Whilst climate impacts mount, many products, services, and markets essential for sustainability transitions are not yet available at the scale or price required. We know that when governments, businesses and civil society align around shared goals, societies can innovate rapidly. However, current forms of public-private collaboration are not yet enabling results at the pace and scale needed to tackle sustainability challenges, unlock investment and drive market creation, value and jobs.

This evidence base paper, developed by WBCSD with support from BRAE, explores how businesses, governments and financial institutions can better work together to build the resilient, secure and sustainable markets of the future.

Based on a rigorous discovery process of interviews and group dialogues with more than 50 leading experts, spread across six continents, this report explores success factors, delivery mechanisms, and the role that organizations such as WBCSD and its Global Network Partners can play in working with businesses, governments and financial institutions to support the delivery of more effective public-private collaborations.

These findings intend to support those working at the forefront of public-private collaborations in business, government and finance to scale sustainable solutions, and inform the development of new ways of organizing to deliver impact – which will be set out in subsequent material.