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The Circular Car Initiative: a multi-stakeholder effort to completely decarbonize the automotive manufacturing sector

Davos, 23 January 2020: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), in partnership with the World Economic Forum, the European Institute of Technology’s Climate-KIC, SYSTEMIQ, a systems change company and a diverse coalition of government, industry and other partners today launched the Circular Cars Initiative – a multi-stakeholder effort to completely decarbonize the automotive manufacturing sector. […]

First self-assessment framework to measure business’ circular performance

WBCSD and 26 companies launch the Circular Transition Indicators, a transparent and objective circularity framework and tool Davos, Switzerland, 21 January 2020: Today at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) launched the Circular Transition Indicators (CTI) framework and the accompanying free online tool. Two years in the making,  the […]

WBCSD and leading companies formalize the Corporate Mobility Pact with the City of Lisbon

Lisbon, 9 December 2019: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Lisbon City Council, BCSD Portugal and 56 leading companies and institutions take an important step with the signing of the Corporate Mobility Pact (CMP). Stakeholders have committed to over 200 mobility actions to make mobility more sustainable in Lisbon . The following are signatories […]

Tire Industry Project releases 2019 Global End-of-Life-Tire Management report

Geneva, 4 December 2019: The Tire Industry Project (TIP) has published its 2019 report on the global state of End-of-Life Tire (ELT) management. Using data on ELT management practices from 45 countries, the report “Global ELT Management – A global state of knowledge on regulation, management systems, impacts of recovery and technologies”, includes: The report updates […]

How business in India can make the switch to electric vehicle fleets

Madrid, 3 December 2019: WBCSD today launched the “India Business Guide to EV Adoption” along with the Government of India and industry participants who came together to discuss India’s transition to sustainable mobility at the India Pavilion at COP 25 in Madrid. WBCSD has been working with India’s EV value chain under its REmobility workstream since […]

Host transition for GPSNR

The Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) is an international, multi-stakeholder, voluntary membership organization, with the mission to lead improvements in the socio-economic and environmental performance of the natural rubber value chain. Its development was initiated in November 2017 by the CEOs of the member companies of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development […]

Tire CEOs reaffirm commitment to research for sustainability, recognize Tire Industry Project achievements

Kyoto, 22 November 2019: Today, CEOs of eleven leading tire manufacturers met to review progress and confirm the ongoing mandate of the leading global forum for tire manufacturers on sustainability issues. Founded in 2005, the Tire Industry Project (TIP) is a global CEO-led initiative undertaken by leading tire manufacturing companies to research potential human health and […]

WBCSD releases key policy asks from business ahead of COP25 in Madrid

Geneva, 18 November 2019: A couple of weeks ahead of the opening of COP25 in Madrid, Spain (2-13 December), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released key policy recommendations for COP25 negotiators. The IPCC’s Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C published in October 2018, sent a clear signal: the impacts of allowing global warming to […]

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