Build lasting impact by embedding social performance into core business and transition plans.
Join a coalition of business leaders and sustainability professionals advancing inclusive business – where human rights, fair wages and social performance shape competitive advantage.
Thematic-Based Learning and Action
- Human Rights (incl. due diligence and fair recruitment)
- Living Wages & Incomes
- Just Transition (sector-specific implementation, finance, and resilience)
- Fair and Inclusive Work
- Social Performance & Accountability (metrics, decision-making, and disclosure)
Strategic Integration
Embed social sustainability into climate and nature transition plans – turning social risks into strategic levers for business resilience and growth.
Executive Engagement, Business Cases & Supplier Activation
Mobilize leaders, key functions and suppliers through peer learning and board-ready cases that support investment in living wages, inclusive workplaces and just transition.
Shape the Enabling Environment for Social Action
Engage in high-level dialogues to influence global frameworks and local policies – unlocking scalable impact for wage equity, workforce transformation and social performance.
Key Agendas of the Program
- Focus: Embedding equity into climate transition plans through sector deep dives, and finance dialogues
- Key Topics: Community Resilience, Just Transition Finance, Workforce Impacts, Green Skills, Sector Implementation, Metrics
- Focus: Building business-wide capabilities to embed human rights into governance, operations and supply chains
- Key Topics: Due Diligence, Fair Recruitment, Board Engagement, Supplier Training, Rights-Based Risk Management
- Focus: Advancing DE&I across functions and geographies through capability building and data-backed strategies
- Key Topics: Inclusive Procurement, Multi-generational Workforce, Neurodiversity, Cross-Functional Learning, Equity Metrics
- Focus: Closing wage gaps through supplier engagement, policy advocacy and business case development
- Key Topics: Living Wage Measurement, Supplier Tools, Jurisdictional Partnerships, ROI Evidence, Policy Alignment
- Focus: Strengthening decision-making and disclosure through integrated metrics and cross-framework alignment
- Key Topics: TISFD, CPAS Integration, Double Materiality, Social KPIs, Reporting Standards
Putting people at the center of business is no longer optional - it’s a strategic imperative. Through the People Action Imperative at WBCSD, we're mobilizing global business leaders to embed human rights, fair wages, inclusive workplaces, just transitions, social performance and responsible AI into the core of business strategy. This is how we build resilient companies, unlock long-term value and ensure that business works for people and planet.
— Peter Bakker
President & CEO, WBCSD
