Geneva, 14 October 2020 – The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) today announced the election of five new members to its Executive Committee for a two-year mandate during its Annual General Meeting. WBCSD’s Executive Committee is responsible for supervising the strategy and monitoring the effectiveness of operations, controls and governance of WBCSD. The new […]
How circular is my company? How do we set targets for improvement? And how do we monitor improvements resulting from our circular activities? These are key questions that the CTI, shaped by 26 WBCSD member companies and launched in January 2020, help companies to answer. The CTI report has now been translated into Japanese, with a view […]
WBCSD’s Vision 2050 Refresh project has developed research into the operating environment that business will find itself in over the next 10 years
WBCSD’s Vision 2050 Refresh project has developed research into the operating environment that business will find itself in over the next 10 years.
Last Tuesday 8 October the first-ever TCFD Summit was held in Tokyo, convening around 300 global attendees from government, business, investors and civil society to advance discussions around corporate disclosure on climate change.
Tokyo, 9 October 2019: At a specially convened Green Innovation Summit in Tokyo today, Peter Bakker, President and CEO of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), presented the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, with a message from leaders of three landmark events taking place in Tokyo this week, each of which brought together […]
Tokyo, 8 October 2019: At the invitation of the Prime Minister of Japan and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the TCFD Consortium of Japan convened the first-ever TCFD Summit in Tokyo on 8 October 2019. The Summit gathered over 300 attendees with a view to […]
WBCSD and its FReSH members supported the successful business mobilization conference held in The Hague in preparation for the Global Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit to be held in Tokyo, Japan at the end of 2020.
Underscoring the need for business leadership to enable the virtuous cycle between sustainable business solutions and economic growth at the G20 Ministerial Meeting on Energy Transitions and Global Environment for Sustainable Growth Karuizawa, Japan, 15 June 2019 – At the invitation of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), WBCSD’s President and CEO Peter Bakker […]
Geneva, Switzerland 11 February 2019: Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) released a report on the corporate sustainability reporting landscape in Japan. The report highlights that there’s growing market demand for more information on ESG issues and considerations. By comparing Japan’s sustainability reporting practices with those of […]