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Why 2018 Is the Year for Business to Step Up Climate Action

Large companies with global supply chains often produce as much greenhouse gas emissions as entire countries. With this scale comes responsibility, argue WRI President Andrew Steer and Mars, Inc. CEO Grant Reid.

For quick access to WRI’s corporate sustainability resources, visit wri.org/business.

Why Sustainable Business

Working with companies is essential to our mission because they can innovate and scale solutions to our toughest challenges. Businesses have important influence on governments and their extensive, global value chains complement the reach of governments bound by national borders. Companies inform WRI’s priorities and help kickstart innovative projects.

How We Support Sustainable Business

WRI's research helps integrate environmental sustainability and business strategy. Our practical guidance, tools and initiatives help companies assess and reduce impacts along their entire value chains. Here are some popular ways in which WRI helps companies improve their sustainability performance:

To learn more about our work with the private sector, view our brochure.

Our Corporate Consultative Group (CCG)

WRI’s Corporate Consultative Group (CCG) brings together nearly 40 leading companies to advance business practices that mitigate risks and support sustainable growth. Collaborating with CCG members illuminates corporate needs and the ways we can help guide sustainability strategies in the private sector.

Learn more about WRI’s Corporate Consultative Group or contact JP Leous, Head of Corporate Relations, to learn how to become a program partner.

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2017

More Than 300 Companies Commit to Set Science-Based Emissions Reduction Targets
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Eliot Metzger

Senior Associate, Business Center

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October 23, 2018 Event

Tomorrow's Markets: Designing for Longevity, Repair and Reuse

With global consumption forecast to grow fourfold in coming decades as we bring more and more people out of poverty and into the middle classes we need to find new business models that are not predicated selling ever more stuff ever more quickly. It is a challenging topic in a world in which governments, businesses and citizens have been so well served by current models of consumption. In this panel, we will hear about the magnitude of the challenge and responses from organizations that are exploring alternative business models such as longevity, repair and reuse.
October 04, 2018 Event

P4G Copenhagen Summit

On 19-20 October 2018, Denmark will gather Heads of States and Government, leaders of international organizations, businesses, academia, and the civil society at the first global P4G Summit to form a powerful coalition for sustainable growth through innovative partnerships.
September 06, 2018 Commentary

Learning by Doing: Lessons from WRI’s Sustainable Investing Journey

Sustainable investing is the new black: essential, ubiquitous and a subject of forward-looking discussion. But this is no passing fashion. What was once a niche investment approach is becoming mainstream, and WRI is learning the nitty-gritty of it through its own endowment journey.
September 05, 2018 Blog post

Low-Carbon Growth Is a $26 Trillion Opportunity. Here Are 4 Ways to Seize It.

New research finds that ambitious climate action could yield a direct economic gain of $26 trillion (cumulative) by 2030. It could also generate more than 65 million new low-carbon jobs in 2030—equivalent to the entire workforces of the UK and Egypt combined—and avoid more than 700,000 premature deaths from air pollution.
August 28, 2018 Blog post

The World Is Burning. Here Are 5 Things Companies Should Do About It.

From record-breaking temperatures to rampant wildfires, the signs of climate change are everywhere. Companies can respond by measuring their emissions, setting science-based targets to reduce them and pricing carbon.
August 16, 2018 Blog post

Banning Straws and Bags Won’t Solve our Plastic Problem

At worst, plastic bans can create unintended environmental problems. At best, they ignore the systemic issues creating waste in the first place.

Experts

Kevin Moss

Global Director, Business Center
JP Leous

Head of Corporate Relations
Eliot Metzger

Senior Associate, Business Center
Nate Aden

Senior Fellow
Hans Alarcon

Operations Manager, P4G
Chelsea Babcock

Specialist, Business Center
Katherine Camp

Partnerships Coordinator, P4G
Kate Danielsen

Communications Coordinator, P4G
Ian de Cruz

Global Director, P4G
Austin Dickerson

Research Analyst
Deborah Drew

Project Manager, Business Center
Michelle Goldenberg

Program Specialist, P4G
Thanh Ha

Partnerships Intern, P4G
Erin Leonard

Project Coordinator, P4G
Robyn McGuckin

Head of Partnerships, P4G
Hali McKinley Lester

Engagement Intern, P4G
Emily Neagle

Manager, Corporate Consultative Group
Christy Pak

Administrative Coordinator II
Elizabeth Reichart

Research Assistant, Climate Action & Consumption
Kyra Reumann-Moore

Engagement Coordinator, P4G
Stephen Russell

Senior Associate
Mathy Stanislaus

Circular Economy Fellow
Emma Stewart

Director, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Leila Surratt

Head of Strategy and Engagement, P4G
Frank Walter

Head of Communications, P4G
Chendan Yan

Research Analyst II

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