Tag: Circular Products and Materials

Packaging data exchange – Towards a global data standard

With growing sustainability policies, reporting requirements and business focus on packaging, companies need to exchange packaging data with various stakeholders for regulatory compliance and environmental assessments. However, accessing and exchanging accurate, consistent, and comprehensive packaging data in a timely manner is a common challenge across industries. Companies invest significant resources to gather and interpret packaging […]

WBCSD’s Forest Solutions Group (FSG) reveals 10 high-impact actions to help decarbonize the forest products value chain.

Geneva: Today, 19 leading member companies of the Forest Solutions Group (FSG), of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), release the interactive ‘Catalogue of key decarbonization actions’, as part of Phase II of the Forest Sector Net-Zero Roadmap. The ‘Catalogue of key decarbonization actions’ supports forest companies in their efforts to reduce emissions […]

Enabling corporate plastics disclosure: Building a plastics protocol

In a world grappling with the pressing issue of plastic pollution, the imperative for companies to communicate their plastic impact is growing ever stronger. The International Legally Binding Instrument (ILBI) on plastic pollution will drive the need for even more transparency and accountability, requiring countries to report on progress and compliance.  Companies in the plastic […]

WBCSD announces the launch of Global Circularity Protocol to accelerate the development and adoption of circular business models

Helsinki, 2 June 2023 – This week, at the World Circular Economy Forum held in Helsinki, Finland, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) announced the launch of the Global Circularity Protocol (GCP) development. This initiative will help drive the global effort to mainstream the circular production and consumption model.  The circular model will help […]

Plastic pollution and corporate accountability: toward harmonized disclosure metrics

The negotiations on an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution are starting in Punta del Este, Uruguay – with the first session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-1) kicking off on 28 November.