Our colleague Davide Fiedler shares key takeaways from the ninth edition of the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights which took place in mid-November.   Geneva, 16 November 2020 – Across the world, the COVID-19 crisis has dramatically revealed our systemic vulnerabilities, exposing the fragility of human life, our economies, supply chains, social welfare […]

Claire O’Neill (Managing Director, Climate & Energy at WBCSD), together with Justin Adams (Tropical Forest Alliance) and Gabriela Martinez (World Economic Forum) share their insights into the role of nature in addressing our climate crisis in a post-pandemic world, through the lens of the Natural Climate Solutions Alliance – working to unlock the potential of […]

Wei Dong Zhou, WBCSD China Director and Ambassador for Biodiversity, shares his thoughts on how China should use nature-based solutions in order to meet its ambitious climate targets.   China’s pledge to become carbon-neutral by 2060 is the biggest stated climate goal to-date. Nature-based solutions could provide a third of China’s efforts to meet this target. Momentum […]

In this insight, our North America Director, Bill Sisson, argues that climate change will be the number one economic driver for the twenty-first century by creating hundreds of new occupations across industries, in the US as in most countries across the globe.   As the end of the year draws closer, we are about to […]

With several countries having stepped up their climate neutrality ambitions and with the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement coming up, Peter Bakker looks at the need for collective action to tackle our climate emergency. He advocates that the responsibility for radical action also lies on business: all companies need to progress their climate action […]

WBCSD released an issue brief advocating that now is the time for companies and investors to enter – and lead – the debate, not just about why capitalism needs to change, but about how we go about transforming it. The issue brief synthesizes the best available thinking on why capitalism needs to be reinvented if […]

The Roadmap serves as an implementation of the CEO Guide to Food System Transformation, setting out transformational targets, key action areas and solutions urgently required to transform food systems to achieve environmental sustainability, equitable livelihoods, and healthy and sustainable diets for all.   Geneva, 10 November 2020 – Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable […]

Peter Bakker, President & CEO of WBCSD and member of the Advisory Committee to the UN Food Systems Summit, shares the private sector perspective and insights as we prepare for the 2021 Summit.   Geneva, 26 November 2020: We just had two days of the Bold Actions for Food as a Force for Good event – a […]

The 50L Home Coalition is a global, action-orientated multi-stakeholder platform that addresses two of our most pressing global challenges: water security and climate change. This unprecedented level of collaboration that aims to make 50 liters of daily water use per person a reality for all as the water crisis is an increasing global risk with […]

Our newly released review of 158 WBCSD member companies’ sustainability reports shows that 78% of WBCSD member companies have improved their overall scores since 2017. The new report presents a focus on the acute impacts of the pandemic and seeks to tie it into other pressing sustainability issues, as well as how WBCSD is responding […]