Insider perspective: World Economic Forum 2019, Davos
Last week marked the 49th annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, bringing together 3,000 of the world’s most powerful leaders in government, business and civil society.
Tag: Circular Economy
UN, WEF, WBCSD and partners come together to address e-waste challenges
Technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution show a huge potential and could lead to “dematerialization”, better product tracking, take-back and recycling, and products sold as (…)
Tackle plastic pollution and join the Alliance to End Plastic Waste
Last week, I was privileged to represent the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) at the global launch of a new initiative that has the potential to be a game-changer in sustainability practice.
New global alliance commits over USD $1 billion to help end plastic waste in the environment; sets goal of investing USD $1.5 billion
16 January 2019: An alliance of global companies from the plastics and consumer goods value chain today launched a new organization to advance solutions to eliminate (…)
New report explains how business and government can accelerate the circular built environment
Katowice, Poland, 5 December 2018: Today at COP24 in Poland, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Circle Economy, in collaboration with Arcadis, released a (…)
Why investors can no longer ignore the exposure to the real threats of being “linear”
Geneva, 6 June 2018: the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Circle Economy, PGGM, KPMG and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development launch the “Linear Risks Essay” which demonstrates the (…)
The World Business Council and Boston Consulting Group release Implementation Guide to the Circular Economy
Today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and The Boston Consulting Group published, “The new big circle: (…)
30 leading companies with a combined revenue of USD $1.3 trillion join forces to implement the circular economy
Davos, Switzerland, 23 January 2018: Today at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, over 30 leading companies across 16 sectors joined forces to implement (…)
WBCSD releases 8 Business Cases to the Circular Economy – helping business accelerate growth, enhance competitiveness and mitigate risk
Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) published 8 Business Cases for the Circular Economy, illustrating how companies can accelerate growth, enhance competitiveness and mitigate risk (…)
WBCSD releases Practitioner Guide to the Circular Economy
26 June 2017, Washington DC: Today at the 2017 US Circular Economy Summit, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) officially launched its Practitioner Guide to the (…)