A conversation with Piet Dircke, Arcadis’ Global Leader of Resilience and Water Management Hand hygiene is essential to containing the spread of COVID-19 and many other infectious diseases. This World Water Day, and any other day, please remember to wash your hands regularly with water and soap or alcohol-based hand rub. Today is international World Water […]
WBCSD’s contribution to a future Science-based Target for Nature
WBCSD India Director, Joe Phelan, shares his views on sustainability in India and the role of business going forward
WBCSD members Danone, Firmenich S.A and Unilever are among the only six companies in the world to have obtained a “triple A” score by CDP in recognition of their leading environmental efforts in tackling climate change, fighting deforestation and protecting water cycles.
The Global Agribusiness Alliance (GAA), with its members Halcyon Agri, HeveaConnect and the Alliance for Water Stewardship Asia-Pacific (AWS A-P) are working together to learn how to increase performance related to water in rubber processing using the AWS Standard for assessing site and catchment specific risks and opportunities at Halcyon’s PT Hok Tong factory in Jambi, Indonesia. […]
India is the second largest food producer in the world and has moved from dependence on grain imports into a net exporter of food. However, India faces low average agricultural productivity at the national level and high variation regionally. The increasing uncertainty of monsoons and increasing rainfall deficiency due to climate change will severely affect […]
The World Water Week in Stockholm (25-30 August) is a great annual bellwether for the water sector: trending topics, pioneering organizations and a sense of where the sector is heading.
New global coalition calls for action to reverse nature loss and restore natural systems on which economies, wellbeing and prosperity depend. Dalian, China, 2 July 2019: Today, at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of New Champions in China, and the Trondheim Biodiversity Conferences in Norway, a diverse group of influential international organizations has announced […]
Bangkok, Thailand, 26 March 2019: A major new consortium today announced the Sustainable Rice Landscapes Initiative (SRLI), an agreement to deliver smart and sustainable agri-solutions for rice farmers and supply chains supported by a USD $50 million funding proposal. Announced at the opening of the 2019 Responsible Business Forum on Food and Agriculture in Bangkok, the SRLI […]
New agri-tech initiative ‘CocoaCloud’ to provide critical data for farmers and industry Accra, Ghana, 21 March 2019: Today, on the International Day of Forests, at the UN Africa Climate Week in Accra, Ghana, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Opus Insights B.V. (Opus) call for urgent action by the agricultural sector to implement technology solutions […]