Insider Perspective – Natural Capital Week, Paris
Last week, Paris was buzzing with talk of how to value nature in business and policy decision-making as part of an action-packed “Natural Capital Week” 2018.
Category: WBCSD News & Insights
BCSD Brazil launches a digital water hub
Rio de Janeiro, 27 November 2018: As in many countries, urgent action is required to address water challenges in Brazil and meet the nutrition and health needs of a growing population within planetary boundaries. While a wide array of stakeholders are required to put in place mechanisms to encourage solutions to water challenges, business participation and […]
Insider Perspective: World Toilet Day 2018
This year to mark the occasion of World Toilet Day, WBCSD participated in an event in Geneva, organized by the Toilet Board Coalition (TBC) in partnership with Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and SDG Lab to highlight the role of businesses in scaling-up sanitation solutions.
Insider Perspective: RE-Source 2018
This week, 800 corporate renewable energy buyers, developers and stakeholders gathered in Amsterdam at RE-Source 2018, Europe’s leading corporate renewable energy procurement event.
Corporate Power Purchase Agreements: forging the path for more renewables
We need to transform natural and human systems at an unprecedented scale and pace to avoid the detrimental impact of climate change to people and planet.
How does Halloween carving impact GHG emissions? Our new food loss and waste tool helps to answer this question
Halloween season means a lot of pumpkin waste It’s tradition to make lanterns out of pumpkins for Halloween. If every household in the United States carves one pumpkin that goes to waste, the estimated greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint would be more than 1 million tons of CO2-equivalent. While this sounds like a lot, it’s roughly […]
Stakeholders launch Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber
Singapore, 25 October 2018: Today, natural rubber stakeholders convened for the ceremonial launch of an independent platform to lead improvements in the socio-economic and environmental performance of the natural rubber value chain. Stakeholders including tire manufacturers, other rubber users, suppliers and processors, vehicle makers and NGOs, contributed to the development of the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural […]
Global Agribusiness Alliance announces new Chair
CEO of Phoenix to become new Chair from 2019 Singapore, 25 October 2018: Today, the Global Agribusiness Alliance (GAA) announced the nomination of Mr Gaurav Dhawan, CEO of Phoenix , the world’s second largest rice-trader as its new Chair for 2019. On taking up his new role, Mr Dhawan said “Agribusinesses have a crucial role to play in embedding […]
Leading companies commit to action in climate smart agriculture – essential to achieving Paris Agreement goals
Unilever, Olam, Barry Callebaut, Syngenta, Rabobank and the We Mean Business coalition spearhead CSA 100, which aims to close the emissions reduction gap and limit temperature rise to well below 2-degrees C Singapore, 24 October 2018: Today, CEOs from a number of member companies belonging to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) launched CSA […]
Business leadership in accelerating the transition to a sustainable world
We live in a period of economic, political, social and environmental volatility, aptly named ‘the turbulent teens’ as part of WBCSD’s Vision 2050.