The incredible opportunity in building renovation
Large-scale energy efficiency renovations create a rare opportunity to deliver broad and lasting economic, environmental, and social benefits. Buildings might not be among the first (…)
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Sustainability at a Crossroads: A survey developed by ERM, GlobeScan and Volans
Sustainability at a Crossroads was jointly developed and fielded by GlobeScan, ERM, and Volans. This survey of 844 sustainability experts across 72 countries reveals a (…)
On the way to zero – How Henkel wants to achieve net-zero by 2045
Achieving net-zero by 2045 – that is the target we have set ourselves at Henkel. This presents both numerous opportunities and challenges. And above all, (…)
Introduction: Financial quantification of sustainability
Articulating sustainability matters in financial terms, specifically through quantitative measures, to ensure that business value drivers and their effects on EBITDA and Enterprise Value (EV) are clearly understood within this framework.
Financial quantification: leveraging the (inter)dependencies of sustainable investments
Translating sustainability initiatives into financial terms is nuanced. Their impacts unfold across multiple dimensions of the business and over varying time horizons, making attribution and (…)
Climate Resilience Awards for Business – Now Open until 18th October 2025
Launch of the Climate Resilience Awards for Business- open until 18th October The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Global Resilience Partnership are (…)
A Clear Business Case for Regenerative Coffee
Year after year, coffee farmers Fedila and Mustafa saw yields decline on their 0.5-hectare plot in southern Ethiopia. Aging coffee trees and increasingly erratic weather (…)
Integrating climate with financials: Climate as an overlay to financial planning
3/4 of the largest companies globally now report sustainability information with financial disclosures in annual or integrated reports, and roughly 85% of them use double materiality, or (…)
Natural Hazards: How Nature-based Solutions can help protect commercial buildings & infrastructure
Editor(s): Giulia Carbone, Nature for Climate Director at WBCSD; Madeline Ojakovoh, Manager for Climate Adaptation at WBCSD; Johan Lammerant, Global Technical Director Nature and Biodiversity at Arcadis; Daisy Hessenberger, Global Subject (…)
Weaving climate considerations into corporate operations
Headline stats: 1/3 Only one-third of companies disclosing to the CDP have implemented climate scenario analysis 50% 50% of Scopes 1 and 2 emissions reduction can be reached at net (…)