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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 […]

Sustainability in Finland 2023 Survey: Few companies have abandoned unsustainable business practices, yet regenerative business is already bringing results

Helsinki, 17 May 2023 – According to the latest Sustainability in Finland Survey conducted by FIBS, WBCSD’s Global Network Partner in Finland, sustainability is driving innovation and investment among companies in Finland, but unsustainable business practices still persist: 63 % of companies have made investments in sustainable development in the last three years and almost as many (59%) have […]

A global view for transport and sustainable mobility

This article was originally published by CECODES, WBCSD’s Global Network partner in Colombia. According to the World Resource Institute, by 2021 one of the activities that generates the greatest number of emissions is road transport (12.5% ​​of total emissions). According to WBCSD, more than 80% of people living in cities are exposed to air pollution levels […]

Responsible Business Forum Poland co-launches educational program for top management and supervisory boards

Warsaw, 15 April 2023 –  WBCSD’s Global Network Partner in Poland, the Responsible Business Forum (RBF), in partnership with Deloitte, has launched an educational program for top management and supervisory boards. The program, titled “Strategy and Leadership in the Age of ESG”, has been jointly prepared with Queen Hedvig Academy and IMD, one of the world’s top business schools, […]

BCSD Taiwan: Business Resilience Forum promotes sustainable finance and industry collaboration and showcases first implementation of Circular Transition Indicators (CTI) in Taiwan, China

Taipei, 27 April 2023: The Taiwan Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD Taiwan) and Chinese National Association of Industry and Commerce in Taiwan (CNAIC) recently co-hosted the “Business Resilience & Taiwan Competitiveness” forum, bringing together more than 200 guests with more than half of them being business operators or middle-to-high-level executives. The forum aimed to promote […]

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