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Study: Almost all firms setting sustainability targets - but fewer than half explain poor performance

Management

Study: Almost all firms setting sustainability targets - but fewer than half explain poor performance

While sustainability strategies, materiality assessments, reporting, and targets have ‘matured considerably’, they’re not yet shaping business decisions, WBCSD claims

clock 22 October 2026 • 4 min read
At COP31, countries must lay their electrification plans on the table

Energy

At COP31, countries must lay their electrification plans on the table

Countries must come to COP and set out specific plans for how they will remove the barriers and make the infrastructure investments that businesses need to electrify the global economy, writes WBCSD's CEO and president Peter Bakker

clock 12 October 2026 • 4 min read
'The climate transition is underway': Business leaders acknowledge sustainability key to competitiveness

Management

'The climate transition is underway': Business leaders acknowledge sustainability key to competitiveness

Major survey reveals widespread support for corporate sustainability efforts, but businesses want stronger and more consistent policy frameworks to help avoid a disorderly net zero transition

clock 22 June 2026 • 4 min read
GHG Protocol accused of 'violating its own rules' in forest carbon removals row

Carbon Accounting

GHG Protocol accused of 'violating its own rules' in forest carbon removals row

Member of independent standards board publicly resigns, citing concerns over governance processes at the carbon accounting standards non-profit

clock 10 June 2026 • 6 min read
In the change of era, how are sustainability leaders preparing?

Management

In the change of era, how are sustainability leaders preparing?

Sustainability leaders are turning their attention to the actions which create – and communicate – genuine impact, writes Radley Yeldar's Rebecca Ward

clock 20 May 2026 • 5 min read
'Long-awaited clarity': GHG Protocol delivers new Land Sector and Removals Standard

Carbon Accounting

'Long-awaited clarity': GHG Protocol delivers new Land Sector and Removals Standard

New standard to provide a globally recognised benchmark for measuring climate impacts from agriculture and the emerging carbon removals sector

clock 02 February 2026 • 4 min read
The end of this century's 'Q1': A turning point for the green economy?

Management

The end of this century's 'Q1': A turning point for the green economy?

As we head into the second quarter of the 21st century we need to ask ourselves what kind of long-term economic future we want, writes the WBCSD's Dominic Waughray

clock 21 January 2026 • 5 min read
Carbon markets are the backbone of a low-carbon future - but only if governments seize this opportunity

Offsets

Carbon markets are the backbone of a low-carbon future - but only if governments seize this opportunity

Businesses need practical tools that can work alongside direct emissions cuts in order to help meet climate goals, writes World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) CEO Peter Bakker

clock 03 November 2025 • 4 min read
COP30: National climate plans 'fall short of what is needed', business groups warn

Policy

COP30: National climate plans 'fall short of what is needed', business groups warn

Business groups representing more than 100,000 firms worldwide call for realignment of public finance and policy frameworks to accelerate clean energy transition

clock 03 November 2025 • 5 min read
The European Commission has signalled a new chapter for carbon markets

Policy

The European Commission has signalled a new chapter for carbon markets

Across Europe, governments are signalling that carbon markets can serve as a legitimate tool to support delivery of climate targets, writes Giulia Carbone of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

clock 01 August 2025 • 5 min read