WBCSD appoints five additional business leaders to its Executive Committee
Geneva, 14 October 2020 – The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) today announced the election of five new members to its Executive Committee for a (…)
Tag: Japan
The Circular Transition Indicators (CTI): Now available in Japanese
How circular is my company? How do we set targets for improvement? And how do we monitor improvements resulting from our circular activities? These are (…)
Low-carbon transition and business leadership: insights from the first TCFD Summit in Japan
Last Tuesday 8 October the first-ever TCFD Summit was held in Tokyo, convening around 300 global attendees from government, business, investors and civil society to advance discussions around corporate disclosure on climate change.
Peter Bakker presents Prime Minister of Japan with message of intent emerging from three key summits focusing on the transition to a low-carbon society
Tokyo, 9 October 2019: At a specially convened Green Innovation Summit in Tokyo today, Peter Bakker, President and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable (…)
First-ever TCFD Summit to accelerate progress on climate-related financial disclosures
Tokyo, 8 October 2019: At the invitation of the Prime Minister of Japan and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the World Business (…)
Businesses getting ready for the Tokyo 2020 Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit
WBCSD and its FReSH members supported the successful business mobilization conference held in The Hague in preparation for the Global Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit to be held in Tokyo, Japan at the end of 2020.
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 (…)
New study shows Japan’s growing market demand for quality information on environmental, social and governance considerations
Geneva, Switzerland 11 February 2019: Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) released a report on the corporate (…)