Peter Bakker is a distinguished business leader, who since 2012, has led the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) as the President & CEO. WBCSD is the premier global, CEO-led community of over 240 of the world’s leading sustainable businesses working collectively to accelerate the system transformations needed for a net zero, nature-positive, and equitable future. Prior to WBCSD, Peter was the CEO of TNT NV, the global transport, postal and logistics company.
TIME Magazine recently named Peter as one of the Top 100 Climate Leaders in Business. He was also a recipient of the Clinton Global Citizen Award (2009), the Sustainability Leadership Award (2010) and the Prix Voltaire International (2023). He received the royal order Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau in 2018 in recognition of his long-lasting commitment to engaging business in tackling global sustainability issues.
Peter holds several corporate sustainability advisory board positions, including as Co-Chair of the Business Commission to Tackle Inequality, Board Member of GenZero, Advisory Board Member for Integrity and Sustainability at Mercedes-Benz Group, Supervisory Board Member for the Capitals Coalition and High-Level Advisory Board Member for the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UN FSS+4).
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Peter holds the following Advisory and Board positions:
- Co-Chair: Business Commission to Tackle Inequality (BCTI)
- High-Level Advisory Board Member: United Nations Food Systems Summit (UN FSS+4)
- Advisory Board for Integrity and Sustainability Member: Mercedes-Benz Group
- Board Member: GenZero
- International Advisory Board Member: CCICED (China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development)
- Board Member: We Mean Business Coalition
- Supervisory Board Member: Capitals Coalition
- Advisory Council Member: GLOBE EU
- Advisor: Council for Inclusive Capitalism
- Advisory Council Member: CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development
- Advisory Committee Convener: BRIGC (Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) International Green Development Coalition)
- Ambassador Against Hunger: UN World Food Programme (WFP)
- Member of the Energy Transition Accelerator High-Level Consultative Group
