World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
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URL: https://www.wbcsd.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wbcsd
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/41533
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/people/wbcsd/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZPHR0nLUNBXeu9j0nlGKFA
Founded
1995-01-01 Geneva Switzerland
History
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Accelerate the transition to a sustainable world by making more sustainable businesses more successful.
Events
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Accredited to the Conference of the Parties of: E-XE3486 - Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Secretariat of the UNCCD). Partners include: F-XF1069 - Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); F-XF1393 - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (World Bank); E-XE5314 - International Energy Agency (IEA); F-XF2057 - International Finance Corporation (IFC); K-XK2374 - Round Table on Sustainable Development at the OECD; E-XJ2271 - UN-Water; E-XE3382 - UNDP; E-XE4161 - UNEP; F-XF6300 - United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF); E-XK1561 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Secretariat (UNFCCC).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Founding partner of: E-XJ0688 - Water Footprint Network (WFN). Partners include:
- D-XD5001 - Arab Union for Cement and Building Materials (AUCBM);
- D-XE3351 - BUSINESSEUROPE;
- D-XD2872 - Confederation of European Paper Industries (Cepi);
- E-XJ0684 - Energy Poverty Action (EPA);
- E-XJ4507 - Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI);
- F-XJ2930 - Green Economy Coalition (GEC);
- C-XC4528 - International Aluminium Institute (IAI);
- B-XB1490 - International Chamber of Commerce (ICC);
- C-XJ0349 - International Federation of Private Water Operators (AquaFed);
- E-XE4305 - International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED);
- F-XF0930 - International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD);
- A-XA2654 - International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN);
- F-XJ0685 - LatinoAméricaPosible (LAP);
- F-XF3926 - Library Assembly of Eurasia (LAE);
- G-XG0833 - The Nature Conservancy (TNC);
- G-XN5253 - SNV Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV);
- F-XF4447 - Oxfam International;
- G-XG2520 - Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington (PIIE);
- E-XJ0404 - SEED;
- G-XN8066 - Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI);
- F-XF6051 - United Nations Global Compact (UNGC);
- F-XF0463 - World Economic Forum (WEF);
- B-XB3510 - World Energy Council (WEC);
- E-XE1495 - World Resources Institute (WRI);
- C-XC2174 - World Steel Association (worldsteel);
- F-XF3608 - World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
- Instrumental in setting up: Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol)
- Instrumental in setting up: International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
- Instrumental in setting up: Low Carbon Technology Partnerships Initiative (LCTPi)
- Member of: Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC)
- Member of: Natural Capital Coalition (NCC)
- Member of: We Mean Business Coalition (WMBC)
Publications
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XD4162
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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