Rabobank and UN Environment announced today the creation of a new one-billion-dollar facility to finance sustainable agriculture using a combination of public and private funding.
New York, 20 September: A global initiative committing major international food producers to tough new targets to reduce food loss was announced today during the United Nations General Assembly’s Climate Week in New York1. This voluntary resolution calls on private sector members of the Global Agri-Business Alliance2 (GAA) to halve their food and agricultural losses by 2030, […]
Mumbai, 9 August 2017: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s (WBCSD) newest report, Co-optimizing solutions in water and agriculture: Lessons from India on water security, identifies key enablers for scaling up solutions to water-scarcity in India. The information is designed to be useful for companies worldwide. Businesses face significant risks from water scarcity and have […]
Jalgaon, 3 May 2017: Last month, Jain Irrigation hosted a group of WBCSD member companies for a two-day visit of company’s facilities in Jalgaon, in Maharashtra, one of India’s leading states in terms of agricultural production. The visit brought together representatives from seven companies, part of the WBCSD Water-Smart Agriculture working group, to generate learnings and […]
Barry Callebaut has today joined almost 200 forward-thinking companies as the newest member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Geneva, 2 May 2017: Barry Callebaut is the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products – from sourcing and processing cocoa beans to producing the finest chocolates, including chocolate fillings, decorations and […]
Geneva, 6 April 2017: Today, Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) joins 200 forward-thinking companies as the newest member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). As one of the largest food processors in the world, ADM has an important role to play in helping to incorporate health and sustainability into global food systems. […]
Members of WBCSD’s Forest Solutions Group (FSG) launch the first sector guide to the Social Capital Protocol The guide aims to help sustainability practitioners measure social impact along the value chain of forest products Six leading companies – Mondi, AkzoNobel, APRIL, The Navigator Company, Smurfit Kappa and Veracel – share their experiences with social impact measurement Geneva, […]
Geneva, 27 March 2017: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) today released a call-to-action report on landscape connectivity, in collaboration with Syngenta and supported by PwC. The report raises awareness about landscape connectivity and the implementation of simple, workable solutions that promote it. Introducing landscape connectivity and its benefits, the report identifies policy gaps and […]
Report from Champions 12.3 shows that companies, consumers and governments can save billions of dollars and millions of tons of food by acting to cut food loss and waste Washington, 7 March 2017: One-third of all food produced in the world is never eaten, which has tremendous economic, social and environmental consequences. New research on behalf […]
Today, Rabobank joins 200 forward-thinking companies as the newest member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Rabobank serves nearly 10 million clients in 47 countries and employs 49,000 people. Geneva, 19 January 2017: Rabobank’s ongoing commitment to sustainability comes at a critical moment – as the finance sector will be key for implementing […]