The Evolving Landscape: A Comprehensive Guide to Corporate Sustainability Standards (2026-2027)

In an era of intensifying climate scrutiny, the alphabet soup of sustainability standards is undergoing its most significant transformation in decades. As corporations face increasing pressure from regulators, investors, and…

The Great Disconnect: Why Corporate Supply Chain Decarbonization Strategies Are Failing

As global corporations scramble to meet net-zero targets, the focus has shifted from internal operations to the sprawling, complex world of Scope 3 emissions—the carbon footprint generated across the value…

The Great Sustainability Reset: Navigating a Wave of Leadership Turnover in Corporate ESG

As the field of corporate sustainability moves from a burgeoning discipline to a core pillar of business strategy, the professionals at its helm are finding themselves in a state of…

The Integrity Crisis: Are Corporate Climate Standard-Setters Becoming Captive to Industry?

In the high-stakes arena of global climate action, the rules that govern corporate emissions reporting are the bedrock upon which the transition to a net-zero economy is built. Yet, a…

The Great Rebalancing: How Compliance Has Overtaken Innovation in Corporate Sustainability

A decade of tectonic shifts in the global business landscape has culminated in a fundamental transformation of why corporations pursue sustainability. New research from BSR and GlobeScan, based on a…

Beyond Emissions: How the Climate Contribution Framework is Redefining Corporate Sustainability

By Jim Giles July 10, 2026 For years, the corporate world’s approach to climate change has been defined by a singular, rigid metric: the net-zero target. While essential, the focus…

The Shift in Corporate Culture: Why Business Travelers are Abandoning Chains for Local Flavors

The landscape of corporate travel is undergoing a quiet, yet seismic, transformation. For decades, the business dining sector was dominated by global fast-casual conglomerates and ubiquitous white-tablecloth chains. These entities…

The Great Uncoupling: Is the Corporate World Ready to Break Up with CDP?

This April, beneath the gilded, neoclassical ceilings of Manhattan’s Gotham Hall, a tuxedoed crowd gathered to mark a milestone: the 25th anniversary of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). For a…

The Great Decoupling: Why Corporate Climate Ambition is Outpacing Real-World Action

There is a striking, perhaps even dangerous, paradox unfolding within the halls of global commerce: corporate climate ambition is reaching an all-time high, yet the tangible mechanisms to fund that…

From Campus Snacks to Corporate Giant: The Strategic Evolution of Utz Brands

For Howard Friedman, the current CEO of Utz Brands, the road to the executive suite began long before he ever walked into a boardroom. Decades ago, as a student at…