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Category: WBCSD News & Insights

Novartis reinforces commitment to patient access, pricing a EUR 1.85 billion sustainability-linked bond

Novartis today announced the pricing of a EUR 1.85 billion sustainability-linked bond (SLB), reinforcing its commitment to ESG principles and the 2025 Patient Access Targets announced earlier this month.

Posted in WBCSD News & Insights

IBM joins World Business Council for Sustainable Development to help accelerate the transition to a sustainable world

Geneva, 11 September 2020: IBM today joined over 200 forward-thinking companies as the newest member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).  The relationship further (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Climate & Energy, Corporate Performance & Accountability (CP&A), Food & Nature, North America, Organizational, WBCSD Member

Advancing electrification of ride-hailing in India: A case study on BluSmart

Geneva, 9 September 2020: Today, on World Electric Vehicle (EV) Day, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is launching a new report documenting (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Cities and Mobility, Emobility, REmobility, Transforming Urban Mobility

Building forward better: Accelerating business momentum toward a net-zero future

WBCSD reaffirms its commitment to business leadership by appointing Claire O’Neill as Managing Director for Climate & Energy. Geneva, 9 September 2020 – With a just (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Climate, Climate & Energy, Corporate Performance & Accountability (CP&A), Organizational, SOS 1.5

50L homes and the future of urban water use

Ahead of the launch of the 50L Home Coalition, WBCSD, The World Economic Forum and 2030 Water Resources Group convened a session at the recent World (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Agriculture and Food, Food & Nature, Water Stewardship

Shell: Aiming to become a net-zero energy business by 2050

In April 2020, Shell announced their new plans to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050 or sooner.

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Climate & Energy, Climate Action and Policy, SOS 1.5

Alliance to End Plastic Waste Releases 2020 Progress Report

WBCSD is proud to be a founding strategic partner of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and accelerating solutions to end plastic waste. We continue (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Circular Economy, The Alliance to End Plastic Waste

BCG to Achieve Net-Zero Climate Impact by 2030

Rich Lesser, CEO of BCG, today announced a major new climate commitment for the firm that will deliver net-zero climate impact by 2030.

Posted in WBCSD News & Insights

Driving corporate-investor action on sustainable development: a conversation with PRI CEO Fiona Reynolds & Peter Bakker

1 September 2020 – Last week, PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment) and WBCSD announced a landmark collaboration that will drive corporate-investor action on sustainable development.

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Corporate Performance & Accountability (CP&A), External Disclosure, Insights from the CEO, Redefining Value, Redesigning capital market engagement

COVID-19 outlook for electric vehicles in India

Every year has a few defining moments, but 2020 has so far contained so many paradigm-shifting developments that every previous market outlook needs to be reassessed.

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Cities and Mobility, Emobility, India, Mobility Decarbonization, REmobility, Transforming Urban Mobility, Viable and Sustainable Charging Infrastructure, Zero-Emission Vehicle Emerging Markets Initiative

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