IBM commits to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
IBM today announced that it will achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 to further its decades-long work to address the global climate crisis.
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U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action mobilizes tech and finance sectors to fulfill agriculture’s potential as a climate solution
This report that analyzes the state of soil health technology and identifies opportunities to realign private sector capital to scale-up the adoption of climate-smart agriculture on farms and ranches across the U.S.
Accenture, Apple, Cargill, Dow, IBM, LafargeHolcim, PepsiCo and Verizon join MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium as founding members
Launched on 28 January, the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium (MCSC) convenes an alliance of leaders from a broad range of industries and aims to vastly accelerate large-scale, real-world implementation of solutions to address the threat of climate change.
PepsiCo doubles down on climate goal and pledges net-zero emissions by 2040
PepsiCo, Inc. today announced plans to more than double its science-based climate goal, targeting a reduction of absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its value chain by more than 40% by 2030.
Nutrien launching industry’s most comprehensive carbon program to drive sustainability in agriculture
Nutrien Ltd. today announced the launch of the agricultural industry’s most comprehensive carbon program, providing end-to-end support for growers to drive improved sustainability and boost profitability.
Business and labor organizations call for renewed multilateralism from G20 countries
eaders from 13 international business and labor organizations joined voices to send a strong message to G20 countries to urge them to step up collaboration at the global level to tackle our global crises, including the unprecedented health and economic devastation that COVID-19 has created.
The construction sector can pave the way for a green economic recovery
In the past weeks, WBCSD has participated in several events centered around how the building sector is key to reviving the global economy and the importance of reinforcing sustainability going forward.
WBCSD raises the bar for sustainable business leadership
Global leading businesses, united in WBCSD, vote for the adoption of new membership criteria to accelerate the transformation to a sustainable world in the decade ahead. Geneva, 26 October 2020: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), together with its more than 200 global leading member companies, is raising the bar of business commitment to […]
Climate and nature: key pillars for a just recovery from COVID-19
Convening leaders across hundreds of events, Climate Week NYC and UNGA75 have showed a critical step change in ambition to address the climate and nature crises.