Companies unite to advance truck electrification in India and signal demand for 7,700 electric freight vehicles by 2030

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.

Forética unveils comprehensive toolkit for integrating mental health into business strategy

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).

Ireland’s largest businesses are making steady progress on meeting net zero targets for greenhouse gas emissions despite global upheaval and uncertainties

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. […]

Global soy exporters adopt new measures to eliminate deforestation and native vegetation conversion in Brazil’s Cerrado region

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 […]

Council of the Great Lakes Region and USBCSD partner on Great Lakes Carbon Collaborative: insights from webinar on net zero

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 […]

WBCSD announces the launch of Global Circularity Protocol to accelerate the development and adoption of circular business models

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 […]

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