The healthcare sector, while focused on improving human health, is a contributor to environmental impacts. For example, the sector is responsible for around 5% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, accentuating the industry’s impact on the natural environment. While the continuing advancement of medical technology has contributed to the extension of global life expectancy from […]
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), in collaboration with leading pharmaceutical companies and supported by PwC UK, has published the Roadmap to Nature Positive: Foundations for the Pharmaceutical Sector (‘Roadmap’). This publication marks a critical milestone in the pharmaceutical sector’s efforts to understand its nature-related impacts and dependencies and identify key actions to […]
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is collaborating with leading companies in the sector, with support from PwC UK, to develop a Roadmap to Nature Positive for the pharmaceutical (pharma) sector. Today marks a key milestone in the Roadmap’s development with the release of the draft ‘Overview for the Pharmaceutical Sector: Priority actions towards […]
WBCSD releases first element of its ambitious effort to advance the harmonization of nature-related metrics used by business.
Outcomes of this initiative will be accessible via a user-friendly Nature Metrics Portal, with an initial version set to launch by COP30 in November 2025
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) proudly presents its landmark report, Towards Planet Positive Chemicals: A Chemical Transformation Roadmap Enabled by the Circular Economy. Developed in collaboration with nine leading chemical companies and sustainability consultancy ERM, this roadmap aims to drive transformative change across the chemical industry and downstream manufacturing value chains. The […]
Climate Week NYC is a key milestone ahead of CBD COP16, providing an important opportunity to highlight the interlinked solution-sets to climate change and nature loss. Significant advances have been made in the nature agenda this year, in particular on science-based targets for nature. Target-setting is an essential lever for corporate transformation and transition planning. […]
Nature target-setting is an essential lever for corporate transformation and transition planning. The Science Based Targets Network’s (SBTN) methodology for corporates was released in 2023 and updated in 2024. This briefing brings together the main insights and lessons drawn from the WBCSD’s SBTN Preparer Group and the official SBTN pilot, which ran from 2023 into […]
In April 2024, the Natural Climate Solutions Alliance asked Bayer to share insights on their approach to nature-based carbon credits and the broader landscape of corporate climate commitments. Daniel Schneiders, Director Climate Program at Bayer, provided us valuable perspectives on the current state of net zero pledges, the opportunities and challenges of investing in natural […]