As businesses accelerate their transition toward a net-zero, nature-positive, and more equitable future, Chief People Officers (CPOs) are emerging as key enablers of sustainability transformation. This report from WBCSD highlights the critical and often underrecognized role CPOs play in aligning people strategies with sustainability goals, shaping culture, and building the skills needed for long-term impact. […]
Geneva, 28 March 2025 – The pathway to truly net zero buildings is laid out in a new report which shows property owners and policymakers how to take action now to meet emissions targets. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), supported by global sustainable development consultancy Arup, released “Achieving net-zero buildings: An action […]
The Business Commission to Tackle Inequality (BCTI) is proud to release three Executive Action Briefs, designed for forward-thinking corporate leaders committed to driving social progress while securing business value, competitiveness, and long-term resilience. These 4-page Briefs provide a set of crisp key messages and actionable steps to empower senior leaders across industries to: to drive progress […]
We have just half a decade to get on track in our response to the intertwined climate, nature and inequality crisis. This represents an enormous challenge: achieving a net zero, nature-positive and more equal world in which nine billion people live well within planetary boundaries will require drastic changes across entire economic sectors and regions. […]
Geneva, 1 October 2024 – The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), in collaboration with nine leading chemical companies and sustainability consultancy ERM, has issued the “Towards Planet Positive Chemicals: A Chemical Transformation Roadmap Enabled by the Circular Economy” which aims to drive transformative change across the chemical industry and downstream manufacturing value chains. […]
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 […]
The International Energy Agency has published an update to its Net Zero Roadmap, highlighting the actions needed from the energy sector to align with a 1.5°C scenario and achieve net zero by 2050. The key message is one of urgency – while there has been progress in clean energy technologies, the 1.5°C window is narrowing annually, and […]
Nestlé is actively working towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions and making substantial advancements in its net zero ambition.
This interactive Catalogue of key decarbonization actions aims to supports forest companies in their effort to drive decarbonization by guiding them through the choice and implementation of the most impactful actions to tackle carbon intensive stages (‘emission hotpots’) of the value chain of three forest products: Engineered wood products, paper-based consumer packaging, and cellulose-based textiles. The catalogue […]
We are seeing increasing demand for net-zero emissions buildings – from building owners looking to align their property portfolio to corporate commitments, from tenants searching for space that meets their corporate requirements, and from investors looking to deploy sustainable finance in the property market. Despite the increasing commitments to reducing emissions in the property sector, […]