What nature can do for the climate in a post-COVID world
Business are in a race to zero It was expected that 2020 would set the agenda for environmental action for the next decade. But with the (…)
Category: WBCSD News & Insights
Reinventing capitalism: WBCSD lays out a transformation agenda for business
Geneva, 11 November 2020: By any standards, 2020 has been a year of attention-consuming news stories. Even with the pandemic, unprecedented wildfires across huge swathes of (…)
Business summary highlights key industry specific implications of the EU’s new Circular Economy Action Plan 2020
Geneva, 11 November 2020: Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) launched the Circular Economy Action Plan 2020 – Summary for business together with Guidehouse. What (…)
Birla Cellulose maps 100% forest sources on forest-to-fashion traceability platform
Birla Cellulose has advanced the capability of the well-established blockchain-enabled traceability platform, GreenTrackTM, which now enables the consumers to see the forests from where the wood is sourced and thus providing a complete end-to-end visibility of forest to fashion.
WASH Pledge guiding principles and self-assessment tool: Now available in Spanish
Geneva/New Delhi, 6 November 2020: Today, over 785 million people are still without access to safe drinking water, another 2.2 billion lack safely managed drinking (…)
Iberdrola launches €75 billion investment plan to 2025 as a firm commitment to economic recovery
The largest investment program in the history of a Spanish company, aimed at boosting the industrial fabric and jobs in the countries where the group operates
New toolkit on advancing human rights policy and practice in the agribusiness sector
Geneva, 4 November 2020 – Today, the Global AgriBusiness Alliance (GAA), a sector project of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) launched a new implementation (…)
GSK sets new environmental goals of net zero impact on climate and net positive impact on nature by 2030
Increasing scientific evidence[1] demonstrates that climate change and nature loss are impacting the world and human health in many ways, including: extreme heat contributing to deaths from diseases; increased spread of infectious diseases and air pollution exacerbating respiratory diseases.
Equinor sets ambition to reach net-zero emissions by 2050
Equinor announces its ambition to become a net-zero energy company by 2050.
PETRONAS declares aspiration to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050
PETRONAS is entrusted to manage Malaysia’s oil and gas resources for economic growth.