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Category: WBCSD News & Insights

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 (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Global Network, Redefining Value, Corporate Performance & Accountability (CP&A)

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 (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Governance and Internal Oversight, Redefining Value, Business Decision-making, Corporate Performance & Accountability (CP&A)

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 (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Food And Land Use, Water Stewardship, Nature Action, Food & Nature, Scaling Positive Agriculture

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).

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Nature Action

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 (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Water Stewardship, Nature Action, Food And Land Use, Food & Nature, Scaling Positive Agriculture

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 (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Tire Industry Project

Arcadis and WBCSD help cities transition to sustainable mobility

Every city in the world is different, yet each and every one of them is facing the same challenge: coping with ever-increasing demands on their (…)

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

Waiting on the world to change

New Delhi, 18 March 2019: For the eight year in a row, ‘water crisis’ was included as a top-five risk in terms of likelihood in the World (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Water Stewardship, Water

City officials in Brazil commit 100 million to a new Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan

The city of Feira de Santana in the region of Bahia, Brazil, adopts ambitious sustainable urban mobility plan following engagement with WBCSD’s SiMPlify sustainable urban (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Transport and Mobility, Cities and Mobility, Transforming Urban Mobility, SiMPlify

Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals at the core of business

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were a prominent area of focus at GreenBiz 2019, one of North America’s key sustainable business conferences which took place the last week of February in Phoenix, Arizona.

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged North America, Insights from the CEO, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable development Goals Action & Policy

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