In a conversation with Martina Fuchs from CNNMoney Switzerland, our President and CEO Peter Bakker talks about today’s challenges for business, and how we work together with our members to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world.
We live in a complex, challenging and changing world. Who amongst us can look around and say that the world today is the world we imagined for ourselves?
We live in a period of economic, political, social and environmental volatility, aptly named ‘the turbulent teens’ as part of WBCSD’s Vision 2050.
It is becoming ever clearer that for us to create a society that supports a healthy planet with happy people, we must change our course drastically.
Population growth, urbanization and increasing affluence are driving natural resource consumption beyond the earth’s ability to replenish.
This week I attended the EAT Stockholm Food Forum for the third time.
Finance ministers and central bank governors from twenty of the world’s major economies (the G20), will meet in Washington DC to explore economic cooperation for 2017 and beyond.
“A low-carbon world is inevitable,” says Mr. Peter Bakker, President of the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
Planet, people, peace, prosperity and partnerships. These are the “five Ps” that form the foundation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Peter Bakker, President and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), outlines the private sector’s role in the sustainability and climate agenda.
