Measuring and monitoring food waste for healthy people and a healthy planet
Over 1bn tonnes of food is wasted or lost every year but many countries and companies do not know where or why this is taking place.
Tag: North America
New roadmap to maximize the forest sector’s contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals
Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, CEO of CMPC, launches WBCSD’s Forest Sector SDG Roadmap on behalf of leading forest companies at the High-Level Political Forum in New York. New York, Geneva, 17 July 2019: Eleven leading member companies from the Forest Solutions Group (FSG) of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) have issued a Forest Sector SDG Roadmap today. Its aim […]
Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals at the core of business
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were a prominent area of focus at GreenBiz 2019, one of North America’s key sustainable business conferences which took place the last week of February in Phoenix, Arizona.
Time for action is now – Bill Sisson, new Director for North America
Phoenix, AZ, 28 February 2019: 2019 will mark four years since the United Nations (UN) Member States unanimously agreed on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These goals are a blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and planet by 2030 – a deadline which is starting to loom ever-larger on the horizon. At the World […]
WBCSD’s Forest Solution Group leads development of SDG roadmap to catalyze forest sector’s impact on the SDGs
Last week, members of the WBCSD’s Forest Solution Group (FSG) met in New York to chart the course that will lead the forest sector on a path to maximize its potential to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). FSG came together for two days to better understand the forest sector’s interaction with the […]
Bill Sisson joins WBCSD North America
Geneva, New York City,10 January 2019: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is pleased to announce that William (Bill) Sisson has been named the Executive Director for WBCSD North America, based in New York City. In this role, he will direct and oversee WBCSD’s regional member relations, sustainability-oriented projects and events. Bill has over 30 years […]
Insider Perspective: The Global Climate Action Summit
Last week in San Francisco, climate leaders across business, policy and civil society gathered to “take ambition to the next level” at the first-ever Global Climate Action Summit.
Stepping up climate ambition: a business perspective
This new data-driven infographic was released during the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco. It’s designed to send a clear policy signal: business is stepping up to climate ambition.
Global companies step up to scale investment in natural climate solutions
12 September 2018: Today at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) publicly launched its new project focused on mobilizing private sector investment to scale natural climate solutions. These solutions are an established means of capturing and storing carbon emissions through carbon sinks like forests and peatlands. […]
Insider Perspective: Key Takeaways from the 2018 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
The High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, the UN’s central platform for follow-up and review of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, took place at the UN headquarters in New York City from 9 to 18 July 2018.