2025 Methodology update

The focus is on fostering social dialogue with existing suppliers to collaboratively develop climate adaptation strategies, resilience measures, and local solutions, rather than brands relocating sourcing to new facilities. Brands should disclose how they work with suppliers to adapt facilities to climate risks (e.g., flood defences) and invest in the green transition.

Research on potential adaptation measures can be found on pages 35-36 of the Higher Ground Report.

The BSR Just Transition Planning Toolkit and the ILO-ITUC Issue Paper, 'Social dialogue as a driver and governance instrument for sustainable development', offer additional resources for supporting social dialogue and inclusive, equitable transitions.

Previous Methodology

In this question you are being asked to identify whether the company discloses how the brand is engaging with suppliers across the supply chain to co-create local solutions and mitigations to climate adaptation, sensitive to local contexts

Where to look for this information:
- Corporate Social Responsibility report
- Company documents
- Company policies
- Company websites
- Company code of conduct
- Parent company documents (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)
- Parent company policies (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)
- Parent company websites (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)
- Parent company code of conduct (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)

Good keywords for your searches include:
- Stakeholder engagement
- Supplier consultations