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).
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Private sector food producers line up behind first ever global initiative to cut food losses
New York, 20 September: A global initiative committing major international food producers to tough new targets to reduce food loss was announced today during the United Nations General Assembly’s Climate Week in New York1. This voluntary resolution calls on private sector members of the Global Agri-Business Alliance2 (GAA) to halve their food and agricultural losses by 2030, […]
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
New report highlights the need for companies to prioritize water and sanitation across global supply chains
21 August 2017, London/Geneva: Every year, US$4 billion in working days is lost because of poor sanitation. To date, 1.35 billion people work in small and medium-sized enterprises or on farms in developing countries, where basic services like water and sanitation are severely limited. This poses high risks for companies’ productivity. According to the report, WASH […]
Becoming water-smart: Newly released report delves into scalable water and agriculture solutions in India
Mumbai, 9 August 2017: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s (WBCSD) newest report, Co-optimizing solutions in water and agriculture: Lessons from India on water security, identifies key enablers for scaling up solutions to water-scarcity in India. The information is designed to be useful for companies worldwide. Businesses face significant risks from water scarcity and have […]
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.