World Water Week 2021 in review: opportunities for business to support water, climate and nature
Water plays a critical role in ensuring that 9+ billion are people living well, within planetary boundaries, by mid-century.
Tag: Agriculture and Food
First results of a new set of Key Performance Indicators released by the Forest Solutions Group
Members of the Forest Solutions Group (FSG) have today released the first results from a revised set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
IKEA joins 50L Home Coalition to accelerate action on water saving solutions
IKEA joins the 50L Home Coalition with the vision to make 50 litres of daily water use per person an aspiration for all.
A sustainable food system depends on business working better with farmers
n the following series of articles entitled Voices from the Field, food producers address the greatest challenge facing food systems: how do we feed a growing population and ensure producers can put food on their own tables within planetary boundaries?
PepsiCo announces “net water positive” commitment
Pledges to replenish more than 100% of water used in high-risk areas by 2030.
Former Kellogg VP and CSO Amy Senter joins WBCSD in New York
Amy Senter, former vice president and Chief Sustainability Officer for the Kellogg Company, has joined the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
All roads lead to Rome: a Pre-Summit towards an equitable, net-zero and nature-positive food system
This article is based on the speech WBCSD President & CEO Peter Bakker gave on 26 July 2021 at the Pre-Summit of the UN Food Systems Summit, during the opening plenary “A Bold Ambition to Improve Food Systems”.
Vision 2050 Food Pathway: We can provide healthy diets for all
Our world is facing three pressing global challenges: the climate emergency, nature in crisis and mounting inequality.
Human rights in the forest sector: leaving no one behind.
This is the third of a series of blogs from the members of WBCSD’s Forest Solutions Group (FSG) presenting diverse perspectives on the forest sector’s many connections with key global development issues.
Advancing business understanding of “nature positive”
The term “nature-positive” is rapidly emerging as a rallying call, “a north star”, to guide action and to transform business.