As the world faces multiple global crises, soaring levels of inequality are compounded by the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, further exposing the cracks in an already broken system and driving up the cost of living everywhere.
It’s only by working together that the many complex and interconnected issues facing our food system can be tackled effectively.
World Business Council for Sustainable Development will serve as Secretariat of this initiative
Households and businesses are being hit hard by the energy crisis. Inflation is rising across many areas of life, and economic growth is slowing. The situation is particularly precarious in Europe, with the shortage of gas threatening energy cuts and the profitability of European business operations.
New report focuses on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in strategies for Net Zero, Nature Positive and addressing Inequality, and shares insights from the evolution of Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) as part of corporate action on climate.
At COP27, the BuildingToCOP Coalition, of which the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a key member, kept the focus on the built environment as a critical solutions provider for a resilient and zero-emissions future.
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the U.S. and U.K. Governments launched an initiative to support businesses and governments in emerging markets to step up efforts to transition to zero-emission vehicles, leveraging more than USD $50 billion of planned investments.
Nestlé announced new commitments to help bring balanced diets within reach for people around the world.
15 companies rally behind a shared definition of nature-positive and commit to collaborative action to accelerate the transformation of the forest sector and the broader economic system in which they operate.
At this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) WBCSD underscored the urgent need for the private sector to sharpen accountability, raise ambition and deliver action at speed and scale.