The global onset of COVID-19 has drastically affected all of us — through the fabric of our daily lives, and also through its reverberations in economic systems on local and global scales. Green, innovative, agile and scalable solutions are being demanded of our governments, our employers and our societies. As the last decade has proven, […]
LeasePlan has set the ambitious target of achieving zero emissions from its total funded fleet by 2030, starting with its own employee fleet.
Geneva, 18 March 2020: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) this week signed a letter of voluntary contribution with the International Transport Forum (ITF), to facilitate the co-production of a case-specific policy analysis study that will map emerging trends across transport modes and help navigate the new mobility landscape. ITF is the leading global body […]
Davos, 23 January 2020: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), in partnership with the World Economic Forum, the European Institute of Technology’s Climate-KIC, SYSTEMIQ, a systems change company and a diverse coalition of government, industry and other partners today launched the Circular Cars Initiative – a multi-stakeholder effort to completely decarbonize the automotive manufacturing sector. […]
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 […]
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 […]