WBCSD

COP29 campaign seeks to rally 10,000 small firms worldwide to commit to CO2 cuts

Supply chain

COP29 campaign seeks to rally 10,000 small firms worldwide to commit to CO2 cuts

SME Climate Ambition Drive launched by We Mean Business coalition and COP29's UN Climate Change High Level Champion

clock 09 September 2024 • 3 min read
Futerra, BEworks, and WBCSD roll out Low Carbon Lifestyles Wheel

Recycling

Futerra, BEworks, and WBCSD roll out Low Carbon Lifestyles Wheel

New report based on insights from latest IPCC report features 'action wheel' to promote low carbon behaviours

clock 23 April 2024 • 3 min read
'Food and agriculture firms are facing a choice': How investing a fraction of revenues could eradicate half the food industry's emissions

Supply chain

'Food and agriculture firms are facing a choice': How investing a fraction of revenues could eradicate half the food industry's emissions

New research claims investing just two per cent of food and agriculture sector revenues could almost wipe out company supply chain emissions

clock 26 March 2024 • 5 min read
Survey: Interest in second hand shopping and repairs on the rise, but barriers remain

Marketing

Survey: Interest in second hand shopping and repairs on the rise, but barriers remain

Majority of UK, US, and German consumers are aware repair and second hand products offer savings, but many are still buying new, Klarna poll finds

clock 19 January 2024 • 4 min read
Report: Construction industry can halve embodied emissions, but 'systemic change' needed

Buildings

Report: Construction industry can halve embodied emissions, but 'systemic change' needed

The global construction industry has the solutions to halve embodied building emissions, according to a new report from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and Arup

clock 21 March 2023 • 3 min read
'Time to transform': Post-COP26 what does a 'just and regenerative' approach to business look like?

Management

'Time to transform': Post-COP26 what does a 'just and regenerative' approach to business look like?

Forum for the Future publishes new guidance for businesses looking to deliver on environmental and social goals, warning current corporate sustainability efforts are falling worryingly short

clock 17 November 2021 • 6 min read
'We saw real acceleration of ambition': Claire O'Neill makes pitch for greater business involvement at climate talks

Politics

'We saw real acceleration of ambition': Claire O'Neill makes pitch for greater business involvement at climate talks

clock 04 November 2021 • 6 min read
Survey: Big business increasingly confident climate projects benefit their bottom line

Management

Survey: Big business increasingly confident climate projects benefit their bottom line

EXCLUSIVE: Study of firms collectively responsible for $2tr market capitalisation highlights shifting attitudes among private sector around the commercial case for reducing emissions

clock 28 October 2021 • 3 min read

Buildings

'Measure everything': How life cycle emissions data can catalyse a net zero built environment

Granular analysis of life time emissions of six buildings offers clues for how carbon-intensive buildings sector can meet global climate goals

clock 09 July 2021 • 7 min read

Management

'Time to Transform': WBCSD report plots course towards prosperous, sustainable future

The report outlines actions that businesses can take across nine key areas, including energy, transport and mobility, and products and materials

clock 25 March 2021 • 3 min read