The Global Network Brochure 2023 includes key accomplishments over the years, as well as voices from Global Network partners’ CEOs, adding valuable perspectives and providing a conduit to implement global initiatives at local and regional levels.
Dublin, 23 June 2022: Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI), WBCSD’s global partner in Ireland, in partnership with PwC prepared a new report showing that progress is being achieved by companies setting Science-Based Targets as part of a drive to move to net zero. Four years ago, BITCI launched its Low Carbon Pledge, with 47 companies signed up. […]
Great Lakes region, 14 June 2023: The Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) and the US Business Council for Sustainable Development (USBCSD), both partners of the WBCSD’s Global Network, hosted a webinar on net zero on 31 May 2023. As part of the jointly-led Great Lakes Carbon Collaborative connecting companies with decarbonization commitments to other like minded-companies and organizations in the region […]
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 […]
Helsinki, 17 May 2023 – According to the latest Sustainability in Finland Survey conducted by FIBS, WBCSD’s Global Network Partner in Finland, sustainability is driving innovation and investment among companies in Finland, but unsustainable business practices still persist: 63 % of companies have made investments in sustainable development in the last three years and almost as many (59%) have […]
This article was originally published by CECODES, WBCSD’s Global Network partner in Colombia. According to the World Resource Institute, by 2021 one of the activities that generates the greatest number of emissions is road transport (12.5% of total emissions). According to WBCSD, more than 80% of people living in cities are exposed to air pollution levels […]
Warsaw, 15 April 2023 – WBCSD’s Global Network Partner in Poland, the Responsible Business Forum (RBF), in partnership with Deloitte, has launched an educational program for top management and supervisory boards. The program, titled “Strategy and Leadership in the Age of ESG”, has been jointly prepared with Queen Hedvig Academy and IMD, one of the world’s top business schools, […]
Taipei, 27 April 2023: The Taiwan Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD Taiwan) and Chinese National Association of Industry and Commerce in Taiwan (CNAIC) recently co-hosted the “Business Resilience & Taiwan Competitiveness” forum, bringing together more than 200 guests with more than half of them being business operators or middle-to-high-level executives. The forum aimed to promote […]
Budapest, 12 May 2023: The Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary (BCSDH), WBCSD’s Global Network Partner in the country, held its Business Breakfast and Forum on 28 March, featuring Diane Holdorf, Executive Vice President at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), as a keynote speaker. The event focused on the critical interaction between businesses and nature. Dr […]
Quito, Ecuador – 30 March 2023: Key actors from the business and productive sectors, academia, and service companies convened with WBCSD’s Global Network partner in Ecuador, CEMDES, to launch the Ecuador Carbon Platform. The objective is to promote comprehensive climate action that facilitates investments and generates employment. Ecuador is making progress towards the re-engagement of its domestic […]