Stepping up business action to 1.5°C
Geneva, 16 September 2019 – The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has today joined other organizations to endorse the ‘Business Ambition for 1.5°C’ initiative (…)
Tag: Climate & Energy
Asian business leadership in the transition to a sustainable world
Geneva, 27 August 2019: Earlier this month, Peter Bakker, President and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), embarked on a series of (…)
Can sustainable business really save the world?
Time is running out to decarbonise the world’s economies. Can the business world respond in time? Eco-Business asks the two leaders of the World Business (…)
Novartis engages its Indian partners in developing an integrated energy strategy
Delhi, 20 August 2019: Novartis is pioneering a new approach to how it procures and uses energy. Recognizing that Novartis is part of a broader energy (…)
WBCSD and WEF to scale up impact on pressing sustainable development issues
MoU signed between WBCSD’s Peter Bakker and WEF’s Klaus Schwab and Dominic Waughray Geneva, 20 August 2019: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and (…)
Helping the postal sector to become more sustainable
Peter Bakker, president and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, outlines its Vision 2050 program and how it applies to posts.
Insider perspective: The Bonn Climate Intersessional and Abu Dhabi Climate meeting
The past several weeks have seen a flurry of activity in the climate policy space – both in Europe and around the world.
Peter Bakker addresses G20 Ministerial Meeting in Japan
Underscoring the need for business leadership to enable the virtuous cycle between sustainable business solutions and economic growth at the G20 Ministerial Meeting on Energy (…)
Realizing systems transformation – WBCSD embarking on a refresh of its landmark Vision 2050
“Walk into the board room of a typical Fortune Global 500 company today and the talk will be about today’s challenges. In an environment that (…)
Time for action is now – Bill Sisson, new Director for North America
Phoenix, AZ, 28 February 2019: 2019 will mark four years since the United Nations (UN) Member States unanimously agreed on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). (…)