WBCSD India Day 2019
Home to one-sixth of the world’s population, India is transitioning fast. By 2030, the middle class is expected to grow to be the largest in the world representing an estimated USD$ 6 trillion growth opportunity for businesses.
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Taking collective action further for transforming freshwater use
The World Water Week in Stockholm (25-30 August) is a great annual bellwether for the water sector: trending topics, pioneering organizations and a sense of where the sector is heading.
Insider Perspective: Key takeaways from the 2019 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
HLPF on Sustainable Development, the UN’s central platform for follow-up and review of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, took place at the UN headquarters in New York City from 9 to 18 July 2019.
The perils of complacent incrementalism
If our sustainability ambitions are grounded in our achievements, we’ll be left with nothing to measure. Brendan Edgerton, Director of Circular Economy at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) argues for companies to be bolder in their target setting by looking to their sustainability goals as a baseline rather than to their past […]
Insider perspective: The Bonn Climate Intersessional and Abu Dhabi Climate meeting
The past several weeks have seen a flurry of activity in the climate policy space – both in Europe and around the world.
Reducing the environmental footprint of the agriculture and food system to stop it exceeding planetary boundaries
Despite the fact we need food to survive, the agriculture and food sectors can seem at odds with an increasing global drive for sustainability. They impact on several planetary sustainability boundaries, the most concerning of which include nitrogen and phosphorous flows, loss of biodiversity, water consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions. At the 2019 EAT Forum, […]
Insider Perspective: EAT Stockholm Food Forum 2019
An event to raise awareness about three key topics: sustainable and healthy diets, biodiversity and collaboration.
Insider Perspective: Movin’On, Montreal Canada
Florent Menegaux, the CEO of Michelin, a WBCSD member company, sent a clear message: “If we want our future to be better, it is time to act now.” Geneva, 12 June: Last week, 6,000 leaders from business, politics and academia, representing 43 countries, gathered at the Movin’On Summit in Montreal, to move from ambition to action […]
Insider Perspective: CFA Institute Annual Conference
Last week, the CFA Institute held its 72nd Annual Conference in London where over 600 finance and investment professionals gathered to discuss the ways in which various forms of “disruption” are forcing finance community to explore new opportunities for resilience and success in a rapidly changing world.