Hancock Natural Resource Group joins WBCSD
Geneva, 24 June 2019 – Hancock Natural Resource Group, a Manulife Investment Management company, has today joined nearly 200 forward-thinking companies as the newest member of the (…)
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Tackle plastic pollution and join the Alliance to End Plastic Waste
Last week, I was privileged to represent the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) at the global launch of a new initiative that has the potential to be a game-changer in sustainability practice.
To operate in a turbulent world, business needs radical new thinking in 2019
Filippo Veglio of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development outlines how business can respond to the four megatrends that are reshaping the global relationship between people and companies
WBCSD accelerates action toward food system transformation: Healthy People and a Healthy Planet
Geneva, 17 January 2019: Today, the EAT-Lancet Commission, composed of global experts in health, nutrition and sustainability, has published its landmark report, ‘Our Food in the (…)
New global alliance commits over USD $1 billion to help end plastic waste in the environment; sets goal of investing USD $1.5 billion
16 January 2019: An alliance of global companies from the plastics and consumer goods value chain today launched a new organization to advance solutions to eliminate (…)
WBCSD’s Diane Holdorf and our approach to food system transformation
Current food systems are outstripping the resources of the planet while current diets are resulting in global health crises of both over- and under-nutrition. All (…)
WBCSD’s strategic approach to business and sustainability: an interview with Peter Bakker on CNNMoney Switzerland
In a conversation with Martina Fuchs from CNNMoney Switzerland, our President and CEO Peter Bakker talks about today’s challenges for business, and how we work together with our members to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world.
Bill Sisson joins WBCSD North America
Geneva, New York City,10 January 2019: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is pleased to announce that William (Bill) Sisson has been named the (…)
Insider Perspective: COP24
Over the past two weeks in Katowice, Poland, nearly 25,000 delegates from around the world gathered for the twenty fourth Conference of the Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), also known as COP24.
A champion of change
We live in a complex, challenging and changing world. Who amongst us can look around and say that the world today is the world we imagined for ourselves?