From Assessment to Action: A Spotlight on Whole Life Carbon Processes in Cities
Cities are at the forefront of climate action in the built environment. As global efforts to decarbonize buildings accelerate, the ability to measure, compare and (…)
Resource Type: White paper
Corporate Reporting Metrics for Healthy and Sustainable Diets
Agrifood businesses are increasingly facing spiraling supply chain volatility, rising input costs, and increasing scrutiny from investors, regulators and consumers. Shifting food systems to deliver (…)
Circularity Data Exchange: Landscape analysis and way forward
The transition to a circular economy demands robust mechanisms for managing and exchanging product-level data. The newly released “Enhancing the Exchange of Product Circularity Data (…)
Repurposing subsidies for equitable and regenerative agriculture
Agricultural subsidies are estimated to exceed USD $635 billion per year and offer a considerable source of public finance. However, while subsidies often aim to (…)
Financing mechanisms for land-based action
Land-based investments that reduce or remove greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions present a critical opportunity for companies, particularly those in the agriculture and food sectors, to (…)
Kicking circular fashion into high gear
We invite companies and industry stakeholders to provide feedback on this white paper to ensure the specific needs of the fashion industry are reflected in the upcoming sector guidance.
Enabling corporate plastics disclosure: Building a corporate accountability system for plastic pollution
In this paper, we propose an accountability system consisting of four phases that frame the journey for companies to end plastic pollution and transition to a circular economy for plastics.
Measuring circular buildings
The built environment is responsible for 37% of global emissions and a third of all solid waste streams.
Enabling corporate plastics disclosure
This paper does not propose new metrics. Instead, it identifies the existing metrics used by companies through different reporting/disclosure mechanisms and selects the ones that could feed a global corporate accountability framework, in the context of the international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution.
Financing charging infrastructure
This white paper, developed in collaboration with members of the WBCSD’s Transport Decarbonization project, outlines existing and emerging infrastructure business models and financing mechanisms available to companies and policymakers investing in charging infrastructure.