Fifteen prominent companies have come together under the Zero Emission Vehicles Emerging Markets Initiative (ZEV-EMI) and the Indian government’s E-FAST (Electric Freight Accelerator for Sustainable Transport) initiative to advance the electrification of the truck market in India.
Madrid, 18 July 2023: The Health and Sustainability Action Group, led by WBCSD’s Global Network partner in Spain Forética and made up of 28 large companies – headed by Chiesi, ASISA Group and Quirónsalud – has launched the ‘Toolkit for integrating mental health in the company’ (Toolkit para integrar la Salud Mental en la empresa in Spanish).
Members of a leading international business coalition for the protection and restoration of biodiversity have welcomed the European Commission’s initiative for an EU Soil Monitoring Law.
Leading industry players unite in the CTI Fashion Initiative to drive sustainable fashion.
WBCSD congratulates the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) on the publication today of the IFRS S1 General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information and IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures.
Dublin, 23 June 2022: Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI), WBCSD’s global partner in Ireland, in partnership with PwC prepared a new report showing that progress is being achieved by companies setting Science-Based Targets as part of a drive to move to net zero. Four years ago, BITCI launched its Low Carbon Pledge, with 47 companies signed up. […]
VF Corporation has joined over 200 forward-thinking companies as the newest member of WBCSD.
Exporters disclose their soy volumes free of deforestation and Cerrado grassland conversion Cerrado Region, Brazil 21 June 2022 – Six of the world’s largest food and agribusiness companies have developed a new method to disclose deforestation- and conversion-free soy purchases from Brazil’s biodiversity-rich Cerrado region, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) announced today. This is one of many […]
Great Lakes region, 14 June 2023: The Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) and the US Business Council for Sustainable Development (USBCSD), both partners of the WBCSD’s Global Network, hosted a webinar on net zero on 31 May 2023. As part of the jointly-led Great Lakes Carbon Collaborative connecting companies with decarbonization commitments to other like minded-companies and organizations in the region […]
Helsinki, 2 June 2023 – This week, at the World Circular Economy Forum held in Helsinki, Finland, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) announced the launch of the Global Circularity Protocol (GCP) development. This initiative will help drive the global effort to mainstream the circular production and consumption model. The circular model will help […]