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.
Open to natural CPG brands with $20M+ in annual revenue. Senior sustainability leader required as primary contact.
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.
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.
ONE MEMBERSHIP. TWO TIERS OF SESSIONS.
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.
MEMBER ROLE BREAKDOWN
SUSTAINABILITY TEAM SESSIONS
For your broader sustainability team — coordinators, analysts, and program managers navigating implementation, certification, and reporting at the operational level.
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.
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
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
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
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.
The Sustainability Forum is a community I look to for professional and personal development and advice. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking to grow in their Social & Environmental Impact.
No company is an island! The CSO group offers a well of inspiration, knowledge, and emotional resilience in our complex world of social and environmental challenges. I've discovered new ideas, received valuable feedback, and benefited from looking at problems as pearls (of opportunity). This CSO group represents the best of collaboration versus competition.
The Sustainability Forum provides an open and collaborative platform for sustainability leaders to learn from each other, identify the best outside partners and have a sounding board outside of their organization.
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