Consumer Products

Cliodhnagh focuses on supply chain sustainability under BSR’s consumer sectors practice. She has more than 10 years of international business experience, spanning business development, sustainability, technology, and design.

Previously, Cliodhnagh worked as a Sustainable Agribusiness Consultant with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In 2017, she completed the Origin Green Ambassador Programme, a two-year executive education master’s program developed to support the promotion and implementation of Ireland’s Origin Green, the world’s first national sustainability plan for the food and drink sector. As part of the program, she spent three secondments delivering sustainability projects for FAO, Tyson Foods, and Sodexo. She has also worked with Burberry and Alexander McQueen.

Cliodhnagh holds a first-class honors MSc. in Business Sustainability from UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School in Dublin, a B.A. in Business and Economics from Trinity College Dublin, and a postgraduate degree in Design from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in California. 

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Recent Insights From Cliodhnagh Conlon

• Strengthening Supply Chain Sustainability: Eight Dimensions for Responsible Business / July 17, 2025 / Blog
• Building Financial Resilience of Women Workers in the Shea Industry / April 15, 2025 / Reports
• Integrity in a Permacrisis: Maintaining Sustainability and Human Rights Principles as Supply Chains Upend / April 9, 2025 / Blog
• Investing in Women Workers: How Training has Helped Build Financial Resilience in Shea Supply Chains / February 22, 2024 / Blog
• Scenarios Reveal the Urgency of Climate Action for the Food, Beverage, and Agriculture Sector / October 31, 2022 / Blog

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Elisa leads BSR’s consumer sectors practice globally and oversees the BSR global membership network. She works with companies in the luxury, beauty, fashion, hospitality, retail, and food industries to better integrate sustainability into core business strategy, products, and operations.

She helps companies understand the world’s big disruptions, create resilient and inclusive business models and practices, and evolve brand strategy to integrate changing consumer expectations. Elisa also leads BSR’s Responsible Luxury Initiative and the Southeast Asia Reptile Conservation Alliance (SARCA).

Prior to joining BSR, Elisa was an account manager at CHANEL and a consultant at Accenture and Ernst & Young.

Elisa is French-American. She holds an M.B.A. in Luxury Goods Marketing and Management from Sup de Luxe, an M.A. in International Relations from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques Paris, and a B.A. in French from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Recent Insights From Elisa Niemtzow

• “Emerging Luxury: Cultivating Relevance in a Changing World”: Interview with Alexia Tronel and Elisa Niemtzow / April 25, 2025 / News
• She’s Mercedes unveils the creation of the Bertha Benz Prize, dedicated for its first edition to responsible innovation / January 11, 2025 / News
• Can Made in Italy Withstand Climate Change? / November 7, 2024 / News
• The She’s Mercedes Program Drives Responsible Innovation with the Bertha Benz Prize. / October 9, 2024 / News
• What Is Underconsumption Core? Experts Explain the Trend Putting Dirty Shoes All Over Your Feed / August 5, 2024 / News

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