Costa Rica: Deep-dive into Enterprise Risk Management and the ESG agenda
San José, Costa Rica, 2 May 2019: Asociación Empresarial para el Desarrollo (AED), WBCSD’s Global Network partner in Costa Rica, held a CEO breakfast and a full day (…)
Category: WBCSD News & Insights
Realizing systems transformation – WBCSD embarking on a refresh of its landmark Vision 2050
“Walk into the board room of a typical Fortune Global 500 company today and the talk will be about today’s challenges. In an environment that (…)
Why healthier diets make it easier to realize universal health coverage
It is World Health Day and the theme of 2019 is ‘Universal Health Coverage’.
Innovative tools now available to strengthen management and disclosure of environmental, social and governance (ESG) information
Montreux, 3 April: For many businesses, managing multiple disclosure demands and increasing stakeholder pressure for disclosing environmental, social and governance (ESG) information is an ongoing challenge. Today, (…)
Australia: BCSD Australia welcomes the creation of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative
BCSD Australia Chair Dr John Hewson takes part in the steering committee of the Initiative Sydney, 2 April 2019: BCSD Australia welcomes the creation of the (…)
New research explores corporate governance in the era of sustainability risks and opportunities
28 March 2019, Geneva Switzerland: Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released new research exploring the state of corporate governance across twelve countries. The research (…)
Sustainable Rice Landscapes Initiative to reduce environmental footprint of rice production
Bangkok, Thailand, 26 March 2019: A major new consortium today announced the Sustainable Rice Landscapes Initiative (SRLI), an agreement to deliver smart and sustainable agri-solutions for (…)
Insider Perspective: Africa Climate Week
Last week, close to 3,000 delegates representing governments, business leaders and civil society stakeholders gathered in Accra, Ghana for the 2019 Africa Climate Week (ACW2019).
Call for cooperation in West Africa to enhance information for farmers impacted by climate change
New agri-tech initiative ‘CocoaCloud’ to provide critical data for farmers and industry Accra, Ghana, 21 March 2019: Today, on the International Day of Forests, at the UN (…)
Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber holds inaugural General Assembly, appoints Executive Committee
Singapore, 21 March 2019: Today, natural rubber stakeholders convened for the inaugural General Assembly of the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) – an independent platform (…)