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Category: WBCSD News & Insights

Novartis reinforces commitment to patient access, pricing a EUR 1.85 billion sustainability-linked bond

Novartis today announced the pricing of a EUR 1.85 billion sustainability-linked bond (SLB), reinforcing its commitment to ESG principles and the 2025 Patient Access Targets announced earlier this month.

Posted in WBCSD News & Insights

IBM joins World Business Council for Sustainable Development to help accelerate the transition to a sustainable world

Geneva, 11 September 2020: IBM today joined over 200 forward-thinking companies as the newest member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).  The relationship further (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Organizational, Climate & Energy, North America, Food & Nature, WBCSD Member, Corporate Performance & Accountability (CP&A)

Advancing electrification of ride-hailing in India: A case study on BluSmart

Geneva, 9 September 2020: Today, on World Electric Vehicle (EV) Day, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is launching a new report documenting (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Cities and Mobility, Transforming Urban Mobility, Emobility, REmobility

Building forward better: Accelerating business momentum toward a net-zero future

WBCSD reaffirms its commitment to business leadership by appointing Claire O’Neill as Managing Director for Climate & Energy. Geneva, 9 September 2020 – With a just (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged SOS 1.5, Organizational, Climate & Energy, Climate, Corporate Performance & Accountability (CP&A)

50L homes and the future of urban water use

Ahead of the launch of the 50L Home Coalition, WBCSD, The World Economic Forum and 2030 Water Resources Group convened a session at the recent World (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Agriculture and Food, Food & Nature, Water Stewardship

Shell: Aiming to become a net-zero energy business by 2050

In April 2020, Shell announced their new plans to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050 or sooner.

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Climate Action and Policy, SOS 1.5, Climate & Energy

Alliance to End Plastic Waste Releases 2020 Progress Report

WBCSD is proud to be a founding strategic partner of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and accelerating solutions to end plastic waste. We continue (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged The Alliance to End Plastic Waste, Circular Economy

BCG to Achieve Net-Zero Climate Impact by 2030

Rich Lesser, CEO of BCG, today announced a major new climate commitment for the firm that will deliver net-zero climate impact by 2030.

Posted in WBCSD News & Insights

Driving corporate-investor action on sustainable development: a conversation with PRI CEO Fiona Reynolds & Peter Bakker

1 September 2020 – Last week, PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment) and WBCSD announced a landmark collaboration that will drive corporate-investor action on sustainable development.

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Insights from the CEO, Redesigning capital market engagement, Redefining Value, External Disclosure, Corporate Performance & Accountability (CP&A)

COVID-19 outlook for electric vehicles in India

Every year has a few defining moments, but 2020 has so far contained so many paradigm-shifting developments that every previous market outlook needs to be reassessed.

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Viable and Sustainable Charging Infrastructure, Mobility Decarbonization, Cities and Mobility, India, Transforming Urban Mobility, Emobility, Zero-Emission Vehicle Emerging Markets Initiative, REmobility

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