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The city of New York was host to what is quickly becoming the biggest week in Sustainability on the annual calendar. The town was bursting with leaders coming to town to make speeches at the UN or take part in many of the roundtables,…

Geneva, 26 September 2023 - The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has opened registrations for its upcoming educational programs: the Leadership Program 2024 and the LEAP Program 2024.These programs have been…

Education is central to improving the lives of people globally. The 2030 development agenda recognizes that education is essential for the success of sustainable development as a whole with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, which…

Welcome to the second edition of the  Soft Commodities Forum(SCF) newsletter, a quarterly update  on SCF progress. This issue, entitled “Stories from the Field,” features three articles that outline the work and perspectives of producers…

In this interview, the Executive Director of the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), André Guimarães, provides a historical and legal context of Brazil’s agricultural system and explains the role that incentives can play in…

In this interview, the Executive Director of the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), André Guimarães, provides a historical and legal context of Brazil’s agricultural system and explains the role that incentives can play in…

The Soft Commodities Forum (SCF) is pleased to announce its implementing partners for its flagship Farmer First Clusters (FFC) initiative, which encourages forest-positive land use management for agricultural commodity production.  …

Research shows that 70-80% of companies fail to execute their strategies. A key factor behind this failure is that 95% of employees do not understand the business strategy or how their role contributes to the business's success. This is…

To sustainably scale the production and uptake of meat and dairy analogues globally, there are several critical hurdles and levers that need to be addressed with urgency. These primarily related to how these products should fit into…

Plant-based, fermented and cultivated alternatives to meat and dairy, often referred to as “analogues” given their attempt to mimic the taste and texture of their animal-based counterparts, are important levers to achieve healthier and…

Urgent emissions reduction is a must. But achieving net zero by 2050 demands more – it requires additional carbon dioxide removal (CDR) from the atmosphere. Despite the advancements in carbon removals, many businesses are still unsure…

Toronto, ON, Sept. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TORONTO, ON - Peak Power Inc., a leading energy storage and software solutions provider, has announced the creation of a new bursary aimed at supporting underrepresented students in STEM…

Implementing nature positive in the forest sector TNFD aims to provide a framework for business action to manage nature-related risks and opportunities and support the shift in global financial flows towards nature positive outcomes. To…

Brussels/Geneva, 19 September 2023: Together for Sustainability (TfS), a global initiative of 47 companies driving sustainability throughout chemical supply chains, has today joined a seminal event of New York Climate Week organized by…

The aim of Natural Climate Solutions in Action is to discover and share stories that highlight the impact of Natural Climate Solution (NCS) projects on individuals who are often overlooked in discussions regarding conservation, forestry…

Geneva, 3 November 2022: Ahead of COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh next week, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and PwC are releasing a new report “Incentives for Scope 3 supply chain decarbonization: accelerating…

Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), BCSD Taiwan and KPMG launched version 3.0 of the Circular Transition Indicators (CTI) in traditional Chinese.CTI provides a transparent and comparable framework for…

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The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) with 60 leading companies and partners are developing business guidance for actions to align strategies with the shared goal of a nature-positive planet by 2030 - Roadmaps to…

Washington, DC, 13 September 2023 - The Forest Investor Club (FIC), led by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), released its inaugural Annual Report, which shows significant deployments of natural capital…

22 May is recognized as the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) by the United Nations to raise awareness about biodiversity concerns. This year’s global celebrations are particularly significant and bring a renewed sense of…

Geneva and Sharm el-Sheikh, 11 November: The Partnership for Carbon Transparency (PACT), hosted by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) completes standardized exchanges of product-level emissions data, enabling…

Geneva, 3 August – On 29 July 2022, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) launched a Chinese version of SPHERE: the packaging sustainability framework at the 2022 Green Recycled Plastic Supply Chain Forum in…

The U.S. Department of State formed the Forest Investor Club (FIC), a network of leading public and private sector investors in forests and nature, at COP26 as part of its broader USD$9 billion commitment to conserve and restore forests…

This new PACT is fighting hidden emissions

This article originally appeared on the WEF website under the following link: The race to a nature-positive future: What every sector needs to do | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)  The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework…

Davos, 18 January 2023 - Today at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Smart Freight Centre and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released a new guidance, titled End-to-End GHG Reporting of…

The past decade has seen unparalleled growth in e-commerce buying both in India and globally. The market in India has grown 35 times since 2011.Mobility is central to e-commerce business operations. To meet the growing demand, e-commerce…

As part of WBCSD’s Circular Economy Program, the Sustainable Plastics & Packaging Value Chains project is a business coalition helping companies to accelerate solutions to make plastic & packaging circular and sustainable.To help…

The recent COP27 meeting made only limited headway on measures to tackle climate change, but climate action by companies gives more grounds for optimism, and the current challenging economic and geopolitical environment is not going to…

This report presents the successes achieved in corporate renewable power procurement while examining what the transition to a sustainable power system means for ambitious leadership in corporate renewable power procurement in the…

Plastic has become an integral part of modern life. Thanks to its affordable, durable and versatile qualities, it is used in many applications such as packaging, clothing, cosmetics, construction and agriculture. However, there are…

Geneva, 26 January 2023 – The Partnership for Carbon Transparency (PACT), powered by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), is launching version 2.0 of “Pathfinder Framework: Guidance for the Accounting and…

Geneva/Braga, 11 August – In the Portuguese City of Braga, the transition to more sustainable mobility is at the heart of the newly launched Braga Corporate Mobility Pact, developed by WBCSD’s Global Network partner, the Business Council…

Tokyo, 25 October – Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), in collaboration with KPMG Japan, launched a Japanese translation of the Circular Transition Indicators (CTI) v3.0. The launch took place at…

The Roadmaps to Nature Positive: Foundations for all businesses serves as the basis of our business guidance, laying out how all companies can play their part in halting and reversing nature loss by 2030 - the mission at the heart of the…

From the desert to the snow

“There is no business on a dead planet.” This rings particularly true for the global agri-food system, where the most fundamental dependencies and impacts tie directly to the land. Agri-food contributes around one-third of all GHGs and…

Deforestation, a key contributor to climate change and biodiversity loss, poses significant threats to the global economy. It is imperative for financial institutions to take action and mitigate these risks. This report represents both a…

As an addition to the 2019 EU Green Deal, the Green Deal Industrial Plan was introduced in 2023. The goal is to scale up manufacturing of clean technologies in the EU and make sure the Union is well-equipped for the clean-energy…

Geneva – 14 October 2022: Last week, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), together with five leading sustainable development organizations, launched the Circular Buildings Coalition (CBC), an initiative to…

 “At ASUS, we advocate that sustainability performance should involve strategic indicators that can be objectively measured. Every decision-making process needs to incorporate…

The built environment system is responsible for 40% of global CO2 emissions, 40% of global resource use and 40% of global waste streams. It is set to double in size: the global population is expected to reach 9.8 billion in 2050. This…

Corporate Carbon Accountability System

WBCSD’s Roadmap to Nature Positive: Foundations for the energy system serves as a guide to transform business practices and value chains and to ensure the energy system plays its part in halting and reversing nature loss by 2030 - the…

Developed collectively by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the Council for Inclusive Capitalism and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) this report represents a compilation of insights and case studies to…

In this month’s podcast, Bill interviews Jon Moore, CEO of Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Bill discusses energy security and what’s playing out in today’s global markets, with higher fuel prices and scarcity of demand intensifying…

Nature is the backbone of the world economy. Industries, from agriculture to energy, impact and depend on the natural world. Global populations and economies continue to grow, as do their demands on nature and natural resources. Future…

Geneva, 21 February 2023: The Partnership for Carbon Transparency (PACT), hosted by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), has released updated technical specifications to help organizations exchange Product…

To get the transport sector on track to meet its climate targets, the number of charging points needs to increase more than twenty-fold by 2030 compared to 2020 levels. Digital solutions powered by data are a powerful instrument to speed…