Whilst climate impacts mount, many products, services, and markets essential for sustainability transitions are not yet available at the scale or price required. We know that when governments, businesses and civil society align around shared goals, societies can innovate rapidly. However, current forms of public-private collaboration are not yet enabling results at the pace and […]
Wednesday 13 November, 2024: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and State of Green today announced their intention to work together to develop new approaches and best practices in public-private collaboration to accelerate sustainable transitions. At COP29 in the Danish Pavilion, WBCSD and State of Green announced their intention to collaborate on a […]
In the first blog of this series, we explored how the seeds of a new era of public-private co-creation have started to emerge, with examples of the public and private sector working together to problem solve, innovate and deliver for whole-of-society transformation. But also, that to scale these emerging forms of public-private co-creation, we must […]
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. […]
Why is policy engagement essential for businesses to achieve their sustainability goals? How should ambitious businesses work most effectively with governments? How can public-private cooperation more rapidly unlock investment and scale markets? Here are some of my reflections from my first six months at WBCSD on why policy engagement is becoming essential for ambitious businesses […]