Accelerating business along the road to a nature-positive future
All businesses depend on nature, which we can think about as natural capital assets.
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Launch of guidance for banks on Net Zero target setting for farm-based agricultural emissions
New report serves as a robust starting point to help banks set targets for their agriculture portfolios and provides a strong foundation to facilitate the climate transition in agriculture.
Climate transition in agriculture will need the support of banks
It has been just a few weeks since thousands gathered in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt for the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27).
WBCSD Leading Women Awards now open for 2022 nomination
WBCSD is pleased to announce the sixth edition of the Leading Women Awards, designed to recognize outstanding female leaders and to showcase their work in sustainability towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and addressing the world’s 3 most pressing challenges – the climate crisis, nature loss and mounting inequalities.
WBCSD releases new climate transition scenario tool for companies in the Food, Agriculture and Forest Products sectors
The tool will explore plausible futures and help companies understand climate risks and opportunities.
U.S. Department of State Commits up to $9 Billion to Restore Forests
World Business Council for Sustainable Development will serve as Secretariat of this initiative
New insights on Nature-based Solutions: scaling up strategies for net zero, nature positive and addressing inequality
New report focuses on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in strategies for Net Zero, Nature Positive and addressing Inequality, and shares insights from the evolution of Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) as part of corporate action on climate.
New roadmap shows how leading forest companies are paving the way toward a nature-positive future
15 companies rally behind a shared definition of nature-positive and commit to collaborative action to accelerate the transformation of the forest sector and the broader economic system in which they operate.
Six leading agribusinesses launch a financial model for deforestation-free soy in the Brazilian Cerrado
SCF composed of six major agribusinesses – ADM, Bunge, Cargill, COFCO International, Louis Dreyfus Company and Viterra – is at the forefront of mobilizing partnerships that identify, invest in and scale solutions to eliminate deforestation and land conversion from soy production, and incentivize sustainable land use in Brazil and beyond.
New report lays out roadmap to achieve sustainable rice production
Targeted investment partnerships are vital to achieving sustainable and equitable rice production, concludes a new report launched at COP27.