Geneva, 1 October 2024 – The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), in collaboration with nine leading chemical companies and sustainability consultancy ERM, has issued the “Towards Planet Positive Chemicals: A Chemical Transformation Roadmap Enabled by the Circular Economy” which aims to drive transformative change across the chemical industry and downstream manufacturing value chains. […]
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) proudly presents its landmark report, Towards Planet Positive Chemicals: A Chemical Transformation Roadmap Enabled by the Circular Economy. Developed in collaboration with nine leading chemical companies and sustainability consultancy ERM, this roadmap aims to drive transformative change across the chemical industry and downstream manufacturing value chains. The […]
Global chemical sector initiative, Together for Sustainability, strengthens its collaboration with WBCSD’s PACT to enable better exchange of Scope 3 emissions data by the chemical sector.
WBCSD’s Portfolio Sustainability Assessment (PSA), first launched in 2018, can form the core of a company’s sustainability plan. The PSA offers a proven methodology for assessing a company’s product portfolio and provides a structure for decision-making.
The Chemical Sector SDG Roadmap (Roadmap) is an initiative led by a selection of leading chemical companies and industry associations, convened by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), to explore, articulate and help realize the potential of the chemical sector to leverage its influence and innovation to contribute to the SDG agenda.
Over the past years, attention to the sustainability performance of individual products and broader business solutions has increased substantially.
Chemicals are the basis for nearly all products in the world. As an industry of industries, the chemical sector is key to helping reach the long-term vision of 9 billion people living well, and within the boundaries of the planet.
WBCSD has published a new guide designed to help chemical industry customers and stakeholders make more informed, sustainable choices.
As part of low-carbon technology value chains various chemical industry products aid the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to conventional products or compared to the market average. Under the terminology of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol international accounting tool, emission reductions of this kind are termed “avoided emissions”.