Geneva, 2 December 2008 - WBCSD President Björn Stigson spoke yesterday at the launch meeting of the Green Economy Initiative, convened by the United Nations Environment Programme in Geneva. The meeting gathered policymakers, business executives, analysts, representatives from non-governmental and civil society organizations, and media to share their perspectives.
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Poznań, 1 December 2008 - The WBCSD and its members will be on the ground at UNFCCC's 14th Conference of the Parties in Poznań to contribute to the debate and present their thinking and proposals for a policy framework once the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012.
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Doha, 1 December 2008 - At the Doha Conference on Financing for Development, Ricarda McFalls, Managing Director of the WBCSD Development Focus Area, stressed that access to finance was one of the cornerstones of a thriving SME sector in developing countries, and she presented successful models for integrating local SMEs into the supply chain of big corporations operating in developing countries.
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Geneva, 27 November 2008 - “Truly if we are going to make a difference in the world, the only way to do it is through partnerships,” says Peter Gardiner, natural resources manager at Mondi in a video on forests and partnerships shot during October's World Conservation Forum in Barcelona.
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Geneva, 24 November 2008 - An innovative project developed in 2006 provided Rio Tinto's aluminium business, Rio Tinto Alcan, with the opportunity to explore offsets as part of a broader climate change strategy. The Minding the Carbon Store project has saved approximately 12,000 hectares of native vegetation from being cleared and generated around one million tons of fully verified greenhouse gas abatement (carbon credits) through avoided deforestation.
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Geneva, 21 November 2008 - “The world is faced with the seemingly conflicting imperatives of meeting the demands of rapid population growth – most of it in so-called developing countries – while at the same time reducing negative impacts on society and the environment. If we do not get this right, the results could be devastating,” says WBCSD President Bjorn Stigson in the newly published book "Creating A Sustainable Economy: Investing in the Future".
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Geneva, 20 November 2008 - KPMG describes itself as a global network of professional services firms providing audit, tax and advisory services, with over 123,000 professionals working together to deliver value in 145 countries around the world. So what does KPMG have to do with rare wildlife in Botswana? In fact, KPMG South Africa worked with the United Nations Development Programme and the government of Botswana to develop an endangered species national policy, implementation strategy and action plan.
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Beijing, 19 November 2008 - WBCSD President Björn Stigson addressed members of the China Council for Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) at the 2008 Annual General Meeting of the CCICED in Beijing on 12-14 November 2008.
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Geneva, 18 November 2008 - Buildings are responsible for about 40% of energy use in most countries. The EEB project will determine which combination of recommendations will most effectively result in substantial energy and emission reductions, putting us on a committed path towards zero net energy buildings.
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Geneva, 17 November 2008 - In the presence of 250 people and widely covered by Greek media, the Greek BCSD was launched on 11 November.
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Johannesburg, 14 November 2008 - Some 30 WBCSD member companies recently participated in a “Sustainability in Action Field Trip” organized and lead by Anglo American and Eskom.
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Geneva, 14 November 2008 - Seven of the top ten companies listed in this year's Fortune International Accountability rating, released on Friday, are members of the WBCSD.
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Geneva, 13 November 2008 - Intensive agriculture had turned Spain's 325-hectare Tamón Valley in Asturias into an area with low biological diversity dominated by two huge monocultures: fields and eucalyptus plantations. In 1990 DuPont started a greenfield project in the Valley so as to both increase local biodiversity and save the company money.
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