With the 2026–27 El Niño expected to amplify already intensifying climate risks, adaptation is crucial for protecting business continuity and competitiveness. Drawing on engagement with nearly 100 sta...

The way companies work together to address systemic, cross-sector challenges is shifting significantly. BSR explores why sustainable business collaboration is changing, how future contexts may unfold,...

Double Materiality Assessments are evolving from periodic reporting exercises into ongoing strategic management processes. This FAQ outlines BSR’s perspective on leading practices for building integra...

Translating strategy into implementation requires embedding sustainability into business decisions, operations, and partnerships. BSR shares six key enablers of successful implementation and introduce...

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 ...

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 ...

Drawing on research with corporate professionals across regions, BSR identifies four practitioner profiles that reveal how social impact and sustainability professionals experience their work through ...

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 traff...

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 th...

Implementation of Scope 3 interventions is entering a new phase. BSR's latest FAQ unpacks the initiatives and trends shaping the landscape, actions companies can take to advance their strategies, and ...

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...

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...

Laura Gitman, BSR’s Chief Impact Officer, and Elisa Moscolin, Executive Vice President for Sustainability and Foundation at BSR Member, Sage, join host David Stearns to explore the nexus between AI an...

As 2025 climate targets close in, companies are confronting mixed progress, external pressures, and growing internal scrutiny. BSR’s Climate and Nature team explores current headwinds to target settin...

Richard Wingfield, Director of BSR's Responsible Tech practice, and Will Manley, Head of Digital Regulation for the international law firm Slaughter and May, join host David Stearns to discuss the geo...

Lindsey Andersen and Lale Tekişalp, Associate Directors of BSR’s Responsible Tech practice, join host David Stearns to unpack the responsible AI landscape, its origins and evolution, and what responsi...

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 opportuniti...

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 e...

The amended EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is now finalized, and while its scope has narrowed, companies are still required to conduct risk-based human rights and environmental du...

As AI is mainstreamed across business operations, products, and services globally, questions are rising around its risks to people, environmental impacts, and and the governance frameworks needed to e...

Rapid shifts in regulatory, geopolitical, and market conditions have transformed the operating environment for sustainable business. Yet the evidence for sustainability’s role in long-term business su...

BSR's Scope 3 for Software Roundtable's new report shares practical steps to improve methodological consistency, strengthen data transparency, and enable more credible accounting of use-phase emission...

BSR discusses the revocation of the U.S. EPA Endangerment Finding and what it means for companies operating in or connected to the U.S. market.

Access practical strategies to help sustainable business leaders and teams achieve and communicate the value of sustainability inside and outside their companies.

Gain insights on how sustainable business leaders can strengthen the relevance and credibility of their strategies and how business can play a role safeguarding the stable operating environment necess...

BSR President and CEO Aron Cramer shares reflections from Davos 2025, including signals for the year ahead: growing AI scrutiny, the rise of “coalitions of the willing,” and embedding sustainability i...

BSR shares key issues related to reproductive health for business to watch in the upcoming year and practical actions to enhance preparedness.

Nature-based and technological carbon removals are essential elements of companies’ net-zero strategies, providing a vital complement to direct emissions reduction. In collaboration with Climeworks, B...

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 sustain...

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

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...

BSR, the Danish Institute for Human Rights, and Shift Project published six case studies that illustrate how financial institutions are embedding human rights due diligence into their downstream opera...

BSR shares takeaways from the 2025 Tech Against Trafficking Summit, where participants discussed how innovative technology, increasingly driven by AI, can be a powerful enabler to fight modern slavery...

To help companies respond to climate change and community vulnerability, UNICEF and BSR have developed a suite of complementary tools that guide companies on understanding and committing to adaptation...

BSR's new report discusses the current climate transition plan landscape, including key developments in 2025, stakeholder expectations, and what's next.

In the shift toward a net-zero economy, advancing a just transition is both a social and business imperative. BSR and We Mean Business outline 12 policy asks to guide business engagement on the just t...

BSR shares key changes in the CSDDD based on the EU Omnibus, next steps in the legislative process, and actions companies can take to drive long-term value and resilience.

To build true climate resilience, companies need to consider adaptation alongside mitigation. BSR's latest report provides guidance on adaptation solutions that support communities, ecosystems, and lo...

While stakeholder engagement is a legal imperative reinforced by regulations, it's business value extends far beyond compliance. BSR shares how stakeholder engagement can help companies protect their ...

The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive will impose new due diligence requirements on large companies operating in the EU. BSR shares human rights risks most relevant to tech compani...

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 su...

This year’s Climate Week was the biggest in its 16-year history, with more than 1,000 events, a high level of government participation, and a noteworthy level of business engagement. BSR President and...

As climate change and nature degradation accelerate in intensity and frequency, building resilience has never been more urgent. BSR shares seven practical steps companies can take today to pursue clim...

Proposed ESRS changes aim to streamline disclosure requirements by shifting toward principle-based, materiality-driven reporting. In this Insights+, BSR outlines what’s changing, why it matters, and h...

BSR interviewed representatives from 20 corporate sustainability teams to explore how AI is reshaping their work. This report highlights current use cases, challenges, and adoption drivers, along with...

Amid converging systemic challenges and worsening climate impacts, it is crucial that companies take an integrated approach to climate action. BSR shares insights from its climate and nature integrati...

For companies tackling their Scope 3 emissions, practical guidance for engaging with suppliers on climate is critical. BSR shares three key takeaways on effective supplier engagement strategies, based...

Evolving regulatory frameworks and rising stakeholder expectations are prompting companies to move beyond one-size-fits-all compliance and collaborate with suppliers to strengthen human rights across ...

Human Rights Assessments are foundational to the due diligence process, but real impact comes from embedding HRA findings into daily operations, governance, and strategy. BSR share six key steps compa...