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Council of the Great Lakes Region and USBCSD partner on Great Lakes Carbon Collaborative: insights from webinar on net zero

Great Lakes region, 14 June 2023: The Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) and the US Business Council for Sustainable Development (USBCSD), both partners of the WBCSD’s Global Network, hosted a webinar on net zero on 31 May 2023. As part of the jointly-led Great Lakes Carbon Collaborative connecting companies with decarbonization commitments to other like minded-companies and organizations in the region […]

The Green Deal Industrial Plan: Flipping the Switch on net-zero industry

WBCSD and FIDIC sign collaboration agreement to accelerate the transition to sustainable infrastructure

WBCSD has signed a collaboration agreement with the International engineering federation FIDIC (the International Federation of Consulting Engineers) to work together to accelerate the transition to sustainable infrastructure.

Embodied building emissions can be reduced by 50% – WBCSD & Arup to tell property developers at MIPIM

Property developers at MIPIM, one of the largest real estate events, are being called on to implement high-impact carbon reduction strategies to immediately halve building project emissions without waiting for new technology.

Towards Net-Zero Buildings: Exploring the IntenCity Case

IntenCity has a cumulated carbon footprint 5 times less than an average European building on a 60-year life cycle.

The finance sector can accelerate the transformation to a net-zero built environment – Here’s how

Real estate is the world’s most valuable asset class representing two-thirds of global wealth.

COP15 reflections: how is business stepping up to implement the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)

Yesterday, we read the news, from the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), announcing that governments agreed on the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).

A first step toward measuring circular buildings

Switching from linear to circular ways of doing business could contribute to a substantial dent in emissions from the built environment.

Advancing the roadmap to nature positive in the built environment

This article is the first collaborative step toward building a nature-positive roadmap with our built environment member companies. It outlines five key insights identified by members, featuring shared principles of nature-positive and analysis of sector-specific impacts, risks and opportunities.

Accelerating business along the road to a nature-positive future

All businesses depend on nature, which we can think about as natural capital assets.

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Seeking your feedback on the Natural Capital Protocol Toolkit pilot

From Pledge to Progress: Business Leadership on Nutrition & the Importance of Collaboration

Kao Corporation Joins The World Business Council For Sustainable Development

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