BSR | Co-creating Climate Justice Interventions Between Business and Communities Introduction Climate justice is the recognition that climate change and climate solutions disproportionately affect some communities over others and exacerbate underlying systemic inequities. It also prioritizes the people and communities that are most likely to be affected by the climate crisis but are least responsible for it. To advance climate justice, it is essential to place the needs, voices, and leadership of those who are the most affected at the forefront and shift ownership to local communities who are better positioned to identify interventions that address their needs and empower local socio-economic development. Climate injustices can be experienced across the value chain, from suppliers to employees and consumers, and to address these, businesses’ climate strategies and transition plans need to integrate climate justice. The increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events underscore the urgency to build climate resilience, especially in communities least able to prepare and rebound. Integrating justice into climate action means ensuring products and services needed for a clean energy, climate-resilient future are accessible and affordable. This work also involves enabling decent work opportunities and Climate justice community economic prosperity in the transition to a net- prioritizes the people zero economy and ensuring that human rights are and communities that respected across value chains. are most likely to be While businesses are beginning to consider the ways in affected by the climate which climate change and climate solutions crisis but are least disproportionately affect people and communities, there responsible for it. are few examples of how the private sector is working with affected stakeholders and little guidance on how to co-create climate justice interventions with affected communities. At a recent discussion hosted by BSR, 70 percent of business participants shared that they need support in understanding how to approach climate justice and how to identify key stakeholders and community-based partners. This issue brief shows business practitioners how to implement potential climate justice interventions, using a process of co-creation with affected stakeholders. Co-creation, in the 4