tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-101584082367715084 2012-04-05T11:33:31+02:00 This is the blog of Peter Bakker, President of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The WBCSD is the world’s leading business organization focused on business and sustainable development. TypePad presidenthttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83420c49153ef016303b74132970d 2012-04-05T11:33:31+02:00 2012-04-05T11:33:31+02:00

I have just returned from an enriching trip to Japan and used the opportunity to meet with our member companies, get to know my colleagues and better understand their concerns and priorities. I was particularly keen to find out first-hand how Japanese business opinion on the future energy mix, after...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/president/~4/qDQLR2FEhzU" height="1" width="1"/>

WBCSD http://president.wbcsd.org/2012/04/notes-from-around-the-world.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83420c49153ef01630241688f970d 2012-03-01T12:07:15+01:00 2012-03-01T12:07:41+01:00

If the number of reports published is a measure to go by, then the topic of sustainability is high on the agenda. In recent weeks and months some impressive work has been published by various parties. I thought it would be nice to give you links to some of the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/president/~4/byoqKHXJE1E" height="1" width="1"/>

WBCSD http://president.wbcsd.org/2012/03/moving-from-output-to-outcome.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83420c49153ef016301234060970d 2012-02-10T15:12:57+01:00 2012-02-10T15:12:57+01:00

Sustainability is moving to the center of the economic debate. Whether talk was on the euro crisis and the sustainability of government debt levels; social inequality issues triggered by the Occupy protesters; or the many sessions on climate change and water stress, adaptation and the need for greater urgency ......<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/president/~4/gB1Srn7oB5w" height="1" width="1"/>

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The world is under severe pressure in many areas - from the way we use resources to our gas emissions to the inequalities that currently exist throughout our societies. Although these challenges are not new, we are now at a crucial stage. If we don’t find solutions to these often...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/president/~4/D4Pjyrg0mp0" height="1" width="1"/>

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