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General 22 Sep, 2026

WBCSD launches new guidance to support the scale-up of sustainable alternative feedstocks 

The transition to a low-carbon and circular economy requires a fundamental shift away from fossil-based feedstocks toward sustainable alternatives. While momentum is growing across industries, (…)

General 22 Sep, 2026

Automotive Carbon Neutrality: The critical role of supply chain decarbonization and circularity 

Executive Summary  Electrification is winning the tailpipe battle, unevenly across markets but decisively. European EV penetration reached 31% of new registrations in 2025, up from (…)

General 21 Sep, 2026

If we can value the loss, we can decide what to invest

Three days. That is how long one of our plants stopped producing steel after the water level at a source 50 kilometres away fell too (…)

WBCSD insights 17 Sep, 2026

The Business Case for Responsible AI: Enabling Growth by Going Beyond Compliance

Together with CMS, the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), the Thomson Reuters Foundation and WBCSD members, we explored why Responsible AI governance is far more (…)

General 9 Sep, 2026

UPL SAS: Building Climate-Smart Sugarcane Value Chains  

  Shashwat Mithaas: Redesigning sugarcane production at landscape scale 

General 8 Sep, 2026

FIBS publishes Finland country report on business perspectives on the climate transition

Helsinki, Finland, August 2026: WBCSD Global Network partner FIBS (Finnish Business & Society) has published the Finland edition of the Business Breakthrough Barometer 2026, providing (…)

General 3 Sep, 2026

Unlocking Secondary Aluminum Through Advanced Sorting

How advanced sorting and curated complementary demand can unlock domestic processing value, strengthen supply-chain resilience, and enable alloy-level circular aluminum supply. Demonstrating a New Model (…)

General 14 Aug, 2026

The Next Chapter of Deforestation-Free Supply Chains: What Comes After Traceability?

For much of the past decade, the conversation around deforestation-free supply chains revolved around one central ambition: achieving traceability. Companies invested heavily in mapping suppliers, (…)

General 14 Aug, 2026

From Traceability to Comparable Results

Over the past decade, traceability has become one of the defining pillars of sustainable agricultural supply chains. Understanding where commodities are produced is fundamental for (…)

General 31 Jul, 2026

What the SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard Version 2 means for businesses 

The Natural Climate Solutions Alliance’s perspective on the role of high-integrity carbon credits and natural climate solutions SBTi’s Corporate Net-Zero Standard Version 2 is a (…)

General 27 Jul, 2026

WBCSD Heads of Climate Base Camp 2026: Leading through collaboration in times of uncertainty

Potsdam, 9-12 June 2026: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) hosted the fourth edition of its Heads of Climate Base Camp in Potsdam. (…)

General 24 Jul, 2026

Sign the Statement of Support: Policies for Regenerative Landscape Action

A business-backed policy agenda to accelerate regenerative landscapes The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) mandated the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) (…)