The rise in ESG lawsuits highlights the need for companies to evaluate supply-chain risks
New Study Highlights Expansion of Legal Liabilities for Companies Across Their Value Chain
Tag: Redesigning capital market engagement
Companies, investors and professional accountants add their voices to the call for global alignment between sustainability reporting standard setters and frameworks
Sixty-five companies, investors and professional accounting firms from across the world add their voices to the call for major standard-setting efforts to more closely align with and support a global baseline for reporting sustainability-related information.
The moment of truth for the CFO and society
Over the past 10 years, discussions around the Chief Financial Officer’s role in sustainability have been largely symbolic.
An architecture for sustainable value transition
WBCSD releases An architecture for sustainable value transition within social and planetary boundaries.
An architecture for sustainable value transition
Geneva/London, 9 December 2021: Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) releases An architecture for sustainable value transition within social and planetary boundaries. Global sustainability negotiations this year have made it clear that to move beyond business-as-usual, transformation is needed on the systems level to address unprecedented challenges in a climate emergency, nature loss […]
Bridging the gaps in sustainable corporate-investor communication
Learnings from the PRI-WBCSD high-level investor and business roundtables
The reality of materiality – insights into current ESG materiality practice
WBCSD in collaboration with the Erasmus School of Economics release a report diving into current ESG materiality assessment practice including some of the main challenges and opportunities for companies.
Driving corporate-investor action on sustainable development: a conversation with PRI CEO Fiona Reynolds & Peter Bakker
1 September 2020 – Last week, PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment) and WBCSD announced a landmark collaboration that will drive corporate-investor action on sustainable development.
PRI and WBCSD join forces to drive corporate-investor action on sustainable development
Geneva/London, 27 August 2020: The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) – together representing asset owners, investment managers, service providers and businesses – have forged a new collaboration to create the enabling conditions for a sustainable financial system. In the landmark collaboration, the PRI and WBCSD will work […]
“ESG ratings… it’s a bit of a zoo”
Podcast on ESG ratings: Peter Bakker, WBCSD’s President and CEO, talks with Euromoney