The built environment sector is critical to achieving a nature-positive future, as it is responsible for nearly 30% of biodiversity loss globally, 50% of global raw materials extraction, 40% of waste streams, and 40% of CO2 emissions. By 2025, the construction industry is predicted to generate 2.2 billion tons of waste annually. Of this, approximately […]
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is collaborating with leading companies in the sector, with support from PwC UK, to develop a Roadmap to Nature Positive for the pharmaceutical (pharma) sector. Today marks a key milestone in the Roadmap’s development with the release of the draft ‘Overview for the Pharmaceutical Sector: Priority actions towards […]
WBCSD releases first element of its ambitious effort to advance the harmonization of nature-related metrics used by business.
Outcomes of this initiative will be accessible via a user-friendly Nature Metrics Portal, with an initial version set to launch by COP30 in November 2025
Our member case studies help to bridge the gap between theory and practice. These examples show how companies within the agri-food system are navigating the nature-positive journey, offering valuable insights into the particular opportunities and challenges that businesses encounter along the way. As each organization confronts a combination of unique and shared hurdles, it is important […]
WBCSD in partnership with GSK is convening the pharma sector including AstraZeneca, Bayer, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Roche and Takeda, to develop an additional tool to the Roadmaps to Nature Positive series, focusing on the pharmaceutical sector. All businesses depend on and impact nature through their direct operations and/or value chains. To accelerate business contribution toward […]
Urgency mounts to preserve nature amidst plunging wildlife populations and the looming threat of mass extinction. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework targets a bold reversal by 2030, paralleling the net-zero movement for carbon.
Nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities (DIROs) are highly local. Recognizing the inherent link between agriculture and the land, our guidance includes an initial series of “deep dives” into three distinct agricultural landscapes. A company with global exposure would likely determine that any of these landscapes – if part of their value chain –requires specific […]
WBCSD’s Roadmap to Nature Positive: Foundations for the energy system serves as a guide to transform business practices and value chains and to ensure the energy system plays its part in halting and reversing nature loss by 2030 – the mission at the heart of the Global Biodiversity Framework. This Roadmap aims to support companies […]