The Ongoing Evolution of Sustainable Business: 2023 Trends Report
Before we discuss the sustainability trends shaping the business agenda in 2023, we wanted to reflect and take stock on the events of the past year.
Category: WBCSD News & Insights
From the desert to the snow
The year has begun off at a high pace with two important events that took place, both the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week and the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos.
New guidance developed by 30+ global companies to support GHG emissions data sharing across the logistics value chain
Today at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Smart Freight Centre and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released a new guidance, titled End-to-End GHG Reporting of Logistics Operations, to advance the quantification and sharing of logistics emissions and support the logistics industry on their journey to net-zero emissions.
Danone announces an ambitious plan to reduce its methane emissions
Danone, a leading food company and one of the world’s largest dairy companies, announces today a global action plan to reduce absolute methane emissions from its fresh milk supply chain by 30% by 2030.
ESG Insights: 10 Things That Should Be Top of Mind in 2023
Navigating a global patchwork of ESG regulation and enforcement while preparing for greenwashing claims and other ESG litigation will likely be among the main concerns for companies in 2023.
Avery Dennison joins WBCSD
The materials science leader joins other multinationals working to accelerate the system transformations needed for a net-zero, nature positive, and more equitable future.
How to identify high-quality, credible carbon credits: 5 takeaways from the Fundamentals of Decarbonization Masterclass
Geneva, 21 December 2022: In the eighth and final session of WBCSD’s Masterclass Series “The Fundamentals of Decarbonization”, we discussed how to counterbalance unabated emissions year-on-year by mitigating beyond the value chain, to further enhance business impact, contributing to a nature-positive, global transformation
Accountability is now at the forefront and companies need to prepare for it.
Less than two weeks after attending COP27 in Egypt, I participated in Fortune Magazine’s Impact Initiative in Atlanta, United States.
COP15 reflections: how is business stepping up to implement the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)
Yesterday, we read the news, from the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), announcing that governments agreed on the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).
Five new retail associations pledge to accelerate the Race to Zero at COP15
Five new retail and business associations announced today during the closing day of the fifteenth United Nations Biodiversity Conference COP15 pledges to become Accelerators for the Race to Zero.