Madrid, 3 December 2019: WBCSD today launched the “India Business Guide to EV Adoption” along with the Government of India and industry participants who came together to discuss India’s transition to sustainable mobility at the India Pavilion at COP 25 in Madrid. WBCSD has been working with India’s EV value chain under its REmobility workstream since […]
While the country is investing in public transport and infrastructure, the demand for personal mobility using two, three and four-wheelers is growing at a rapid pace – often faster than the speed at which public infrastructure and mass-transport is deployed.
Lisbon, Tuesday 15 October 2019: Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) joined forces with the City of Lisbon and leading companies, to launch the Lisbon Corporate Mobility Pact (CMP). Under the leadership of the City of Lisbon, Arcadis, BNP Paribas, Brisa, Deloitte, Eaton, EDP, BCSD Portugal and WBCSD, the CMP provides a platform […]
WBCSD’s Sustainable Urban Mobility project, SiMPlify, has won a coveted award as part of the 2019 State-of-the-Art Partnerships, recently announced in Washington DC by P4G, the Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals initiative. SiMPlify won the category of SDG11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, for the work it has done in the City of […]
New Delhi, 11 July 2019: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), together with BluSmart, today announced an all-electric ride hailing demonstration service in Delhi. Beginning in June 2019 at key locations around Delhi, the app-based ride-hailing service aims to demonstrate the practicality and efficiency of switching mass transit users from vehicles with internal combustion […]
Florent Menegaux, the CEO of Michelin, a WBCSD member company, sent a clear message: “If we want our future to be better, it is time to act now.” Geneva, 12 June: Last week, 6,000 leaders from business, politics and academia, representing 43 countries, gathered at the Movin’On Summit in Montreal, to move from ambition to action […]
Every city in the world is different, yet each and every one of them is facing the same challenge: coping with ever-increasing demands on their transport networks, while trying to maintain a healthy environment for their inhabitants. According to the World Bank, more than 80% of global GDP is generated in cities, with urban transportation […]
The city of Feira de Santana in the region of Bahia, Brazil, adopts ambitious sustainable urban mobility plan following engagement with WBCSD’s SiMPlify sustainable urban mobility project. On 13 March 2019, WBCSD joined member company Pirelli and authorities of the city of Feira de Santana, Brazil, as they launched their new Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan. […]
Geneva, 24 January 2019: Today, in conjunction with the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) launched Transforming Urban Mobility (TUM), a new flagship mobility project that aims to make urban mobility cleaner and more sustainable. Over 20 global companies have come together to address key issues that […]
By 2030 cities will be home to 60% of the global population which will lead to increased traffic congestion and reduced air quality through a 60% increase in CO2 emissions. Today, the transport sector represents 23% of all energy-related global emissions. Transport emissions have grown faster than any other sector over the past 50 years while […]