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WBCSD unites 225+ businesses to combat climate crisis, restore nature, and tackle inequality, aiming for a sustainable future for all by 2050.

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@wbcsd
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4 years
⚠️Raising the bar for sustainable #business leadership! Global leading businesses, united in WBCSD, adopted new membership criteria focused on top 3 priority #sustainability challenges: #climate emergency, #nature loss & #inequality
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#circulareconomy requires a common language. Our Circular Transition Indicators tool will launch @WEF #wef20 , providing #business with that language – watch this space! Thanks @GreenBiz for recognizing our tool in the State of Green Business 2020 report
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⚡️Raising the bar for sustainable #business leadership! With this ambitious milestone, WBCSD & our 200+ global leading members are setting the tone for business #sustainability for the decade ahead. More on how we're changing the game w/ new criteria:
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@wbcsd
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#Soils play a critical role as a natural #CarbonSink . Read our latest report and start investing in #SoilHealth to make sure nature doesn't become #TheForgottenSolution #CSA100
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"Vision 2050 lays out a roadmap for business action, leading to @WBCSD 's ultimate goal of 9+ billion people living well, within planetary boundaries, by mid-century." - @businessgreen . Read the #Vision2050 report here:
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3 key business actions to shift capitalism to a true value creation model: - Account for & report on #ESG risks & impacts - Incorporate multi-stakeholder considerations into governance, decision making, incentives - Pay taxes in fair & transparent way
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@wbcsd
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Let's go #FurtherFaster ! Here's what business is calling for in week 2 @COP24 : Raised ambition, clear rules and strong enablers. #Talanoa4Ambition . Read more here:
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@wbcsd
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The Action Agenda is live! 📣 Download here The 8 cross-cutting levers: 🔸 Accountability & transparency 🔸 Circularity 🔸 Finance 🔸 Infrastructure 🔸 Governance 🔸 Disruption & innovation 🔸 Decent jobs, education & skills 🔸 Resilience building
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#Vision2050 is a new framework to guide the actions and shifts in mindsets needed for 9+ billion people to live well, within planetary boundaries, by 2050. Read more here:
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@wbcsd
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Partnering with @StockholmPlus50 we launched the Action Agenda proposing three Action Priorities for a business-driven value chain transformation underpinned by a proposal to transform a critical enabling environment 📣 Learn more
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On #InternationalWomensDay we celebrate the 10 remarkable women who were recipients of the 2018 WBCSD Leading Women Awards #LeadingWomen Nominations open soon for 2019 - who will you celebrate? #IWD2019 #genderequality #SDGs #BalanceforBetter
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@wbcsd
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Just Launched! New WBCSD report on Business Climate #Resilience – Thriving through the #transformation . Report calls for businesses to enhance efforts to build climate resilience and for policymakers to strengthen collaboration with private sector
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📈Today at #COP27 : Partnership for Carbon Transparency (PACT) advances emissions transparency with breakthrough in value chain data exchange, enabling companies to better meet evolving and mandatory #climate reporting requirements. 👉 #accountability
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Just released! New CEO Guide to the Circular Bioeconomy draws attention to the $7.7 trillion opportunity for business. Read it here: #circulareconomy #bioeconomy
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@wbcsd
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We can’t reach #NetZero by 2050 without ending #deforestation now. Forest, land & ag companies are stepping up their commitment to net zero, but they must end deforestation to achieve these goals 📊 Latest analysis: 💥 Take action:
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Happening now: Over 30 leading companies join forces to implement #CircularEconomy through #Factor10 . Together, they’re revolutionizing the way we produce, use & dispose of materials – accelerating the transition to a sustainable world. #WEF18
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We need business and policy makers to pick up the pace, time after time. It isn’t easy, but our survival is at stake. We can reach a #netzero carbon economy by 2050. But only if we move to a #BetterFutureFaster than ever before. The power is in your hands:
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📢As a follow-up to our work at @Stockholmplus50 , we have launched the Stockholm Synthesis Report: Today at #ClimateWeekNYC , we're bringing multiple stakeholders to refine the concept of a common, harmonized & global framework for #climate accountability.
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#IPCC #SR15 says we’ll blow past 1.5°C as soon as 2040 unless we implement solutions now. Natural climate solutions could capture 37% of the emissions reductions needed & can be rolled out today. @Nature4Climate #TheForgottenSolution
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Nature can account for over 30% of the emissions reductions needed to align with the #ParisAgreement between now and 2030; it also supports our food systems, healthy communities and #biodiversity . The science is clear #Business is ready to step up investment in #nature
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Our food system contributes to 1/4 of greenhouse gas emissions and 3/4 of biodiversity loss. How can we build a food system that addresses these challenges? MD @DianeBHoldorf (Food & Nature Program) explains how in the latest from our #Vision2050 series:
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@wbcsd
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Every one of us has the power to change the world. Start living the #GoodLifeGoals – everyday actions to help make the #SDGs happen #UNGA #ClimateWeekNYC #ACT4SDGs @futerra Check here for more
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Congratulations to all the 2018 Leading Women Awards recipients! The Awards showcase the outstanding #business #leadership of #women in WBCSD member companies working to contribute to the #SDGs &our contribution to #SDG5 #LeadingWomen Full video &more info
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🗓️ Join us on 25 March for the global launch of #Vision2050 , a new framework for business leaders to drive the urgent transformations needed in the decade ahead for 9 billion people to live well, within planetary boundaries, by 2050. Register now:
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Just launched! New #CEO_Guide to Food System Transformation for high level executives to understand the urgency to act to address the climate, nature and food emergency #WorldFoodDay #HealthyPeopleHealthyPlanet
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Last week, we held our Liaison Delegate Meeting - 400 sustainability professionals gathered to #LeadTransformSucceed for a world where 10 billion people are living well and within the boundaries of our planet, by 2050 - but it's time to get real and act!
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#Vision2050 is a framework for business action in line with the urgency of the challenges we face as a global society. We look forward to working with the business community to turn this vision into reality. Find out more here:
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🌐 On 25 March, join speakers from @3M @ENGIEgroup @erminsight @GodrejGroup @Nestle @Olam @PwC @SolvayGroup @SONAE @Unilever as @wbcsd launches a new framework to help realize a shared vision for people and planet: #Vision2050 Register now:
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Food fuels our bodies and plays a powerful role in human health, culture, productivity and potential. But how can we provide healthy diets for all? MD @DianeBHoldorf (Food & Nature Program) shares her insights in the latest from our #Vision2050 series:
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@wbcsd
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.⁦ @PaulPolman ⁩: “we are no longer in a conversation about the direction we want to go, but trying to understand how to scale up and accelerate to achieve what we have agreed. We need the financial markets to flow to more sustainable investments” #Talanoa4Ambition #gcas2018
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Amazing! CEO of ⁦ @PortOfRotterdam ⁩ launching a global coalition of the willing to decarbonize the maritime sector #StepUp2018 #GCAS2018
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Now launching! CEO Guide to climate-related financial disclosures – helping to reward #susty companies that actively seek to mitigate their #climate risks and seize climate opportunities - #esg #CFD2017 #OnePlanet #TCFD #TCFDrecs @FSB_TCFD @OnePlanetParis
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@wbcsd and 30 companies launched today new upgrades to the Circular Transition Indicators , a transparent and objective framework supported by an online tool by @CircularIq Check the updates #circulareconomy #leadership
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Cities around the world are protecting nature to ensure their own clean, reliable water supplies. #WWWeek @nature_org
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Just launched! New CEO Guide to Human Rights, signed by 35 global leading companies calling for business leadership for human rights #leadershipforhumanrights #WBCSD_CEOGuide #bizhumanrights #humanrights
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@wbcsd
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8 years
Say hello to future leaders in sustainability @makower says "I so want to be these guys when I grow up" #greenbiz17
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Do you want to learn more about #NaturalClimateSolutions and the Voluntary Carbon Market? 👇Download our new Guide for C-Suite Executives to gain a comprehensive overview of NCS, the role of #biodiversity and people, and opportunities for businesses.
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Check our new Transforming Urban Mobility project that brings #business & #cities together to accelerate the transition to better urban #mobility - drawing on cutting-edge #technology and models of collaboration w/ more than 20 global companies on board
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“Business has an essential role to play in reducing inequality & generating shared prosperity that can be enjoyed by all.” @fveglio MD of our People & Society Program on why businesses must seize the opportunities that this transformation holds #Vision2050
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@wbcsd
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7 years
Launching the #NatCapToolkit : helping biz find tools to measure & value natural capital
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Join us in celebrating women leaders across our membership #LeadingWomen #IWD2017 #womensday
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We need all of society to fight the #ClimateCrisis #Business is key to #ClimateAction But we need stronger ambition from governments @ #COP25 to: ✅ Put a price on #carbon ✅ Commit #climatefinance ✅ Invest in #nature @MPB_WBCSD ’s call for #COPCL
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Honored that our latest video has been shortlisted for the Global Sustainability Film Awards. We're raising awareness, because it's time to start working WITH nature to address the climate challenge. #NaturalClimateSolutions #TheForgottenSolution @Nature4Climate @tveinspire
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How are business and WBCSD member companies responding to COVID-19? We have set up a dedicated webpage highlighting actions, solutions and initiatives across the world - will keep adding to it Check it out #coronavirus #covid19
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Happening NOW! A live webcast announcing @wbcsd as a founding strategic partner of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste – tune in to @EndPlasticWaste #EndPlasticWaste
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Companies are taking action to address the climate challenge. Check out this example from @UPS - leading the charge. "With the power of collaboration [we] can deliver a meaningful impact on emissions." Check out the latest #Talanoa blog #COP24 #EVs
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#Business needs to know governments are committed to much higher #ClimateAction & ambition in line with the science #COP25CL @CarolaSchmidtZ @gmunozabogabir @PEspinosaC - We must see higher ambition #TimeForAction #BetterFutureFaster
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@wbcsd
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We're delighted to welcome Sunny Verghese, @Olam CEO and Co-Founder, as the new WBCSD Chair: "Together, we'll work to solve the complex, interlinked issues the world faces in the areas of SDGs, finance, energy, food and land use, and cities&mobility.”
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As we recover from Covid-19 and rebuild the🌍economy, we must also act on #climate change. These are not separate missions, they are one and the same. Read global leaders' call for President @JoeBiden to be the president to tackle the #climatecrisis .
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Excited to announce the launch of #BusinessforNature @BfNCoalition - New global coalition calls for action to reverse #nature loss and restore natural systems on which economies, wellbeing & prosperity depend
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Business as usual is no longer an option. It’s time to start valuing your relationship with nature, starting today. Check out these leading business examples to learn more: #EarthDay
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What solutions is the #agriculture sector providing to achieve the #ParisAgreement targets? Watch our new #ClimateSmartAgriculture video and support #agriculture -based #ClimateAction #SDGs #Sustainability
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🌿Conservation & business organizations launch a new paper in an unprecedented consensus. We must bend the curve on #biodiversity loss, for a #NaturePositive world by 2030. 👉 @jrockstrom @harveylockewild @MPB_WBCSD
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Join our webinar on 4 March to discuss the latest #PPA trends in #India -- the world's 2nd largest market for corporate #renewable #energy Register now to join the discussion ⏰ @jasmeetkhurana @Joe_P_Phelan
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Introducing our CEO Guide to #CircularEconomy #WCEF2017
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Say hello to the #GoodLifeGoals ! See the personal actions that everyone can take to support the #SDGs . What better way to visualize these than the universal language of emojis? # #Act4SDGs More info and downloadable materials on
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Happening now at #COP26 - @foodtank & @RockefellerFdn session: How #finance & investment can make #food and #agricultural systems more environmentally sustainable, nourishing, and socially just? #WBCSDatCOP
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Our new 5-year Strategy 2022-2027 steps up business action for the system transformations needed for a #NetZero , #nature -positive & #equitable future. There are 3 pillars: ▶️imperatives of action 🌐pathways for solutions 💶redefining value. Read here:
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How to measure & realize #circularity in a world that's only 9% circular today? Check our Circular Transition Indicators, serving as a measuring stick to reach the #SDGs & #ParisAgreement by moving to a #circulareconomy - #Factor10 #LeadTransformSucceed
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What are the personal actions that everyone can take to support the #SDGs ? Check out the short video below on the #GoodLifeGoals launched yday at #UNGA on #act4sdgs day – and here’s all the info to download and share: #SDGHub
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Good to see @Unilever and @circulareconomy calling for a move away from the "take-make-dispose" model to one that is truly circular #newplasticseconomy #WEF18
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🖊️JOIN the #COP15 advocacy campaign #MakeItMandatory launched by our partner @BfNCoalition ! Together with companies across the globe, urge governments to adopt ambitious policies to reverse #natureloss by 2030: 👉
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Future business success & long term prosperity will rely on people living well, within planetary boundaries. But what does living well mean? @fveglio , MD of the People & Society Program @wbcsd discusses how #Vision2050 defines the principles of living well
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What are the personal actions that you, me and everyone can take to support the #SDGs ? Check out the #GoodLifeGoals - every day actions that we can all take - and here’s all the info to download and share: #SDGHub #VYS18 #Youth2030 #SDGHub
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. @cathmckenna "the trillion $$ opportunity, that's how we should see the low-carbon economy. Scale up existing&new opps" @Low2No #LESC22
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We are calling on the #finance sector to partner w/ farmers & ranchers on #ClimateSmart agriculture. According to new @USFRA report, private sector investment totals $972B annually. Let’s put that #capital to work toward the net zero economy. #SmarterSoil
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Why do we need to solve the climate & nature crises together? Ahead of #COP26 & #COP15 , join high-level business & science speakers for a dynamic discussion on this & how companies are acting in an integrated way. Watch 2pm CEST on Thursday: #CMeeting21
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7 years
You’ve seen our CEO Guide to the #CircularEconomy . Today, we launch our Practitioner Guide Check it out!
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Thanks to all of our members & partners who joined us for our North America member meeting in Phoenix. We truly ARE working together to transform global systems. If you couldn't make it, stay tuned for our Insider Perspective to see what you missed – coming after #GreenBiz18
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. @wef & @wbcsd have just signed a partnership to harness their members #leadership & scale up #biz initiatives and public-private partnerships impact on sustainable development issues within the next 2 years #climate #biodiversity #food #circulareconomy #plastics #mobility #SDGs
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We can't predict the #future but we can identify the #innovations to shape it & the ones that we might need to push the future in a certain direction. New #Vision2050 brief: - 5 business model shifts - 12 emerging technologies - 8 social innovations
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WBCSD's first all female panel talks #NatCapProtocol - bringing value to business & society - also #SDG5 !
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'Tackling climate change has to start in cities' - @ecoangelhsu - climate scientist @datadrivenlab & many are stepping up: ✅Pledging to be carbon neutral before 2030 ✅Setting emissions reduction targets ✅Becoming more energy efficient #JoinTheCountdown @TEDCountdown
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Without business, we will not achieve #circulareconomy - business must take leadership & act globally #WCEF2017
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Business leadership for #food systems transformation: WBCSD is pleased to represent the global #business voice in the Advisory Committee for 2021 @UN @FoodSystems Summit - @MPB_WBCSD joins the group chaired by @AminaJMohammed
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Today, at @COP26 @wbcsd launches our Business Manifesto for Climate Recovery, which brings a new focus on the most urgent actions needed now from both global leaders and policy makers to halt temperature rises and begin the process of climate recovery (1/5)
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Building farm resilience through #SoilHealth benefits local livelihoods and business. Read our latest report and start investing in #SoilHealth #farmers
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Could climate-related financial disclosure help build, as Mark Carney says, “a better understanding of tomorrow’s risks, better pricing for investors, better decisions by policy-makers & a transition to a low-carbon economy?” We think so. Learn more here:
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. @Nestle @JainIrrigation & @Danone on how our #WASH Pledge helps companies create community impact. #wwweek
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#SDGs $12 trillion in opportunities. Inclusive growth = economic growth, it’s a no brainer #BetterBiz @BizCommission
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“Everything we’ve done that is good for the planet has made us money” - addressing climate makes good business sense ⁦ @MahindraRise ⁩ ⁦ @anandmahindra ⁩ at #GCAS2018 #StepUp2018
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What does the #COVID19 pandemic mean for the decade ahead? What vulnerabilities is the pandemic exposing? What trends is it accelerating? How can business support efforts to build back better? Check out our new issue brief: #ESG #WBCSDVision2050
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Welcome @Microsoft as the newest member of WBCSD! Microsoft’s growing profile in mobility and industry 4.0 and leadership in energy and circular economy offer a wide range of initiatives to scale up #sustainability . Read more
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‘The biggest risk companies face is the risk of inaction on #ClimateChange Businesses need to build #resilience in the communities in which they operate’- @mendiluce #COP25
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At #GreenBiz20 , @GabrielaBurian explains what it means for @Bayer4Crops to continue to collaborate through #WBCSD25 in this decade of action.
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News from #COP22 : watch biz scale solutions to climate change & take #ParisAgreement from ambition to implementation
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Business leaders are taking heed; more companies are committed to leadership on climate action. #IndustryDay #COP23
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This #WorldEnvironmentDay we are launching our new SOS 1.5 roadmap to help businesses #RacetoZero and deliver #ClimateAction at the scale and pace we need to build a fairer, resilient 🌍economy
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#FuturesThinking can help biz create a different future: 9bn people living well, within planetary boundaries.
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NOW RELEASED - Envisioning the future of #food – looking at food system change from the perspective of the individual, with opportunities to offer healthier, more appealing and sustainable nutrition – #EATForum18
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Have you subscribed to our #Sustain newsletter? Each month, we look into the latest trends in business and #SustainableDevelopment and deliver our publications, perspectives and insights directly to you. Check out our May edition and subscribe here
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