Offers C-Suite & board leadership practical guidance to manage complex decision-making and investment decisions around the adoption of low-carbon hydrogen.
How companies can best navigate the unprecedented shift towards sustainable outcomes that is taking place throughout the business community, by providing guidance on how companies can proactively assess and redress operational risks, and seize the sizeable market opportunities that are emerging.
In 2023, it was reported that only 4% of global climate finance goes to agrifood systems despite the system being responsible for nearly a third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Over this last year, I have heard multiple calls from business for financial institutes to better support food system transformation through offering products and […]
We have just half a decade to get on track in our response to the intertwined climate, nature and inequality crisis. This represents an enormous challenge: achieving a net zero, nature-positive and more equal world in which nine billion people live well within planetary boundaries will require drastic changes across entire economic sectors and regions. […]
SYDNEY, 10 October – The World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s (WBCSD) Global Network partner in Australia, the Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSDA), is pleased to announce its significant contribution to the Australian Government’s National Hydrogen Strategy 2024. The citation of BCSDA in this landmark policy document underscores its role in shaping the future of Australia’s hydrogen industry and advancing the nation’s path to net-zero emissions. […]
In a world striving for a net-zero emissions future, businesses have the challenge of developing credible ways to measure their contributions to decarbonization. Primarily, companies need to measure and reduce their own greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint (i.e., scope 1, 2 and 3 inventory) on their path to net-zero emissions. However, they are both sources of […]
How the preparatory meetings outcomes shape the agenda in Cali Ahead of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) COP16 in Cali, Colombia from 21 October – 1 November, two important preparatory meetings took place: Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) and Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI). Both meetings provided an […]
The size of the challenge and importance of a circular economy The built environment encompasses all constructed spaces where human activities take place – where people live, work, learn or play. This sector is responsible for 40% of energy-related global carbon emissions and over 30% of global final energy use. And it consumes nearly half […]
Global state and corporate leaders in New York City gathered last week for the annual UN General Assembly and Climate Week. With just over five years remaining to meet Paris Agreement climate goals, the urgency to accelerate climate action has never been greater. The prospects of road transport decarbonization – a sector responsible for one […]
“It’s time”, said Helen Clarkson, CEO of Climate Group – hosts of Climate Week, 22-29 September 2024 – as she opened its 16th edition with a speech highlighting five key principles that “should underpin all our action”. “It’s time to put people first, […] to pay up, […] to listen to citizens, […] to be […]