A circular economy model would bring $4.5 trillion in opportunities over the next decade, as well as bringing environmental and social benefits. The circular economy is one of the few disruptive concepts with universal appeal – with business leaders, investors, activists, economists and environmentalists. While gaining in popularity, the concepts of circularity have been around for centuries […]
New report on circular bioeconomy highlights attractive untapped business opportunities and case studies to facilitate access to a circular bioeconomy model. Geneva, 23 November 2020 – The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) launched a new report on the circular bioeconomy, titled “The business opportunity contributing to a sustainable world”. The circular bioeconomy addresses urgent environmental […]
Geneva, 11 November 2020: Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) launched the Circular Economy Action Plan 2020 – Summary for business together with Guidehouse. What does the Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) 2020 mean for my business? What will be the key barriers and enablers for my company and sector to effectively implement it? How […]
Geneva 27 October 2020: Launched today, the 50L Home Coalition is a global, action-orientated multi-stakeholder platform that addresses two of our most pressing global challenges: water security and climate change. As a member of the Leadership Group and hosting secretariat, WBCSD is thrilled to announce this unprecedented level of collaboration that aims to make 50 liters (L) of […]
Today marks an important milestone, for WBCSD and for our member companies – and for me personally.
Global leading businesses, united in WBCSD, vote for the adoption of new membership criteria to accelerate the transformation to a sustainable world in the decade ahead. Geneva, 26 October 2020: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), together with its more than 200 global leading member companies, is raising the bar of business commitment to […]
How circular is my company? How do we set targets for improvement? And how do we monitor improvements resulting from our circular activities? These are key questions that the CTI, shaped by 26 WBCSD member companies and launched in January 2020, help companies to answer. The CTI report has now been translated into Japanese, with a view […]
With commitments to net-zero emissions, many governments are making plans to achieve their targets. The city of Turku in Finland is going a step further by using local circular economy initiatives to tackle consumption-based emissions in the city. “How we make and use products and how we produce food generates almost half of the emissions […]
WBCSD is proud to be a founding strategic partner of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and accelerating solutions to end plastic waste. We continue to offer strategic advice to the Alliance to ensure business mobilization in stepping up to the challenge and making decisions to tackle an important environmental and social challenge. Therefore, we […]
Geneva, 28 August 2020 – Arup, one of the world’s leading design, engineering and consulting firms, has joined the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) to further drive efforts to decarbonize the built environment. Arup is behind buildings such as the Sky Believe in Better Building, the largest timber structure in the UK celebrated for […]