Explore a full array of collaboration opportunities, ranging in duration, format, and expectations, and designed to offer a variety of benefits, including:
Strengthened company performance
Knowledge sharing from trusted peers
Timely, meaningful discussions to empower informed decision-making
Collective piloting and/or implementation
Access to policy, industry, and issue experts with knowledge of best practices
If you have suggestions for new Collaborations or are encountering challenges that could benefit from dialogue with like-minded peers, please reach out to us.
A complete listing of all available BSR collaboration opportunities, including pricing and MEO applicability, is available for download.
Current List of Available Opportunities
Action for Sustainable Derivatives
A collaboration of palm derivatives users working to transform their supply chains by increasing transparency, monitoring risks, engaging the sector, and generating on-the-ground impacts.
AI in Sustainability Roundtable
A monthly discussion forum for BSR members to collaboratively explore and accelerate the effective use of AI in core sustainability functions.
Building Responsibly
Promoting worker welfare and dignity in the built environment and energy sector.
Center for Redefining Business Models
A pre-competitive space focused on providing practical tools for companies to advance alternative business models (such as circular or regenerative) that align business and sustainability goals within planetary boundaries.
Climate and Nature Working Group
A cross-industry opportunity for companies to gain practical insights from experts and peers on how to navigate three proposed areas: AI and Data Solutions for Climate and Nature, Adaptation Pathways, and Climate and Nature Value Chains.
Engineering Services Roundtable Series
A business-led working group for engineering services firms, focused on developing approaches to further sustainable and responsible practices in their supply chains.
Fair Circularity Initiative
Respecting the rights of informal waste workers in circular value chains
Future of Reporting
Strengthening sustainability through improved reporting best practices
Global Business Coalition Against Human Trafficking
Combating modern slavery in global supply chains.
Healthcare and Human Rights Forum (HCHRF)
Building human rights due diligence approaches to healthcare industry impacts
Human Rights in US Agriculture Working Group
A working group for companies connected to the U.S. agriculture supply chain to collaboratively address complex human rights risks through knowledge sharing, expert insights, and alignment on practical, solutions-focused approaches.
Human Rights Working Group
Supporting companies around the world to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Impactful Sustainability Due Diligence
A series of convenings designed to improve sustainability due diligence practices through the exchange of best practices and peer engagement on shared challenges and solutions across industries.
Investor Working Group on Responsible AI
A working group for investors to strengthen their ability to evaluate and oversee responsible AI issues across portfolios.
Japan Sustainability Strategy Working Group
Sharing best practices and learnings to improve sustainability performance.
Labor Rights in the AI Data Supply Chain
A working group for developers of AI to promote labor rights in the AI data supply chain.
Open to AI developers, only.
Responsible AI Working Group
A cross-industry working group to support companies developing, integrating, and using AI systems in their products, services, and operations to implement responsible approaches to AI.
Responsible Luxury Initiative®
Advancing sustainability in luxury industry value chains
RISE
RISE is a collaborative initiative that strives to empower low-income women working in global supply chains.
Scope 3 for Software Coalition
A coalition of software companies harnessing momentum and collective action to improve the state of Scope 3 Cat 11 GHG accounting, measurement, and transparency.
Open to software companies, only.
Setting Next Generation Climate Targets Roundtable
A cross-sector peer-learning roundtable designed to support companies in setting the next generation of credible, pragmatic, and resilient climate targets.
Sustainability Governance Roundtable
A series of convenings designed to define and explore strategies for creating robust sustainability governance structures, processes, frameworks and controls. Companies will benefit from BSR analysis and frameworks, and peer learning on how to upgrade their governance systems.
Sustainable AI Procurement
An opportunity for AI developers and deployers to address the transparency and accountability gaps associated with AI’s environmental impact, and develop a sector-wide approach to environmental accountability.
Tech Against Trafficking
Companies collaborating with global experts to help eradicate human trafficking using technology.
Value Chain First Movers
A roundtable designed to equip businesses with insights, scenarios, and tools to navigate supply chain crises. Companies will build capacity to respond responsibly to disruptions while fostering long-term resilience and sustainable value chain management.
Independent Initiatives
BSR has a long history of launching, facilitating, and scaling high-impact collaborative initiatives. Even after these initiatives move out from BSR, we are proud of the work achieved and continue to support their journey in building connections between business and the world. Explore several such initiatives below.
Retired Initiatives
Action for Responsible Timber Sourcing (ARTS)
Bay Area Corporate Climate Resilience Council
Betterwork Buyers Forum
Business Action for Women
Center for Technology and Sustainability
CiYuan
DR-CAFTA Responsible Competitiveness
Energy for a Just Transition
Future of Fuels
Future of Stakeholder Engagement
Healthcare Working Group
Licensing Working Group
Medical Devices Working Group
Migration Linkages
Myanmar Responsible Sourcing
Value Creation through Natural Capital
Net Positive Project
Partnership for Global LGBTIQ+ Equality
Procurement Leadership Group
Resilience and Adaptation Initiative
Restaurant Roundtable for Sustainability
Sustainability Reporting Initiative
Sustainable Air Freight Alliance
Sustainable Lifestyles Frontier Group
Value Chain Risk to Resilience
Women in Factories China Program