The largest investment program in the history of a Spanish company, aimed at boosting the industrial fabric and jobs in the countries where the group operates
Already carbon neutral today for corporate emissions worldwide, the company plans to bring its entire carbon footprint to net zero 20 years sooner than IPCC targets
WBCSD joined the Call to Action of the Green Recovery Alliance calling for an EU-wide green recovery strategy focused on sustainability after COVID-19. This Call to Action, signed by WBCSD President & CEO Peter Bakker and María Mendiluce, Interim CEO We Mean Business & WBCSD Managing Director Climate & Energy, originally appeared online on 14 April 2020. The coronavirus […]
WBCSD India Director, Joe Phelan, shares his views on sustainability in India and the role of business going forward
As we follow the global climate talks in Madrid this week, there has never been more at stake.
Geneva, 18 November 2019: A couple of weeks ahead of the opening of COP25 in Madrid, Spain (2-13 December), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released key policy recommendations for COP25 negotiators. The IPCC’s Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C published in October 2018, sent a clear signal: the impacts of allowing global warming to […]
Last week delegates from 49 countries gathered in Amsterdam for RE-Source 2019, the world’s largest event on corporate renewable sourcing.
Geneva, 18 September 2019: Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) launched a new report entitled Business Climate Resilience – thriving through the transformation. The report provides a guide for business to build resilience by developing enhanced adaptive capacity to the impacts of climate change, to better manage associated risks and seize opportunities. The report highlights […]
Delhi, 20 August 2019: Novartis is pioneering a new approach to how it procures and uses energy. Recognizing that Novartis is part of a broader energy system, and that this energy system is changing rapidly, they are working with their energy and technology providers and supply chain partners, to develop an integrated energy strategy which takes […]