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Category: WBCSD News & Insights
In support of pairing economic recovery with ambitious climate action.
The We Mean Business Coalition has written to G20 finance ministers and central banks asking them to urgently tackle climate and economic recovery together Dear (…)
CMPC CEO: “Society expects companies to play a key role in the economic recovery, continuing to operate and provide salaries is not enough”
Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, CEO of Empresas CMPC, launched the company’s Integrated Report 2019 and presented its main results.
COFCO International aims for full traceability of all directly sourced soy across Brazil by 2023
COFCO International announced on 1 July 2020 that it expects to achieve by 2023 full traceability of soy sourced directly from farmers all across Brazil, as it works to mitigate environmental and social challenges in the country’s soy supply chain.
Accelerate sustainable mobility in your city: the Corporate Mobility Pact (CMP) initiative
COVID-19 has turned our world upside down.
Building resilience: key players across the construction sector share TCFD implementation experience
Geneva, Switzerland, 1 July 2020: Today, through collaboration with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), leading construction and building materials companies provide an in-depth (…)
WBCSD to represent global business voice in Advisory Committee for 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, in collaboration with the United Nations Rome-based Agencies, will convene the Food Systems Summit in 2021, as a critical contribution to the Decade of Action to deliver the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Soft Commodities Forum reports significant progress in sustainable soy efforts in the Brazilian Cerrado
Geneva, Switzerland, 30 June 2020: Today, the Soft Commodities Forum (SCF) published its third Progress Report, providing insights into progress against its traceability targets, and work to establish (…)
Olam to speed innovation to address global food security
Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security recognizes and supports transformational research in global agriculture.
Shareholders unanimously vote for Danone to become the first listed ‘Entreprise à Mission’
With the support of more than 99% of its shareholders at its Annual General Meeting, Danone became today the first listed company to adopt the “Entreprise à Mission” model.