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Vision 2050 was developed by the WBCSD and its members apt respond the answer what will the globe see favor in 2050. It presents fashionable opportunities because affair in a broad scope of business sections for well as spelling out the “must haves” – the entities namely have to occur over the coming ten-year to make a sustainable planetary society feasible. >>> read extra...
WBCSD’s James Griffiths discusses CEV Guide on E&E television Geneva, May 5, 2011 – How tin corporations measure their clash on the context while reserving the price of act business down? James Griffiths, coordinator of the World Business Council on Sustainable Development's new "Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation," appeared on OnPoint to explain how businesses and governments can fathom the worth of their ecosystems and resolve more cost-effective ways of doing business. watch the movie >> WBCSD CEV Guide endorsed by cross-sectoral plate at Washington fire Washington, May 5, 2011 – The Washington fire of the WBCSD Guide to Corporate Ecosystems Evaluation (CEV) brought together a cross-sectoral plate which endorsed the tool and provided perspectives for 125 and business, NGOs and government agency participants. A plate of member enterprise road-testers rounded off the accident by giving practical instances of the how the CEV Guide has been used successfully. read more >> WBCSD member companies lead package at Global Water Summit Awards Geneva, May 5, 2011 – Two World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) members, both portion of the WBCSD’s Water Project Leadership Group, obtained prizes at the Global Water Awards final week. Rio Tinto and PepsiCo were gloried in the "Water Stewardship" category for having made the greatest contribution to the sustainable treatment of their water cycles. read more >> WBCSD Corporate Ecosystem Valuation Guide (CEV) launched by Secretary of State for Climate Change in Madrid Madrid, April 29, 2011 – The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WVCSD) Corporate Ecosystem Valuation (CEV) Guide was launched yesterday by Teresa Ribera, Secretary of State for Climate Change and Vice President, the Biodiversity Foundation, at a Madrid event systematized by Fundación Entorno-BCSD Spain in collaboration with the Biodiversity Foundation. read more >> WBCSD welcomes the Indonesian BCSD to its Regional Network Geneva, April 27, 2011 – The Indonesian Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD) was launched today in Jakarta. In addition to 30 business leaders, the inauguration was heeded by Indonesia’s Minister for Industry,
Cheap ghds, Mr. S. Hidayat; the Minister for Environment, Mr. Gusti Muhammad Hatta; the Chairman of the Indonesian National Council on Climate Change, Mr. Rachmat Witoelar; and the Chairman of Indonesia’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN), Mr. Suryo B. Sulisto. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) was represented by its Special Advisor on Indonesia, Mr. Neil Franklin. read more >> WBCSD inclusive business go functioned in latest version of Stanford Social Innovation Review Geneva, April 20, 2011 – In the latest version of the Stanford Social Innovation Review Neil Ghosh, Director of SNV USA, profiles his organization’s approximate to development via its support of inclusive business models and impact investing. He defines these as "sustainable and scalable strategies for integrating low-income inhabitants into the prim economy." read more >> WBCSD publishes Carbon Pricing terse Geneva, April 19, 2011 - In its scenario for a sustainable future, Vision 2050, the WBCSD identified a “carbon price and increased use of additional forms of true-value pricing” as a 2020 “must have”. With its timely implementation the WBCSD’s vision of a world living well, and within its means, in 2050 can be achieved. read more >> Businesses Commit to Energy Efficiency in Buildings - WBCSD Manifesto for EEB Reaches 100 Signatories Geneva, April 13, 2011 – The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) announced the 100th signatory to its Manifesto for Energy Efficiency in Buildings, whistling semaphoring that companies who are market leaders in sustainable development recognize that structures are a critical makeup shaping and driving the world's vigor expense outline. read more >> WBCSD’s Guide to Corporate Ecosystems Valuation disclosed by manufacture experts, government and NGOs in Geneva Geneva, April 11, 2011 – The WBCSD’s Guide to Corporate Ecosystems Valuation (CEV) was launched by a panel of experts from industry, government and NGOs on Friday at one event in Geneva co-hosted with the Geneva Environment Network. read more >> Is greening with ICT as uncomplicated as 'what gets measured gets managed'? Matthew Bateson joins the Guardian’s online Q&A Geneva, April 8, 2011 – The quickly shifting and evolving field of information and communications technology (ICT) has fundamentally changed the ways in which organizations work, resulting in a absence to ensure ICT investments produce sustainable outcomes. read more >> New WBCSD Guide Supports Business Valuation of Nature. Allows Companies to Make Better Business Decisions by Valuing Ecosystem Services Geneva, April 8, 2011 – Today, The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) loosened the Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation (CEV), one innovative framework charted to improve business understanding of the benefits and value of ecosystem services like fresh water, edible, fiber and natural risk conservation. read more >> Christian Kornevall discusses the vital role of Energy Efficiency in Buildings in achieving a sustainable future Geneva, April 4, 2011 - In the coming decades, our planet will be a quite assorted location. By 2050, there will be an added 3 billion people on Earth and 70% of the world's population will be living in cities. read more >> How can businesses answer to the biodiversity dare? James Griffiths joins the Guardian's Online Q&A Geneva, April 2, 2011 - For some time, biodiversity has been talked about as the next big sustainability publish. Dubbed the "new carbon", and given it's own international annual of admission by the UN in 2010 (now extended to a decade), its explicit that this is an challenge that's here to stay. read more >> World Business Council for Sustainable Development releases UN World Water Day workshop recommendations Geneva, March 31, 2011 - The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) today released a set of recommendations highlighting the absence to doing further boundaries to effectively address the urban water challenge among the context of air alteration. The recommendations were generated at an urban water themed UN World Water Day workshop assembled by the WBCSD and its local associate the South African National Business Initiative (NBI), AquaFed and International Water Association (IWA). read more >> New initiative announced to aid ICT manufacture measure carbon footprint - New universal guidance will invest general approaches for calculating carbon emissions of ICT productions and services Geneva, March 8,
Cheap coach, 2011 – ICT companies and their purchasers will soon have mutual approaches and methodologies to think the carbon footprints of ICT products and services thanks to industry guidance due to be issued at the end of the annual. read more >> WBCSD joins Havas Media's considered mastery debates on Sustainability and Brands (video) Geneva, March 4, 2011 – WBCSD member company Havas Media releases their first video argue for 2011 on production sustainability pivotal to brands and brands pivotal to sustainability. Peter Paul van de Wijs, Managing Director, Business Role Focus Area, joins Fernando Rodés Vilà,
Christian Louboutin Shoes, CEO Havas, Lord Alan Watson, Chairman Havas Media UK and Guy Champniss, Havas Media Intelligence, to consult the changing relationships among users brands and society. watch the video >> Corporate water risks: what can you do about them? WBCSD speaks at virtual summit Geneva,
Discount Christian Louboutin, March 2, 2011 – Anne Léonore Boffi from the WBCSD’s water team will be presenting at the “Mission Critical Water Summit” on March 2, 3 and 8. This virtual online event will collect representatives from companies and non-business stakeholders to share best practices to minimize water footprint, assure the sustainability of water afford and comprehend the shock of business operations on water resources. read more >> Björn Stigson quoted in an lawful White House blog Geneva, February 21, 2011 – Greg Nelson, Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, said President Obama’s recently-launched “Better Buildings Initiative” to improve energy efficiency in advertisement buildings cross the US would retention companies and business owners tens of billions of dollars a year. read more >> WBCSD: Ecosystems Key to Future Corporate Competitiveness. WBCSD expert contours benefits of ecosystem valuation Tokyo, February 17, 2011 – Companies that know and value their ecosystem Impacts, dependence and holdings will have a important vantage over their rivalry, along to a opener introduction by The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) at an international symposium on biodiversity today. read more >> WBCSD Hails White House Announcement on Energy Efficiency As Important Step Forward Geneva, February 3, 2011 – The publication by President Obama to improve energy efficiency in commercial buildings is a much-needed tread toward reducing energy expense and saving American consumers’ money, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) said today. read more >>
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