A first step toward measuring circular buildings
Switching from linear to circular ways of doing business could contribute to a substantial dent in emissions from the built environment.
Switching from linear to circular ways of doing business could contribute to a substantial dent in emissions from the built environment.
This article is the first collaborative step toward building a nature-positive roadmap with our built environment member companies. It outlines five key insights identified by members, featuring shared principles of nature-positive and analysis of sector-specific impacts, risks and opportunities.
All businesses depend on nature, which we can think about as natural capital assets.
At COP27, the BuildingToCOP Coalition, of which the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a key member, kept the focus on the built environment as a critical solutions provider for a resilient and zero-emissions future.
This year’s climate summit, COP27, hosted by Egypt, is taking place at a tough time for global collaboration on all matters, such as global security, environment, energy, and most importantly, human survival.
Last week, WBCSD, together with five leading sustainable development organizations, launched the Circular Buildings Coalition, an initiative to accelerate the transition to a circular economy in the construction and demolition sector.
Infrastructure plays an important role in achieving climate targets. The time is now to accelerate the deployment of electric infrastructure (e-infrastructure) and to increase the pace and impact of decarbonization at the nexus of the built environment, energy and transport.
WBCSD and Movin’On announced a new partnership to accelerate the transition to sustainable mobility globally in line with a 1.5°C scenario.
WBCSD and WorldGBC, launches ConcreteZero, a new initiative with a goal of sourcing 100% net zero concrete by 2050.
Growing awareness and collaboration for a nature-positive world has contributed to building business confidence to halt and reverse nature loss, delivering tools and guidance to help on implementation and action within operations and across value chains.