Issue Briefs

Sustainability’s Biggest Challenge Isn’t Strategy—It’s Implementation

Closing the gap between strategy and implementation requires embedding sustainability into business decisions, operations, and partnerships. BSR shares six key internal, external, and systemic enablers of successful implementation and how companies can accelerate progress through peer learning.

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.

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.

Issue Briefs

Data Centers: Managing Sustainability Risks Across the Value Chain

The unprecedented growth of data centers has come with increasing pressure on energy systems, water resources, supply chains, workers, and local communities. BSR explores key social and environmental impacts, and how businesses can mitigate these risks while strengthening long-term business performance.

Case Studies

Strengthening Stakeholder Engagement Through Lived Experience Expertise: A Consultation Model for Technology Companies

A Consultation Model for Technology Companies

BSR’s Tech Against Trafficking (TAT) initiative partnered with Survivor Alliance to design and pilot a Lived Experience Consultation Group for technology companies working to prevent and address trafficking. 

Sustainability FAQs

Managing AI’s Environmental Impacts

As companies move from AI pilots to enterprise-wide deployment, consumers, stakeholders, and regulators are expecting them to understand, measure, and manage AI-related environmental impacts. This FAQ provides practical starting points for sustainability professionals.

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. 

Issue Briefs

Data Centers: Managing Sustainability Risks Across the Value Chain

The unprecedented growth of data centers has come with increasing pressure on energy systems, water resources, supply chains, workers, and local communities. BSR explores key social and environmental impacts, and how businesses can mitigate these risks while strengthening long-term business performance.

Case Studies

Strengthening Stakeholder Engagement Through Lived Experience Expertise: A Consultation Model for Technology Companies

A Consultation Model for Technology Companies

BSR’s Tech Against Trafficking (TAT) initiative partnered with Survivor Alliance to design and pilot a Lived Experience Consultation Group for technology companies working to prevent and address trafficking. 

Blog

Community Engagement: A Cornerstone of Effective Stakeholder Engagement

BSR explores international standards governing company responsibilities to community members, the business value of community engagement, and practical tips for conducting it.

Blog

Effective Stakeholder Engagement: Ensuring Internal Company Alignment

BSR shares key actions to ensure internal alignment ahead of stakeholder engagement: establishing an overarching vision, identifying internal ownership, shifting from ad hoc to ongoing engagement, and balancing transparency and legal risk.

Issue Briefs

Sustainability’s Biggest Challenge Isn’t Strategy—It’s Implementation

Closing the gap between strategy and implementation requires embedding sustainability into business decisions, operations, and partnerships. BSR shares six key internal, external, and systemic enablers of successful implementation and how companies can accelerate progress through peer learning.

Reports

Social Impact and Sustainability Professionals at a Crossroads: Profiles and Practical Steps to Build Workforce Resilience

Drawing on interviews with corporate professionals across regions, BSR identifies four practitioner profiles that reveal how social impact and sustainability professionals experience their work through voice, company backing, and strain. Find out how companies can support these practitioners in navigating an evolving business landscape and strengthen organizational resilience.

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.