The size of the challenge and importance of a circular economy The built environment encompasses all constructed spaces where human activities take place – where people live, work, learn or play. This sector is responsible for 40% of energy-related global carbon emissions and over 30% of global final energy use. And it consumes nearly half […]
Global state and corporate leaders in New York City gathered last week for the annual UN General Assembly and Climate Week. With just over five years remaining to meet Paris Agreement climate goals, the urgency to accelerate climate action has never been greater. The prospects of road transport decarbonization – a sector responsible for one […]
“It’s time”, said Helen Clarkson, CEO of Climate Group – hosts of Climate Week, 22-29 September 2024 – as she opened its 16th edition with a speech highlighting five key principles that “should underpin all our action”. “It’s time to put people first, […] to pay up, […] to listen to citizens, […] to be […]
Geneva, 1 October 2024 – The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), in collaboration with nine leading chemical companies and sustainability consultancy ERM, has issued the “Towards Planet Positive Chemicals: A Chemical Transformation Roadmap Enabled by the Circular Economy” which aims to drive transformative change across the chemical industry and downstream manufacturing value chains. […]
My interest in protecting forests began when I was aged 12, when one of my school teachers shared photographs of the deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil. As an adult, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to visit this important ecosystem and witness firsthand the continuing destruction. Forests provide critical services like absorbing […]
New York, 30 September 2024 – The CEOs and executives of 22 businesses spanning the automotive, financial, retail and infrastructure sectors and government representatives from the United States and United Kingdom convened during Climate Week NYC to impel collaboration on financing zero-emission vehicles along strategic freight corridors. This event was led by the World Business […]
Natural climate solutions (NCS) remain relatively untapped as an asset class especially for most large-scale traditional investors. As the business case and potential for financial returns are better demonstrated and understood, the opportunity to scale investment is strong. As nature-based solutions (NbS) that address climate change, NCS hold the potential to provide roughly 30% of the emissions reductions needed to keep global warming as close to 1.5°C as possible by 2030. In […]
As global sustainability leaders gather for Climate Week NYC 2024, the urgent need to address climate change, biodiversity loss, and socio-economic challenges is more pressing than ever. In an Op-Ed published by Reuters, members of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s (WBCSD) One Planet Business for Biodiversity (OP2B) coalition call for regenerative agriculture to […]
WBCSD outlines four steps to integrating deforestation into climate- and nature-related financial disclosure to help financial institutions improve transparency on material risks and meet net zero goals New York – September 23rd 2024 – Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released new practical guidance for financial institutions (FIs) on how to integrate […]