More than 8 million tonnes of plastic enter the world’s oceans each year. Experts estimate that by 2050, the amount of plastic in the ocean will weigh more than the amount of fish. And most of it comes from eight river systems in Asia: the Yangtze; Indus; Yellow; Hai He; Ganges; Pearl; Amur and Mekong. […]
ITC, a WBCSD member based in India has a diversified presence across sectors such as FMCG, packaging, paper, agri-business and hospitality.
Home to one-sixth of the world’s population, India is transitioning fast. By 2030, the middle class is expected to grow to be the largest in the world representing an estimated USD$ 6 trillion growth opportunity for businesses.
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CII-CESD) have published an issue brief focused on India’s latest developments and evolving requirements on business and human rights.
Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) launched the third version of the India Water Tool (IWT), helping businesses and other water users understand their water risks and plan solutions for water management across the country. New Delhi, 20 February 2019: IWT3.0 is a comprehensive and user-friendly application that makes water data from government and other […]
This year to mark the occasion of World Toilet Day, WBCSD participated in an event in Geneva, organized by the Toilet Board Coalition (TBC) in partnership with Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and SDG Lab to highlight the role of businesses in scaling-up sanitation solutions.
This week saw two milestone events in Delhi, aimed at accelerating India’s sustainable development. India holds one fifth of the world’s population, the planet’s fastest growing large economy and represents one quarter of all additional energy demand to 2040. Additionally, India must deliver up to half the progress required for achieving the SDGs. In other […]
Companies turned out in force with more than 80 WBCSD member representatives gathering to review progress against each of the sector-specific work plans for 2016, and to discuss how to continue driving implementation in 2017.
On the agriculture thematic day at the COP21 meeting in Paris, leading global agribusiness leaders have outlined their ambition to tackle the challenge of making more food available for a growing population while reducing agriculture’s greenhouse gas footprint. • Leading agri-business companies PepsiCo, Monsanto, Olam and Kellogg Company join forces to make 50% more food […]
On the forests thematic day at the COP21 meeting in Paris, leading global forest companies have outlined their ambition to address climate change through increasing global forest cover and the use of forest products. Paris, 1 December 2015: Under the banner of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Low Carbon Technology Partnerships initiative, the Forests and Forests Products […]