Climate and nature: key pillars for a just recovery from COVID-19
Convening leaders across hundreds of events, Climate Week NYC and UNGA75 have showed a critical step change in ambition to address the climate and nature crises.
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PwC commits to net zero by 2030
Climate change is one of the most pressing problems facing our world today.
Using the circular economy to reach carbon neutrality
With commitments to net-zero emissions, many governments are making plans to achieve their targets. The city of Turku in Finland is going a step further (…)
CHANEL pioneers new Sustainability-Linked Bonds supported by BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas announced today it has supported leading luxury goods company CHANEL to issue its first Sustainability-Linked Bonds.
WBCSD supports the development of landmark SDG report focused on US agriculture
U.S. Farmers & Ranchers in Action (USFRA) , together with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) published a new Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Roadmap report to (…)
E-mobility as a case study for greener, more resilient economies
The global onset of COVID-19 has drastically affected all of us — through the fabric of our daily lives, and also through its reverberations in (…)
GPSNR: New policy framework drives commitment to sustainable natural rubber production, sourcing
Singapore, 23 September 2020: Members of the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) have convened the annual General Assembly, which saw the approval of a members’ (…)
Wastewater Zero: A call to action for business to raise ambition for SDG 6.3
Geneva/New Delhi, 23 September 2020: Industrial wastewater pollution is a key water risk for businesses and its operations. The cost of ‘business as usual’ far (…)
Walmart sets goal to become a regenerative company
World’s largest retailer targets zero emissions by 2040 and aims to protect, manage or restore at least 50 million acres of land and one million square miles of ocean by 2030
Nature is at a tipping point. Businesses are calling on governments to adopt policies to reverse nature loss in this decade
Geneva, 21 September 2020: On the same day as the UN General Assembly adopted its 75th Declaration that recognizes the urgent need for Member States to (…)