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WBCSD and global leaders call for historic Built Environment Day at COP26

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) together with C40 Cities, Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction, Green Building Council Italia, Mission 2020, The Climate Group, We Mean Business, World Green Building Council, World Resources Institute and UK Green Building Council yesterday signed a letter to COP26 President, Alok Sharma, calling for a Built Environment Day at the climate summit in November 2021.

LafargeHolcim successfully launches first sustainability-linked bond for €850 million

LafargeHolcim priced a EUR 850 million sustainability-linked bond with a coupon of 0.5% maturing in 2031.

Saint-Gobain sets out its CO2 roadmap towards carbon neutrality by 2050

Saint-Gobain sets out its CO2 roadmap for achieving carbon neutrality.

The construction sector can pave the way for a green economic recovery

In the past weeks, WBCSD has participated in several events centered around how the building sector is key to reviving the global economy and the importance of reinforcing sustainability going forward.

Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves

By including urban environments into resilience strategies we might be able to react to multiple threats simultaneously.

Insider Perspective: Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction

In a time when people are asked to stay home and practice social distancing due to COVID-19, international collaboration is moving away from in-person events to online meetings.

The triangle that will fix capitalism

It is remarkable how the agenda in this 50th edition of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting has shifted towards calling for a move to stakeholder capitalism, as issued by Klaus Schwab in the new Davos Manifesto.

How COVID-19 is reshaping our cities

The long-term impacts of COVID-19 on the built environment are difficult to predict, but it’s certain that throughout history, our cities and buildings have been shaped by our response to shocks and diseases.

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