Advancing sustainability: a new curriculum for boards
Last month, WBCSD brought together over 50 board members from major businesses to learn about bringing sustainability into every-day corporate governance.
News type: WBCSD insights
Why healthier diets make it easier to realize universal health coverage
It is World Health Day and the theme of 2019 is ‘Universal Health Coverage’.
Insider Perspective: Africa Climate Week
Last week, close to 3,000 delegates representing governments, business leaders and civil society stakeholders gathered in Accra, Ghana for the 2019 Africa Climate Week (ACW2019).
Arcadis and WBCSD help cities transition to sustainable mobility
Every city in the world is different, yet each and every one of them is facing the same challenge: coping with ever-increasing demands on their transport networks, while trying to maintain a healthy environment for their inhabitants. According to the World Bank, more than 80% of global GDP is generated in cities, with urban transportation […]
2019: why business should still care about the Sustainable Development Goals
Six themes for what promises to be a critical year for reflecting on progress and scaling ambition
Natural Climate Solutions and Human Rights
The transition to a green economy requires many different approaches, from tech-centric transport solutions to changes in individual behavior and lifestyle.
Insider perspective: World Economic Forum 2019, Davos
Last week marked the 49th annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, bringing together 3,000 of the world’s most powerful leaders in government, business and civil society.
To operate in a turbulent world, business needs radical new thinking in 2019
Filippo Veglio of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development outlines how business can respond to the four megatrends that are reshaping the global relationship between people and companies
Insider Perspective: COP24
Over the past two weeks in Katowice, Poland, nearly 25,000 delegates from around the world gathered for the twenty fourth Conference of the Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), also known as COP24.
Insider Perspective: The United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights
From 26 to 28 November 2019, leaders and representatives from across the business and human rights world gathered in Geneva for the seventh edition of the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights.