CO_LAB

Impact

90 Businesses engaged

40 Governments, technical, finance and civil society partner organizations engaged

25000 Electric vehicles demanded in India and Mexico by 2030

1500 Electric heavy duty vehicles deployed in India

100 Invested into regenerative landscapes in Brazil

Why

1.

Climate change is impacting business today

Climate change and biodiversity loss are already severely impacting businesses, with extreme weather events causing $320 billion in losses in 2024.

2.

Progress towards resilient and sustainable markets is lagging

The business case to rapidly transform industrial, food, materials value chains into resilient and sustainable markets is too weak.

3.

Unlocking transformation requires regional action

To unlock transformation, business, government, and finance must work together to address today’s complex challenges, overcome systemic barriers, and catalyze coordinated action and investment from the ground up.

4.

Solution: CO_LAB

WBCSD responded to this need by creating an approach for businesses and partners to accelerate regional collective action and investment - we call this CO_LAB.

1. Climate change is impacting business today 2. Progress towards resilient and sustainable markets is lagging 3. Unlocking transformation requires regional action 4. Solution: CO_LAB

CO_LAB:
Current Initiatives

WBCSD is working with our member companies, governments, financial institutions and partner organizations on several initiatives to accelerate regional collective action and investment.

Zero Emission Vehicles – Emerging Markets Initiative

Accelerating the adoption of zero-emission vehicles in India and Mexico

Landscape Accelerator – Brazil

Accelerating the regenerative transformation of key Brazilian landscapes

Critical Materials Collective

Driving action along value chains to provide high‑quality, low‑carbon secondary materials

CO_LAB: Our Approach

Our approach aligns businesses, governments, finance and civil society around shared sustainability problems, guides effective problem-solving, and drives collective action and investment.

Knowledge Hub

Publication 1 Jul, 2025

Resilience for the Future: A Viable Pathway to Regenerative Landscapes in the Amazon

This report, developed by BCG in collaboration with WBCSD, Environmental Secretary from the State of Pará (SEMAS), the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Farming (…)

Publication 22 Jun, 2025

Democratizing Electric Trucks in India A Leasing-led Model for Scaled Adoption

India’s road freight sector is crucial for the economy but contributes significantly to CO₂ emissions and pollution. With freight volumes set to quadruple by 2050, (…)

Publication 1 Apr, 2025

Public-private collaboration evidence base

Whilst climate impacts mount, many products, services, and markets essential for sustainability transitions are not yet available at the scale or price required. We know (…)

Publication 25 Mar, 2025

Resilience for the Future: A Viable Pathway to Regenerative Landscapes in the Cerrado

This report, developed by BCG, in collaboration with WBCSD, CEBDS, and the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Farming (MAPA) builds on an extensive knowledge (…)

Publication 24 Mar, 2025

Resilience for the Future: How Brazil Can Lead the Regenerative Landscapes Revolution

We need a place-based systems transformation at the landscape level that places farmers at the center, with the active participation from the entire value chain. (…)

Publication 5 Dec, 2023

Zero-Emission Vehicle Emerging Markets Initiative: Public-private collaboration models & best practices

Despite progress in zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) adoption, challenges persist. Variations in technology maturity, regional regulations and diverse market demands hinder a swift global transition. These (…)

29 Apr, 2025

Brazil advances Regenerative Landscapes: Key takeaways from the AARL Cerrado Summit

Luiz Eduardo Magalhães, Bahia – Brazil In mid-April, over 150 diverse stakeholders from across the corporate, finance, policy, and agriculture sectors gathered in Bahia for (…)

5 Dec, 2024

From Dubai to Riyadh: the COP28 Action Agenda on Regenerative Landscapes reports on progress and launches first Landscape Accelerator in Brazil

We celebrate the advancements achieved by this private sector-led Action Agenda, which reports on progress a year since its inception

14 Nov, 2024

Companies unite to advance freight and passenger zero-emission vehicles in Mexico, signaling demand for more than 17,000 electric vehicles by 2030

Baku, Azerbaijan, 14 November 2024 – 11 prominent companies have come together under the Zero Emission Vehicles Emerging Markets Initiative (ZEV-EM-I) to advance the electrification (…)

13 Nov, 2024

WBCSD and State of Green announce partnership to explore and internationalize new approaches to public-private collaboration

At COP29 in the Danish Pavilion, WBCSD and State of Green announced their intention to collaborate on a series of knowledge exchange activities for their respective memberships in the next 24 months.

30 Oct, 2024

The Need For a New Way of Organizing Public-Private Co-Creation: An Evidence Base

In the first blog of this series, we explored how the seeds of a new era of public-private co-creation have started to emerge, with examples (…)

11 Oct, 2024

We Must Usher in a New Era of Public-Private Co-Creation, and Fast

We have just half a decade to get on track in our response to the intertwined climate, nature and inequality crisis. This represents an enormous (…)

10 Sep, 2024

Digital collaboration for EV charging infrastructure substantially reduces costs and improves operations

Optimizing EV charging infrastructure planning can result in 13% reduction in fuel costs and 70% reduction in charging time. Decarbonization of India’s trucking industry is (…)

5 Dec, 2023

Leading companies form collaborative agreements in India and Mexico to drive investments in zero-emission vehicles

Dubai, 5 December 2023 – Following the historical India e-truck demand announcement at G20, more than 30 major companies have united as part of the Zero-Emission Vehicles in (…)

19 Jul, 2023

Companies unite to advance truck electrification in India and signal demand for 7,700 electric freight vehicles by 2030

Fifteen prominent companies have come together under the Zero Emission Vehicles Emerging Markets Initiative (ZEV-EMI) and the Indian government's E-FAST (Electric Freight Accelerator for Sustainable Transport) initiative to advance the electrification of the truck market in India.

17 Mar, 2025

Landscape Accelerator: Brazil (LAB)

ENG POR Landscape Accelerator: Brazil (LAB) A joint initiative led by WBCSD, CEBDS, and BCG under the Action Agenda on Regenerative Landscapes (AARL) As the (…)

Our Partners

Latest Updates

Public-Private Collaboration for Food Systems Transformation at UNFSS+4

The AARL Cerrado Summit

Advancing Zero-Emission Vehicles in Mexico at COP29

Public-Private Collaboration at COP29

Partnering with Denmark on Public-Private Collaboration

What's new

Integrating climate with financials: Internal Carbon Pricing

Uniting for better livelihoods: our impact through the Business Commission to Tackle Inequality

WBCSD Statement of Support for the IMO Net-Zero Framework

Impact

Why

Climate change is impacting business today

Progress towards resilient and sustainable markets is lagging