2019: why business should still care about the Sustainable Development Goals
Six themes for what promises to be a critical year for reflecting on progress and scaling ambition
Category: WBCSD News & Insights
Natural Climate Solutions and Human Rights
The transition to a green economy requires many different approaches, from tech-centric transport solutions to changes in individual behavior and lifestyle.
Insider perspective: World Economic Forum 2019, Davos
Last week marked the 49th annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, bringing together 3,000 of the world’s most powerful leaders in government, business and civil society.
UN, WEF, WBCSD and partners come together to address e-waste challenges
Technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution show a huge potential and could lead to “dematerialization”, better product tracking, take-back and recycling, and products sold as (…)
New WBCSD project accelerates the transition to clean and efficient urban mobility
Geneva, 24 January 2019: Today, in conjunction with the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) launched Transforming (…)
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 (…)
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 (…)