What does the COVID-19 pandemic mean for the decade ahead? What vulnerabilities has it exposed? What trends is it accelerating? And what must business address as it builds back better from this crisis?
Vale will invest at least USD $2 billion to reduce its direct and indirect absolute emissions (scopes 1 and 2) by 33% by 2030.
Supporting the EU’s carbon neutrality target, Total commits to become a net zero emission company for all its European businesses by 2050.
WBCSD joined the Call to Action of the Green Recovery Alliance calling for an EU-wide green recovery strategy focused on sustainability after COVID-19. This Call to Action, signed by WBCSD President & CEO Peter Bakker and María Mendiluce, Interim CEO We Mean Business & WBCSD Managing Director Climate & Energy, originally appeared online on 14 April 2020. The coronavirus […]
Business response to COVID-19
WBCSD members Danone, Firmenich S.A and Unilever are among the only six companies in the world to have obtained a “triple A” score by CDP in recognition of their leading environmental efforts in tackling climate change, fighting deforestation and protecting water cycles.
As heads of states and governments, business leaders and civil society from across the world gathered in Davos for the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting at the end of January, sustainability – including climate emergency – topped the agenda like never before.
Last week, more than 2,800 leaders from around the world were brought together by the World Economic Forum in Davos.
WBCSD’s Filippo Veglio explains why, 10 years after the launch of Vision 2050, it is being refreshed to help deliver the transformational change needed over the next decade
The scientific consensus is clear. The world confronts an urgent carbon problem.