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Category: WBCSD News & Insights

An eye-opening journey in the heart of the Brazilian Cerrado

The following text and images are from a personal blog post from WBCSD’s Soft Commodities Forum (SCF) Manager Nicoletta Pavese where she shares her journey in connecting with soy producers in the Western Bahia State

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Agriculture and Food, Food & Nature, Food And Land Use, Nature Action, Scaling Positive Agriculture, Soft Commodities Forum (SCF), Water-smart Agriculture

Total adopts a new climate ambition to get to net zero by 2050

Supporting the EU’s carbon neutrality target, Total commits to become a net zero emission company for all its European businesses by 2050.

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Climate, Climate & Energy, Energy, SOS 1.5

2020: a different kind of “super year”

Focusing business’ leadership and action as a catalyst for positive and lasting change

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Insights from the CEO

Business leadership for social and economic continuity in the new COVID reality

The following is an opinion piece by Dr David Nabarro in his role of Special Envoy to the World Health Organization (WHO) on COVID-19 and Founder and Principal of 4SD, and Peter Bakker representing the global business leadership voice as WBCSD’s President and CEO.

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Insights from the CEO

Earth Day 2020 – a moment to pair climate action with our COVID recovery

Today’s 50th Earth Day has given us a lot to think about.

Posted in WBCSD News & Insights

Safely back to work: CEOs of Randstad, Adecco and Manpower form HR industry alliance

Unparalleled collaboration is needed to prepare for the new normal in the workplace in the wake of COVID-19.

Posted in WBCSD News & Insights

“We’re going to get worse shocks than COVID-19”: Peter Bakker on the impact of this crisis on our current system and lessons for the future

WBCSD President & CEO Peter Bakker shares his thoughts on the COVID-19 crisis in an episode of CrisisCast, a Dutch podcast with Paul van Liempt for DuurzaamBedrijfsleven.

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Insights from the CEO

Green Recovery Alliance: reboot and reboost our economies for a sustainable future

WBCSD joined the Call to Action of the Green Recovery Alliance calling for an EU-wide green recovery strategy focused on sustainability after COVID-19.  This Call to (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Climate & Energy, Climate Action and Policy, Low-Carbon Freight, Natural Climate Solutions, Nature Action, Nature-based Solutions (NbS), New energy solutions, SBT4utilities, Scaling Renewable Electricity (Rescale), SOS 1.5, Transforming Heavy Transport (THT)

Calling for input: IAASB consultation on extended external reporting assurance

Geneva, Switzerland, 16 April: As COVID-19 has shaken businesses and the whole society in an unprecedented way, ensuring the quality of companies’ disclosed data remains vital to (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Corporate Performance & Accountability (CP&A)

Shell’s ambition to be a net-zero emissions energy business

In tackling climate change, the focus is increasingly on limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5° Celsius. Shell supports this ambition.

Posted in WBCSD News & Insights

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