Elisa leads BSR’s consumer sectors practice globally and oversees the BSR global membership network. She works with companies in the luxury, beauty, fashion, hospitality, retail, and food industries to better integrate sustainability into core business strategy, products, and operations.
She helps companies understand the world’s big disruptions, create resilient and inclusive business models and practices, and evolve brand strategy to integrate changing consumer expectations. Elisa also leads BSR’s Responsible Luxury Initiative and the Southeast Asia Reptile Conservation Alliance (SARCA).
Prior to joining BSR, Elisa was an account manager at CHANEL and a consultant at Accenture and Ernst & Young.
Elisa is French-American. She holds an M.B.A. in Luxury Goods Marketing and Management from Sup de Luxe, an M.A. in International Relations from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques Paris, and a B.A. in French from the University of Pennsylvania.
Insights From Elisa Niemtzow
- Can Made in Italy Withstand Climate Change? / Vogue Business / November 7, 2024 / News
- The She’s Mercedes Program Drives Responsible Innovation with the Bertha Benz Prize. / Les Echos / October 9, 2024 / News
- What Is Underconsumption Core? Experts Explain the Trend Putting Dirty Shoes All Over Your Feed / Teen Vogue / August 5, 2024 / News
- AI, Outlets, Recycling: Can Luxury Solve Its Billion-Dollar Excess Inventory Problem? / Business of Fashion / March 4, 2024 / News
- Can Sustainable Fashion Come Back From the Brink of Burnout / Vogue Business / January 8, 2024 / News
- Special Edition Green Influence: How did Green Become a Tool of Conquest and Revolution in Luxury? / Journal Du Luxe / October 11, 2023 / News
- Why Fashion Brands are Hiring Transformation Directors / Vogue Business / August 25, 2023 / News
- The Vogue Business Sustainability Leaders Survey: Mounting Pressure Clips Progress / Vogue Business / June 8, 2023 / News
- Puma Opens up Supply Chain, Sustainability Efforts to Gen Z Scrutiny / Vogue Business / April 6, 2023 / News
- Beyond ‘Blah Blah Blah’: Fashion’s Sustainability Priorities for 2023 / Business of Fashion / January 5, 2023 / News
- “Ça a été une expérience formidable d’accompagner cette montée en puissance de la RSE en 30 ans” (Elisa Niemtzow, BSR) / AEF Info / December 15, 2022 / News
- What If Buying Used Clothes Was as Easy as Buying New? / Bloomberg / November 22, 2022 / News
- Major ESG Risks in Fashion and Why It Matters / WWD / October 26, 2022 / News
- Big Fashion’s Sustainability Push Has a Huge Hole / Bloomberg / September 17, 2022 / News
- Luxury’s Move to E-Commerce and Its Implications for Sustainability / February 23, 2022 / Blog
- Le luxe fait la révolution durable (Article in French) / Les Echos / March 15, 2021 / News
- What 2020 Taught Fashion About Sustainability and Where to Go From Here / December 21, 2020 / News
- Luxury in the New Normal: Leadership and Innovation in 2020 and Beyond / GreenBiz / October 16, 2020 / News
- Amazon Wants You To Know What Products Are Sustainable / Business of Fashion / September 24, 2020 / News
- The 10 Fashion Sustainability Initiatives to Know and What They Do / Women's Wear Daily / September 15, 2020 / News
- How Fashion’s Sustainability Targets Measure Up / Business of Fashion / September 14, 2020 / News
- Fashion Jobs That Are in Demand Now / Business of Fashion / July 30, 2020 / News
- Meet the Moment and Build the Future at the BSR20 Virtual Conference / July 15, 2020 / Blog
- Will Fashion Ever Be Good for the World? Its Future May Depend on It. / Business of Fashion / May 29, 2020 / News
- Fashion’s Humanitarian Crisis / Business of Fashion / April 1, 2020 / News
- Fashion’s Supply Chain Disruptions: What You Need to Know / Business of Fashion / March 31, 2020 / News
- Not Shopping, Period / Women's Wear Daily / March 11, 2020 / News
- Australia’s Wildfires Serve as a Rallying Cry for Fashion / Business of Fashion / January 10, 2020 / News
- Quand les entreprises s’unissent pour changer de modèle / Le Journal du Dimanche / September 30, 2019 / News
- Gucci Looks to Set a New Trend on Carbon Neutrality / Business of Fashion / September 12, 2019 / News
- How to Deal With Another Long, Hot Summer? European Brands Have a Plan / Women's Wear Daily / June 19, 2019 / News
- Stella McCartney and Google Have a Plan to Fix Fashion’s Environmental Data Gap / Business of Fashion / May 15, 2019 / News
- Five Trends Defining the Future of Retail / April 22, 2019 / Blog
- Building a Sustainable Brand: How to Get Started / Business of Fashion / March 20, 2019 / News
- Disrupting Luxury: Creating Resilient Businesses in Times of Rapid Change / July 19, 2018 / Reports
- How Luxury Can Lead the Future of Sustainable Business / July 19, 2018 / Blog
- Here’s How to Use Your Company’s Most Powerful Tool to Change the World / GreenBiz / March 14, 2018 / News
- Tara Norton and Elisa Niemtzow / March 14, 2018 / News
- Luxury, Sustainability, and Desirability: Two New Rules of the Game / July 26, 2017 / Blog
- Big Brands, Big Impact: A Marketer’s Guide to Behavior Change / May 31, 2017 / Reports
- Sustainability: A Brand’s Secret Weapon / March 14, 2017 / Blog
- Unsustainability Shutters Socially Responsible Luxury Brand Suno / The New York Times / November 22, 2016 / News
- Chanel, Gucci and luxury fashion’s sustainability crossroads / GreenBiz / July 29, 2016 / News
- Designing sustainable fashion, Chanel and beyond / GreenBiz / June 26, 2016 / News
- Luxury Fashion at the Sustainability Crossroads / May 25, 2016 / Blog
- Three Years After Rana Plaza, Has Anything Changed? / Business of Fashion / April 19, 2016 / News
- What the COP21 Climate Agreement Means for Fashion / Business of Fashion / December 16, 2015 / News
- The Luxury Sector Now Focusing on a Sustainable Future / The New York Times / December 1, 2015 / News
- Solving the Cashmere Crisis / Business of Fashion / November 26, 2015 / News
- Climate Change: Implications and Strategies for the Luxury Fashion Sector / November 4, 2015 / Reports
- New BSR, Kering Report Examines How Climate Change Will Affect Luxury Fashion / November 4, 2015 / Blog
- Want to Sell Sustainability? Give Consumers What They Want / May 11, 2015 / Blog
- Sustainable Lifestyles: A New Frontier for Business? / September 19, 2013 / Blog
- Are Consumers Done with Fast Fashion? / June 4, 2013 / Blog
- Detoxifying the Apparel and Footwear Supply Chain / April 22, 2013 / Blog