Fighting climate change isn’t just about saving the planet, it’s also about boosting the US economy and helping American workers
The United States has seen a series of concurrent climate-related disasters this summer.
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Business and human rights: WBCSD determined to continue raising the bar
Across the world, the COVID-19 crisis has dramatically revealed our systemic vulnerabilities, exposing the fragility of human life, our economies, supply chains, social welfare systems and institutions.
Saint-Gobain sets out its CO2 roadmap towards carbon neutrality by 2050
Saint-Gobain sets out its CO2 roadmap for achieving carbon neutrality.
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 (…)
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 (…)