The built environment system is responsible for 40% of global CO2 emissions, 40% of global resource use and 40% of global waste streams. It is set to double in size: the global population is expected to reach 9.8 billion in 2050. This growth will intensify pressures on nature, leading to increased water usage, pollution and waste […]
The Roadmaps to Nature Positive: Foundations for all businesses serves as the basis of our business guidance, laying out how all companies can play their part in halting and reversing nature loss by 2030 – the mission at the heart of the Global Biodiversity Framework. Following the ACT-D high level actions on nature (assess, commit, transform […]
“There is no business on a dead planet.” This rings particularly true for the global agri-food system, where the most fundamental dependencies and impacts tie directly to the land. Agri-food contributes around one-third of all GHGs and 70% of freshwater use, and is the primary driver of global land-use change and biodiversity loss. With food […]
Last December, the world took an important step towards resetting its relationship with nature.
WBCSD’s Roadmaps to Nature Positive provide guidance for all businesses as well as in-depth analysis for four high impact systems on nature
Nature is the backbone of the world economy
The Consultation Group by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development aims to gather ASEAN perspectives on the latest TNFD beta framework
This report offers a shared definition of nature-positive for the forest sector as a bedrock for subsequent guidance and tools to support forest companies in the implementation of nature-positive strategies.
Growing awareness and collaboration for a nature-positive world has contributed to building business confidence to halt and reverse nature loss, delivering tools and guidance to help on implementation and action within operations and across value chains.
Geneva, 24 May 2022: Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is pleased to announce that it will support the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) as one of four piloting program partners to inform the design and development of the TNFD’s recommendations. The TNFD framework, now in prototype format and under development, will enable corporates […]