Category: WBCSD News & Insights

Companies unite to advance freight and passenger zero-emission vehicles in Mexico, signaling demand for more than 17,000 electric vehicles by 2030

Baku, Azerbaijan, 14 November 2024 – 11 prominent companies have come together under the Zero Emission Vehicles Emerging Markets Initiative (ZEV-EM-I)  to advance the electrification of passenger, last mile, and long-haul fleet vehicles in Mexico’s cities and freight corridors. Today, at COP 29, they announced a demand signal for approximately 9,000 electric vehicles in Mexico […]

WBCSD and State of Green announce partnership to explore and internationalize new approaches to public-private collaboration 

Wednesday 13 November, 2024:  The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and State of Green today announced their intention to work together to develop new approaches and best practices in public-private collaboration to accelerate sustainable transitions. At COP29 in the Danish Pavilion, WBCSD and State of Green announced their intention to collaborate on a […]

Accelerating the Market Transformation towards a Net Zero Built Environment 

In this first progress report, the authors argue that the Market Transformation Action Agenda for the Built Environment is visible in many individual but still separate efforts. Transparency and accountability of operational as well as whole life carbon emissions of building projects, based on common standards, are the cornerstone of a profound market change to […]

Deloitte’s 2024 CxO Sustainability Report: Signs of a shift in business climate action

Sustainability is top of mind for business leaders around the world. Deloitte’s 2024 CxO Sustainability Report surveyed over 2,100 executives across 27 countries on their views and strategies related to sustainability and climate change, and found that climate change is a top three issue for global C-suite level business leaders (CxOs), surpassing political uncertainty, competition […]

Ahlstrom Joins the World Business Council for Sustainable Development 

Geneva, October, 2024 – The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) announces that Ahlstrom, a global leader in combining fibers into sustainable specialty materials, has joined as its newest member. Ahlstrom is renowned for its innovative solutions that address global sustainability challenges, from reducing plastic waste and combating air pollution to improving healthcare access. Through its cutting-edge technologies, Ahlstrom creates […]

The Need For a New Way of Organizing Public-Private Co-Creation: An Evidence Base

In the first blog of this series, we explored how the seeds of a new era of public-private co-creation have started to emerge, with examples of the public and private sector working together to problem solve, innovate and deliver for whole-of-society transformation. But also, that to scale these emerging forms of public-private co-creation, we must […]

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