World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a global, CEO-led organization of over 200 leading businesses working together to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world. We help make our member companies more successful and sustainable by focusing on the maximum positive impact for shareholders, the environment, and societies. Our member companies come from all business sectors and all major economies, representing a combined revenue of more than USD $8.5 trillion and 19 million employees. Our global network of almost 70 national business councils gives our members unparalleled reach across the globe. Since 1995, WBCSD has been uniquely positioned to work with member companies along and across value chains to deliver impactful business solutions to the most challenging sustainability issues. Together, we are the leading voice of business for sustainability: united by our vision of a world where more than 9 billion people are all living well and within planetary boundaries, by 2050.

Purpose

Our mission is to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world by making more sustainable businesses more successful. Our vision is to create a world where more than 9 billion people are all living well and within the boundaries of our planet, by 2050.

Peter Bakker

President & CEO, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

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Operational Tools Toolkits and Manuals / March 2025
Executive Action Brief: Human Rights

Companies impact human rights every day, positively and negatively, through their interactions with employees, business partners, consumers and communities. Therefore, businesses have a responsibility to respect human rights, as articulated in the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. This guide details why human rights should be on the boardroom agenda, how they can be embedded in an organization and its value chain, and how companies can influence the global human rights agenda. 

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Operational Tools Toolkits and Manuals / March 2025
Executive Action Brief: Living Wages

Today, more than a billion working people – one-third of all workers – earn less than they need for a decent standard of living. Only 17% of some of the world’s largest companies work with suppliers on key issues like forced labor and living wages, and yet a Living Wage Foundation study found that 93% of companies paying a living wage experience benefits for their business. This guide advises how companies can start their living wage journey, within the organization and across value chains, and drive progress on living wages at a system level. 

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Recognizing it will take alignment of all our organizations to scale impact globally, we invite you to join the movement as a Steward of Inclusive Capitalism. Together, the collective action of Council members will contribute to a fairer, more inclusive and sustainable future for all people and our planet.