BSR (Business for Social Responsibility)

Definition

BSR is a global association of member companies formed in 1992 to provide information and help member companies achieve commercial success in ways that respect ethical values, human rights, local communities, and the environment.

Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) is a non-profit association of member companies to help businesses be both commercially successful and socially responsible while respecting ethical values, human rights, local communities and the environment. BSR member companies have nearly $2 trillion in combined annual revenues and employ more than six million workers around the world. BSR provides member company management and employees with a set of practical resources - including training programs, a database, guidelines, a newsletter and other information sources for responsible business practices.

BSR also offers advisory services for CSR strategy and structure, CSR assessment and policy development, stakeholder engagement, and CSR reporting. The BSR Annual Conference has become the largest forum for CSR practitioners, annually bringing together 1,000 business leaders from more than 40 countries and their counterparts in the independent and public sectors. The BSR website, which can be accessed by both members and nonmembers, contains a wide variety of useful information about CSR *1. BSR is headquartered in San Francisco.