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Category: WBCSD News & Insights

WBCSD and Circular IQ partner to scale up the circular economy uptake by business 

Partnership to create unique tool and support companies to identify their circular economy potential. Geneva, Amsterdam, 02 September 2019 – The World Business Council for Sustainable (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Circular Economy, Davos, Factor 10

Taking collective action further for transforming freshwater use

The World Water Week in Stockholm (25-30 August) is a great annual bellwether for the water sector: trending topics, pioneering organizations and a sense of where the sector is heading.

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Agriculture and Food, Food & Nature, Nature Action, sanitation and hygiene, Scaling Positive Agriculture, WASH - access to water, sanitation and hygiene, Water, Water Stewardship, Water-smart Agriculture

Businesses call for deeper partnership to build a more forest positive future

Images of the dry season fires in the Brazilian Amazon have generated massive media coverage and raised social consciousness about the existential challenges we face (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Food & Nature, FReSH, Global Agribusiness Alliance, Natural Climate Solutions, Nature Action, Nature-based Solutions (NbS), Scaling Positive Agriculture, Soft Commodities Forum (SCF)

SiMPlify wins a P4G Award

WBCSD’s Sustainable Urban Mobility project, SiMPlify, has won a coveted award as part of the 2019 State-of-the-Art Partnerships, recently announced in Washington DC by P4G, (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Cities and Mobility, SiMPlify, Transforming Urban Mobility, Transport and Mobility

Asian business leadership in the transition to a sustainable world

Geneva, 27 August 2019: Earlier this month, Peter Bakker, President and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), embarked on a series of (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Asia, Climate & Energy, Corporate Performance and Accountability (CPA), Global Network, Redefining Value, Sustainable Development Goals

Alliance to End Plastic Waste appoints Jacob Duer as President and CEO

Former UN Leader Will Focus New Not-for-Profit on Developing, Accelerating, and Deploying Solutions to Eliminate Plastic Waste in the Environment WASHINGTON, D.C., 22 August 2019 (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Circular Economy, Factor 10, The Alliance to End Plastic Waste

Can sustainable business really save the world?

Time is running out to decarbonise the world’s economies. Can the business world respond in time? Eco-Business asks the two leaders of the World Business (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Circular Economy, Cities and Mobility, Climate & Energy, Corporate Performance and Accountability (CPA), Finance for Social Impact, Food & Nature, Nature Action, People, Redefining Value, Scaling Positive Agriculture, Sustainable Development Goals

Novartis engages its Indian partners in developing an integrated energy strategy

Delhi, 20 August 2019: Novartis is pioneering a new approach to how it procures and uses energy. Recognizing that Novartis is part of a broader energy (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Climate & Energy, Energy, New energy solutions

WBCSD and WEF to scale up impact on pressing sustainable development issues

MoU signed between WBCSD’s Peter Bakker and WEF’s Klaus Schwab and Dominic Waughray Geneva, 20 August 2019: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and (…)

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Circular Economy, Cities and Mobility, Climate & Energy, Food & Nature, Sustainable Development Goals

Helping the postal sector to become more sustainable

Peter Bakker, president and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, outlines its Vision 2050 program and how it applies to posts.

Posted in WBCSD News & InsightsTagged Agriculture and Food, Circular Economy, Cities and Mobility, Climate & Energy, Corporate Performance and Accountability (CPA), Food & Nature, Insights from the CEO, People, Redefining Value

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