World Water Week 2021 in review: opportunities for business to support water, climate and nature
Water plays a critical role in ensuring that 9+ billion are people living well, within planetary boundaries, by mid-century.
Tag: WASH – access to water, sanitation and hygiene
The impact of COVID-19 on food supply chains: challenges and opportunities for the private sector
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has released today at the second CEO consultation for the UN Food System Summit an issue brief exploring the barriers and opportunities that have arisen from COVID-19 and impacted food systems.
Everybody wants a better Food Systems Summit. Let’s go and build that together.
We just had two days of the Bold Actions for Food as a Force for Good event – a new milestone toward next year’s UN Food Systems Summit.
“Bold Actions for Food as a Force for Good” – a new milestone toward the UN Food Systems Summit 2021
he UN Food Systems Summit (UN FSS) in 2021 is a critical milestone event that will contribute to the Decade of Action and Delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
WASH Pledge guiding principles and self-assessment tool: Now available in Spanish
Geneva/New Delhi, 6 November 2020: Today, over 785 million people are still without access to safe drinking water, another 2.2 billion lack safely managed drinking (…)
WBCSD to represent global business voice in Advisory Committee for 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, in collaboration with the United Nations Rome-based Agencies, will convene the Food Systems Summit in 2021, as a critical contribution to the Decade of Action to deliver the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
WBCSD and WASH4Work release updated Pledge for access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene
New Delhi, 19 May: Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the WASH4Work coalition released an updated Pledge for access to safe water, sanitation (…)
Fixing our food system as a cure for our planet
Applying business-driven solution spaces to the prioritization of collective action on and beyond proteins
Call to Action for world leaders: preventing a global food security crisis while combating COVID-19
This Call to Action, signed by WBCSD President & CEO Peter Bakker and Managing Director Food & Nature Diane Holdorf, was originally published on 9 April 2020 (…)
Hungary: BCSDH’s virtual business breakfast and Action 2020 Forum
Budapest, 1 April 2020: BCSD Hungary (BCSDH) hosted a virtual business breakfast and its Action 2020 Forum. WBCSD’s Managing Director Food & Nature Diane Holdorf delivered a successful and (…)