As more and more boardrooms have sustainability at the top of their to do lists, Peter Bakker, President and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), warns that if tackling inequality is not a key part of your plans, your sustainability efforts will fail, and your business will suffer.
WBCSD and UNICEF have launched a podcast on the critical role of responsible business conduct in the fight against child labor.
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020 and the world “stopped” for a moment, the transport sector experienced some of the most dramatic effects. Global road transport activity was cut in half, and public transit ridership dropped by 50 to 90% in some major metropolitan areas.
The pace of technology innovation is growing ever faster, and we are starting to see wider adoption and applications for emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing.
Dublin, 10 May 2022: Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI), WBCSD’s global partner in Ireland inaugurated the first report into measuring and setting workforce targets for diversity and inclusion which has pinpointed higher levels of female participation at senior and executive levels than the national average. The inaugural Elevate report, measuring diversity to drive change, indicates 38% female […]
Bringing together the agendas on health and nature might just be one of our best hopes: to tackle nature loss and climate change at the same time as protecting and improving health.
New resource raises awareness and understanding of the root causes of child labor and identifies key areas for business action.
Why should growing inequalities matter to business? To what extent is inequality a systems-level risk, at the same level of climate emergency end environmental degradation?
New initiative seeks to put tackling inequality and creating shared prosperity for all at the heart of business’s agenda for sustainable growth.