COP25: a missed opportunity to agree carbon market rules and raise climate ambition
After a marathon two weeks, the COP25 climate talks drew to a close yesterday in Madrid.
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Nestlé’s system to tackle child labor works – now we’re scaling it up
I’ve headed up the Nestlé Cocoa Plan for almost 12 years, so I’ve seen at firsthand how our Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation System, works and how it has benefitted kids and families in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana.
WBCSD and leading companies formalize the Corporate Mobility Pact with the City of Lisbon
Lisbon, 9 December 2019: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Lisbon City Council, BCSD Portugal and 56 leading companies and institutions take an important (…)
WBCSD’s Maria Mendiluce and our call for bolder climate action in 2020
As we follow the global climate talks in Madrid this week, there has never been more at stake.
Insider Perspective: The United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights 2019
From 25-27 November 2019, Geneva hosted the 8th edition of the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, bringing together around 2,000 representatives of government, business, human rights experts, activists and civil society organizations.
Tire Industry Project releases 2019 Global End-of-Life-Tire Management report
Geneva, 4 December 2019: The Tire Industry Project (TIP) has published its 2019 report on the global state of End-of-Life Tire (ELT) management. Using data on (…)
How business in India can make the switch to electric vehicle fleets
Madrid, 3 December 2019: WBCSD today launched the “India Business Guide to EV Adoption” along with the Government of India and industry participants who came together (…)
COP25: Let’s talk about ambition
Global businesses are showing considerable climate ambition. But we need to go further and faster.
Host transition for GPSNR
The Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) is an international, multi-stakeholder, voluntary membership organization, with the mission to lead improvements in the socio-economic and (…)
Improving understanding of sustainability disclosure by aligning taxonomy
New partnership between Carrots & Sticks and WBCSD’s the Reporting Exchange Geneva, Switzerland 27 November 2019: Two leading initiatives providing resources to help audiences understand the environmental, social (…)