, critical insights into the working group members’ experiences with the subject, and findings from the 2026 BSR HRWG Human Rights Governance Survey.​

BSR Members Only

Tools

Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas Risk Tool

Updated: May 2026. A tool that identifies countries prone to conflict and high human rights risks, focused on conflict and fragile states/areas.

BSR Members Only

Primers

Human Rights Priorities for the Financial Sector

The financial sector comprises a wide range of businesses and activities, each with its own human rights profile and challenges. In this primer, BSR shares universal human rights risks and opportunities for financial services companies. 

Primers

Human Rights Priorities for the Renewable Energy Sector

Explore the 10 most relevant human rights risks impacting businesses across the renewable energy sector value chain and the opportunities companies can take to mitigate their adverse impacts.