The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is the leading community of global businesses making sustainability performance a key driver for competitiveness.

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What are your strategic priorities?

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Corporate performance & accountability (CP&A)

Accelerate emissions reduction, generate business value

Invest in nature. Future-proof your business

Build the skills to lead the transition

Align agriculture with climate and nature goals

Measure what matters. Accelerate circular impact

How WBCSD members are driving real sustainability change

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Deloitte Global’s 2025 C-suite Sustainability Survey: From intention to impact

Sustainability continues to hold a prominent place on the C-suite agenda. Deloitte Global’s 2025 survey of over 2,100 executives across 27 countries—now in its fourth (…)

The Profit of Preparedness: Resilience in Supply Chains, Finance, and AI

After an unprecedented summer marked by intense heatwaves, devastating floods, and disrupted logistics, the concept of resilience has become more than just a theoretical idea; (…)

Embedding Sustainability: The Key to Business Resilience

When sustainability is fully embedded into governance, strategy, and operations, it transforms from a side project into a driver of competitive strength. Resilience isn’t about (…)

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Join 250+ companies

leading the transformation to sustainable business

Be part of a powerful global network driving systems change. At WBCSD, we unite companies to scale impact, shape policy and unlock solutions for a thriving, net-zero, nature-positive, and equitable future-together.

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Turning sustainability into your strongest business advantage

drive growth, resilience and long-term value

“30 years ago, we made a choice. To give business a voice on sustainability. Since then, we’ve built the tools, led breakthrough innovations, and proven that action drives real change. But the challenges ahead are real - record heat, geopolitical uncertainty, and the rising cost of inaction. Business must lead the way. The tools are ready. The business case is real. Now it’s time to step up.”

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Publication 2 Nov, 2026

Learning to LEAP: Building business confidence for nature-related assessment and disclosure

Nature loss is a material business risk. Companies increasingly face expectations from investors, regulators, customers and clients to understand and manage their nature-related dependencies, impacts, (…)

Case Study 2 Nov, 2026

OCP: Accelerating the Transition to Smarter Nutrient Management

This impact story is part of a series featuring India Landscape Accelerator (ILA) member companies and their efforts to scale Climate-Smart agriculture (CSA) in Indian (…)

Case Study 2 Nov, 2026

Scenario-based case study: low-carbon ammonia

This case study uses a hypothetical food and agriculture supply chain scenario to explore how market instruments can be used to account for low-carbon ammonia (…)

Video Tool 26 Oct, 2026

Integrated Transition Planning Tool

Companies increasingly need to consider climate, nature and social factors together, rather than through separate plans and processes. The Integrated Transition Planning Tool, developed (…)

Publication 13 Oct, 2026

Risk-informed capital allocation: Financial market insights for corporate decisions

Companies frequently allocate capital where outcomes depend on uncertain demand, costs, execution, financing conditions, operational resilience and structural change. Risk-informed capital allocation: Financial market insights (…)

Publication 29 Sep, 2026

Connecting with sustainable debt investors

Connecting with sustainable debt investors is a practical guide for companies seeking to engage fixed income investors on sustainability. Bondholders are long-term, downside-focused holders of (…)

Publication 19 Oct, 2026

Avoided Emissions in the Energy Sector

The energy sector accounts for more than three-quarters of global greenhouse gas emissions, making its transformation essential to achieving global climate goals. This new WBCSD (…)

Case Study 8 Oct, 2026

Digital solution – Solar API for rooftop solar data, assessment and designs

Technology company Google is enabling rooftop solar PV development by building data into critical system design and customer education tools for solar installers. Download the (…)

Publication 21 Sep, 2026

Avoided Emissions of Digital Solutions

Digital solutions enable decarbonization in other sectors through mechanisms such as optimizing operations and logistics, reducing material and energy use, and shaping operator and consumer (…)

Case Study 2 Nov, 2026

OCP: Accelerating the Transition to Smarter Nutrient Management

This impact story is part of a series featuring India Landscape Accelerator (ILA) member companies and their efforts to scale Climate-Smart agriculture (CSA) in Indian (…)

Publication 30 Sep, 2026

Scaling Impact: The India Landscape Accelerator Launchpad

The India Landscape Accelerator (ILA), launched by WBCSD and BCG under the COP Action Agenda on Regenerative Landscapes (AARL), brings together companies and partners to accelerate investment in more productive, (…)

Publication 24 Sep, 2026

Re-WIRE Agricultural Resilience: From cost to investment opportunity

Agri-food companies, farmers and governments are already paying for the physical impacts of climate and nature on agricultural supply chains, yet the tools used to (…)

Publication 19 Oct, 2026

Avoided Emissions in the Energy Sector

The energy sector accounts for more than three-quarters of global greenhouse gas emissions, making its transformation essential to achieving global climate goals. This new WBCSD (…)

Case Study 8 Oct, 2026

Digital solution – Solar API for rooftop solar data, assessment and designs

Technology company Google is enabling rooftop solar PV development by building data into critical system design and customer education tools for solar installers. Download the (…)

Publication 21 Sep, 2026

Avoided Emissions of Digital Solutions

Digital solutions enable decarbonization in other sectors through mechanisms such as optimizing operations and logistics, reducing material and energy use, and shaping operator and consumer (…)

News and insights

WBCSD News & Insights 2 Nov, 2026

WBCSD launches practical guidance to help companies apply TNFD LEAP approach

As expectations from investors, regulators, customers and financial institutions continue to grow, many companies recognize the importance of nature-related assessment and disclosure. However, implementation remains (…)

WBCSD News & Insights 30 Oct, 2026

Making the Action Agenda an Effective Engine of Implementation

At COP30, Parties committed to a new era focused on implementing the Paris Agreement. The Action Agenda, the implementation tier of multilateralism, is critical architecture (…)

WBCSD News & Insights 16 Oct, 2026

The Missing Translator: How LAB’s Investment Readiness Tool Enables RegenAg Leaders to Speak the Language of Capital

In Brazil’s Cerrado, farmers, corporates and financiers now have a shared way to talk to one another. At Climate Week NYC this September, members of (…)

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Other events

WBCSD at UNFCCC COP 31

9 Nov 2026

From Ambition to Implementation: Business Delivering at COP31 Overview COP31 is a critical moment to turn global climate ambition into accelerated implementation across (…)

Strategic events

Tire Emissions Research Conference

8 Dec 2026

Engage with experts as they address the critical challenges and opportunities in reducing tire and road wear emissions. Building on the strong momentum of the (…)

Flagship events

Annual Meeting 2027

19 Apr 2027

Building on the successes of WBCSD’s first Annual Meeting, we are pleased to confirm that the 2027 edition will return to Montreux 19 – 22 (…)

What's new

WBCSD launches practical guidance to help companies apply TNFD LEAP approach

Making the Action Agenda an Effective Engine of Implementation

The Missing Translator: How LAB’s Investment Readiness Tool Enables RegenAg Leaders to Speak the Language of Capital

2027 Action Platform

WBCSD at UNFCCC COP 31

Resilience Starts with You

What are your strategic priorities?

Explore how WBCSD can help

How WBCSD members are driving real sustainability change

Deloitte Global’s 2025 C-suite Sustainability Survey: From intention to impact

The Profit of Preparedness: Resilience in Supply Chains, Finance, and AI

Embedding Sustainability: The Key to Business Resilience

Join 250+ companies

leading the transformation to sustainable business

Turning sustainability into your strongest business advantage

drive growth, resilience and long-term value

Latest tools and materials

Learning to LEAP: Building business confidence for nature-related assessment and disclosure

OCP: Accelerating the Transition to Smarter Nutrient Management

Scenario-based case study: low-carbon ammonia

Integrated Transition Planning Tool

Risk-informed capital allocation: Financial market insights for corporate decisions

Connecting with sustainable debt investors

Avoided Emissions in the Energy Sector

Digital solution – Solar API for rooftop solar data, assessment and designs

Avoided Emissions of Digital Solutions

OCP: Accelerating the Transition to Smarter Nutrient Management

Scaling Impact: The India Landscape Accelerator Launchpad

Re-WIRE Agricultural Resilience: From cost to investment opportunity

Avoided Emissions in the Energy Sector

Digital solution – Solar API for rooftop solar data, assessment and designs

Avoided Emissions of Digital Solutions

News and insights

WBCSD launches practical guidance to help companies apply TNFD LEAP approach

Making the Action Agenda an Effective Engine of Implementation

The Missing Translator: How LAB’s Investment Readiness Tool Enables RegenAg Leaders to Speak the Language of Capital

Upcoming events

WBCSD at UNFCCC COP 31

Tire Emissions Research Conference

Annual Meeting 2027

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