The stability of our financial system starts with better corporate reporting
The way our current financial system values corporate success is too narrow.
News type: WBCSD insights
Insider Perspective: UN General Assembly and Climate Week
Last week, heads of state, policymakers, business leaders, academics and activists gathered in New York City during the UN General Assembly (UNGA).
The transport revolution: when science-fiction becomes business reality
The world is changing. Technological developments and the advance of the digital age have fundamentally shifted the way we experience day-to-day life.
Insider Perspective: The Business Climate Summit in New Delhi
Last week marked the third annual Business Climate Summit. Over the course of two days, business and government leaders came together in New Delhi to forge a pathway to reaching net zero emissions over the next half-century.
Unlocking opportunities and advancing practice: Reflections from World Water Week, Stockholm
This week, over 3,100 leaders from business, government, civil society and academia gathered at World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden.
It is time to fix our broken food systems
Alison Cairns of the WBCSD issues a call for businesses across the food industry to come together to tackle shared environmental challenges
We have to look beyond electric cars if we want sustainable cities fit for the future
The WBCSD’s Peter White argues that cities need to be strategic and take a holistic public-private approach to tackling air pollution and rising greenhouse gas emissions
Insider Perspective: BIO World Congress for Industrial Biotechnology
This week below50 partnered with the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) to advance the case for below50 fuels during the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology (#BIOWC17) in Montreal, Canada, where industry leaders, government officials and academic researchers met to share the latest advances across the spectrum of industrial biotechnology including renewable chemicals, synthetic biology, food ingredients and advanced biofuels.
Insider Perspectives: High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
From 10 – 19 July the annual High-Level Political Forum (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.
We need network leadership in natural capital
Instead of watching kids in the school yard, I see fully-grown professionals in meetings using clever words and strategies to basically say “my approach is better than yours” or “you should partner with us, not them.”