Towards Real Carbon Accounting
Calling for a transformation of the carbon accounting system – What is needed and how companies can help achieve it
Tag: Climate Action
Governments and businesses unite to advance zero-emission vehicle adoption in India
the governments of India, the United Kingdom and the United States joined with business, WBCSD and multilateral funding organization to launch the first dialogue of the Partnership to Support an Accelerated Transition to Zero-Emission Vehicles in India.
Partnership for Carbon Transparency releases updated technical specifications for standardized exchange of emissions data
New specifications enable companies worldwide to exchange Product Carbon Footprint information, setting a foundation for supply chain decarbonization at scale.
ENGIE Impact: New guidebook on Decarbonization Fundamentals in Manufacturing
During 2022, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development partnered with ENGIE Impact and collaborated to develop the Net Zero Manufacturing Masterclass series, which aimed to address the need for manufacturing companies to adapt to the changing climate paradigm by significantly reducing their emissions.
Emissions transparency: Pathfinder Framework provides updated guidance for the accounting and exchange of product life cycle emissions
PACT, powered by the WBCSD, is launching version 2.0 of “Pathfinder Framework: Guidance for the Accounting and Exchange of Product Life Cycle Emissions”.
New guidance developed by 30+ global companies to support GHG emissions data sharing across the logistics value chain
Today at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Smart Freight Centre and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released a new guidance, titled End-to-End GHG Reporting of Logistics Operations, to advance the quantification and sharing of logistics emissions and support the logistics industry on their journey to net-zero emissions.
How to identify high-quality, credible carbon credits: 5 takeaways from the Fundamentals of Decarbonization Masterclass
Geneva, 21 December 2022: In the eighth and final session of WBCSD’s Masterclass Series “The Fundamentals of Decarbonization”, we discussed how to counterbalance unabated emissions year-on-year by mitigating beyond the value chain, to further enhance business impact, contributing to a nature-positive, global transformation
Five new retail associations pledge to accelerate the Race to Zero at COP15
Five new retail and business associations announced today during the closing day of the fifteenth United Nations Biodiversity Conference COP15 pledges to become Accelerators for the Race to Zero.
The Soft Commodities Forum invites investment in a new financial model to eliminate soy-driven deforestation and native vegetation conversion in Brazil’s Cerrado
The launch of the strategy is detailed alongside updates of shared accountability standards and increased supply chain transparency in the Soft Commodities Forum’s bi-annual report.
Launch of guidance for banks on Net Zero target setting for farm-based agricultural emissions
New report serves as a robust starting point to help banks set targets for their agriculture portfolios and provides a strong foundation to facilitate the climate transition in agriculture.