Harmonizing nature metrics for business
WBCSD releases first element of its ambitious effort to advance the harmonization of nature-related metrics used by business.
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Learning from the past: ensuring the Global Biodiversity Framework’s success
A more robust monitoring framework with headline indicators, calling for enhanced transparency and accountability mechanisms.
Commodity value chain actors unite for forest-positive Cerrado landscapes
Leaders share the progress of their collaboration in implementing landscape-level strategies that integrate economic, environmental and social goals.
Toolkit set to accelerate investment in low-carbon hydrogen offtake, play critical role in decarbonizing industry
Offers C-Suite & board leadership practical guidance to manage complex decision-making and investment decisions around the adoption of low-carbon hydrogen.
WBCSD Academy launches new course to help companies seize historic commercial opportunities
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.
Unlocking finance for food system transformation: why metrics matter
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 Must Usher in a New Era of Public-Private Co-Creation, and Fast
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. […]
Global Network: BCSDA Cited in Australian Government’s National Hydrogen Strategy 2024
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. […]
WBCSD’s Avoided Emissions work expands focus towards standardization, implementation and financing
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 […]
A Look Forward to COP16
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 […]