CSO GROUP
Sustainability at a natural brand is a team problem. Not a solo act.
ESG reporting, regenerative sourcing, B Corp compliance, greenwashing risk — none of it gets solved by one person. The CSO Group is where your entire sustainability function builds the peer network, tools, and confidence to move the needle together.
Stay informed on the latest ESG initiatives and trends.
Exposure to tools and resources that empower our community.
One membership. Two tiers of sessions. Your brand joins as a team. Your CSO or sustainability director meets with their senior peers. Your sustainability coordinators and program managers meet with theirs. Same topics. Right room for every level.
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Open to natural CPG brands with $20M+ in annual revenue. Senior sustainability leader required as primary contact.
Gain best practices and collaborate to overcome challenges together
Collectively develop innovative approaches to advance sustainability
Foster community to achieve a greater good
Who's in the room:
CSOs, sustainability directors, heads of impact, and sustainability managers from established natural CPG brands — including:
Brand Member Prerequisites:
Senior sustainability lead — CSO, Director, or Head of Impact as the brand's primary seat and point of contact..
$20M+ brand revenues — Past early-stage, navigating the real complexity of scaling a sustainable natural brand.
75% session attendance — Across both tiers. Reliability is what makes the community work at every level.
Collaborative culture — Your whole team gives as much as it receives. The community rejects extractors at every level.
Who’s In The Room
Sustainability leaders with real authority and real stakes.
Every CSO Group member brand has a senior sustainability leader as its primary seat — someone with genuine program ownership and accountability. The peer dynamic works because everyone is navigating the same complexity at the same scale.
Your brand joins. Your whole sustainability team benefits.
Senior leader sessions
For your CSO, Director, or Head of Impact. Strategic, candid, off-the-record discussions with peers who hold real program authority and board-level accountability.
Who participates
CSO or Sustainability Director as primary brand seat
Peers from sustainability leadership at member brands, including Dr. Bronner's, Traditional Medicinals, and Banyan Botanicals
Strategy, policy, and cross-functional alignment decisions
Frank conversation — no posturing, no vendor agenda
Sustainability team sessions
For your broader sustainability team — coordinators, analysts, and program managers navigating implementation, certification, and reporting at the operational level.
Who participates
Sustainability coordinators and program managers
ESG analysts and impact reporting specialists
Certification, sourcing, and supplier management roles
A peer community that your team grows with over time
Why two tiers? A sustainability coordinator navigating their first B Corp renewal shouldn't have to filter questions through a room of CSOs — and a CSO setting regenerative sourcing strategy shouldn't slow down for entry-level concerns. Separating by level means everyone gets the right conversation. Your brand gets twice the peer learning surface from a single membership.
20% | Head of Impact
33% | Sustainability Director
33% | Sustainability Manager
13% | Other
How Membership Works
What happens in sessions
Structured time on the problems sustainability teams actually face.
Sessions are facilitated, not free-form. No panels, no vendor pitches, no recycled conference content. Each session is built around a specific sustainability challenge — with peer case studies, live Q&A, and shared takeaways your team can act on the next day.
FORMAT 01
Live peer Q&A
Bring your live challenge — a greenwashing concern, a certification question, a supplier standoff. Get candid perspectives from sustainability leaders who've been there and will say what actually worked.
You leave with a path forward, not just a conversation.
FORMAT 02
Deep-dive topic sessions
One focused topic per session — ESG reporting, regenerative sourcing, B Corp maintenance, FTC guidance, internal alignment. Built by practitioners navigating the same landscape, not consultants observing it.
You leave with frameworks your team can apply.
FORMAT 03
Partner & tool introductions
Vetted impact measurement tools, certification consultants, and supply chain partners present to the group. Members share candid feedback — no sales pressure, no blind procurement.
You leave with trusted partners, not a cold vendor list.
