WBCSD @ Davos

15 – 19 January 2024

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What is the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting?

The World Economic Forum is convening its 54th Annual Meeting in January. Under the theme Rebuilding Trust, the meeting aims to reaffirm the value and imperative of dialogue and public-private cooperation, and to reinforce the fundamental principles of transparency, consistency and accountability among leaders.​

Here is an overview of our activities for the week. Please continue to consult this page for updated information.

Linking Climate Transformation to the Capital Markets, co-hosted with Syensqo

Date: 14 January 2024 | Time: 20:30 – 22:30 | Venue: ICE House | Type: High-level dinner (closed)

COP28 delivered the final outcome of the first Global Stocktake, marking the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era. Despite clarity around the need for the world to urgently act on climate change, misalignment with financial markets means that businesses are not on track to deliver game-changing solutions. We need a system-wide transformation across the real economy and financial markets to deliver a fossil fuel-free future. This will allow us to move to a more sustainable world, where more than 9 billion people are able to live well, within planetary boundaries, by 2050.

Select WBCSD Council Members, CEOs and leaders from key financial institutions and partner organizations will come together to explore missing links between the real economy and capital markets as well as opportunities for transformative system change.

Please kindly note that attendance at this event is by invitation only and invitations are non transferable.

Please contact Catherine Puga at puga@wbcsd.org if you have any questions.

 

 

Action Agenda on Regenerative Landscapes Lunch

Date: 16 January 2024 | Time: 12:30 – 14:30 | Venue: ICE House | Type: Closed lunch

The COP28 Action Agenda on Regenerative Landscapes – a flagship initiative by COP28, WBCSD and BCG and supported by the UN High-Level Climate Champions – aims to aggregate, accelerate and amplify existing efforts and new commitments to transition large agricultural landscapes to regenerative landscapes by 2030. During this lunch hosted by WBCSD in partnership with BCG, participants will identify key, high-impact landscapes where opportunities lie for partnerships between corporates, financiers, farming communities and local governments. This lunch will represent a key moment on the road to COP30, where Action Agenda participants will report on progress on landscape activities.

Kindly note that capacity for this event is limited – registrations are available for WBCSD Council Members and Liaison Delegates and are processed on a first come, first serve basis.

For more information, please contact Martina Asquini at asquini@wbcsd.org.

Tackling Inequality through Private Sector Leadership

Date: 17 January 2024 | Time: 07:30 (07.15 walk-in) – 09:00 | Venue: House of Switzerland | Type: Closed breakfast

With a focus on shaping our shared roadmap towards greater performance and accountability as it relates to “the S in ESG”, the session on “Tackling Inequality through Private Sector Leadership” seeks to bring together cross-sectoral executives of the Business Commission to Tackle Inequality (BCTI) as well as leading businesses and investors that play similarly catalytic roles in this agenda.

The breakfast is hosted by the House of Switzerland in close collaboration with Building Bridges and delivered in collaboration with the United Nations. Importantly, the session will coincide with the official announcement of a two-year extension of the BCTI. With a commitment to deliver tangible results on their BCTI Action Agenda, an expanded group of 70+ Commissioners will jointly start their countdown to COP30 in Brazil.

For more information, please contact Marcus Burke at burke@wbcsd.org.

Nature Positive Strategy: what should your sector’s priority actions be?

Date: 18 January 2024 | Time: 10:00 – 11:30 | Venue: SDG tent | Type: Open event

Faced with the intertwined challenges of climate change and nature loss, businesses urgently need to take action to transform and innovate their operations and value chain. While 83% of Fortune Global 500 companies have climate change targets, only 5% of companies have assessed their impacts on nature, with less than 1% understanding their dependencies. A robust nature strategy with sector-specific understanding is the foundation for companies to meaningfully contribute to halting and reversing nature loss by 2030.

In the lead-up to UNCBD COP16 in 2024, this session will mobilize business ambition, analyse the necessary element of a nature strategy, signpost available resources, and identify key barriers for implementation and uptake.

CTI Fashion Initiative Roundtable

Date: 18 January 2024 | Time:  14:00  – 15:00 | Venue: Leadership Lounge at Promenade 72 | Type: Roundtable (by invitation)

Launch of the first sector guidance of the Circular Transition Indicators (CTI) for the fashion industry.

During this one-hour roundtable, you will:

  • Understand how to measure success in circularity and drive effective strategic decision making based on a globally recognized framework.
  • Obtain a clear view of sustainability impacts and evaluate circularity initiatives based on credible quantitative baselines, understand benefits and trade-offs.
  • Learn how to promote accountability and transparency in your organization and support your corporate disclosure efforts.
  • Developed by business for business WBCSD’s Circular Transition Indicators’ are an established methodology to measure and manage circularity performance. Discover how CTI encourages innovative circular business approaches, simplifies reporting metrics amidst industry regulations, and promotes long-term sustainability and resilience through circular design principles and recovery models.

Join us at the Leadership House in Davos at this pivotal event shaping the fashion industry’s circular transition.

For more information, please contact cti@wbcsd.org.

Contact

For any questions or additional information regarding Davos, please contact events@wbcsd.org