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WBCSD News

»	Global businesses collaborate in China to create a sustainable city
Jun 17, 2013

»	Understanding the relation between business and natural capital - Peter Bakker speaks at the IUCN NL's Leaders for Nature Forum
Jun 12, 2013

»	WBCSD joins US Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
Jun 5, 2013

»	ArcelorMittal releases 2012 corporate responsibility report
Jun 5, 2013

»	There's a real advantage in being an early adopter - Peter Bakker speaks to edie.net
May 17, 2013

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New Sustain Newsletter Launched

This week sees the launch of a new monthly WBCSD newsletter, Sustain. In an effort to further engage with our external audiences, Sustain has replaced the previous WBCSD Update newsletter.

Read the latest Sustain here

You can subscribe to Sustain here
(Requires registration with the WBCSD website)

Grabbing the sustainability bull by the horns in Amsterdam

This week sees the second gathering of the Future Leaders Team (FLT) - a group of business professionals from WBCSD member companies. The program aims to give business professionals who are not specialists in sustainability training and experience in sustainable development.

Read the full story here

Blogs

WBCSD blogs

View from the President »
Sustainable business in context

Notes from America »
Highlighting the US perspective, thinking, best practices and innovation on sustainability issues, from the WBCSD and its members

Inclusive Business perspectives»
Linking local communities with big business

External blogs

Guardian Sustainable Business »
Features a WBCSD perspective on current issues

Business on the Road to Rio »
A WBCSD/Guardian collaboration exploring Rio+20 and business

A solutions landscape for Yixing, China

How can Yixing’s achieve its vision to become China’s “scientific and sustainable development demonstration city”? The WBCSD’s Urban Infrastructure Initiative brought a multi-disciplinary cross-sector team from the private sector to work with the Yixing municipal government and answer that question. The result is A Solutions Landscape for Yixing, China, a report launched in June 2013 with interesting recommendations that are useful in a variety of urban contexts.

Read the report

Discover WBCSD tools, methodologies or principles that aim to support companies’ sustainability journey

We have developed a number of tools, methodologies and principles that aim to support member companies’ sustainability journey.

In the WBCSD Tool Box, tools are classified in categories that correspond to different stages of the journey towards sustainability: awareness raising and capacity building, understanding available tools, methodologies to help assess impacts and dependencies, and frameworks to help manage projects.

Download the WBCSD Tool Box
or take a look at the tools available in the WBCSD Publications Tools section

Business outlines a Smarter, More Sustainable Water Management Approach

A changing climate with more frequent extreme weather events requires today’s businesses to plan for an unpredictable and inconsistent water supply via more sophisticated water management practices, according to a new report released today by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development .

Read the press release

Business urged to assess nature-related risks and opportunities

Just how a company assesses, measures and values the natural resources it relies on every day can have major impacts on its bottom line, and presents significant opportunities for improving sustainability outcomes, according to a new report released today by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Read the press release

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Member Sustainability Reports

This list of the most recently published member sustainability reports is maintained throughout annual reporting season. It provides transparency on which of our members produces sustainability reports, what they are saying and where their focus lies.

Get the reports here

Business Ecosystems Training from WBCSD USA
Chicago - June 26
Washington DC - July 11

Does your company have the tools and skills needed to manage and value ecosystem services? The Business Ecosystems Training (BET) will help you identify business opportunities related to ecosystem services and develop meaningful projects to achieve corporate sustainability objectives.

Register here