Key global events

Other virtual and external events list WBCSD’s engagements and sessions at key external platforms, including major international gatherings such as the World Economic Forum or United Nations meetings.

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July
2021
} Monday, 01:30 pm to 02:20 pm

Driving food system transformation through accounting for the True Value of Food

Real costs affiliated with natural, social, and human capital impacts are not reflected in today’s economy, business accounting, investor valuation models and in the price we all pay for food.

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26
July
2021
} Monday, 01:30 pm to 02:20 pm

Diversifying staple crops

The objective of this WBCSD-OP2B joint session is to shed light on the need for, a deep, rapid and systemic transformation of our food systems and the tremendous opportunity to do so through diversifying staple crop production and consumption.

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26
July
2021

Pre-UN Food Systems Summit

Join us at various (co-)hosted sessions during the Pre-Summit of the UN Food Systems Summit, which will be held in Rome and virtually.

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27
July
2021
} Tuesday, 06:30 pm to 07:20 pm

Creating 100% living incomes and wages in food systems

Addressing inequality is essential to building a sustainable food system. Income polarization and wage stagnation are key drivers, alongside the rising costs of essential services, work fragility and transition, persistent gender and race gaps and failing safety nets. At this session, private and public sector senior leaders will launch a Coalition of Action to accelerate action on the most effective levers to building living incomes and wages.

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27
July
2021
} Tuesday, 08:00 am to 08:50 am

Accelerating and scaling investment in soil health

This session will aim to demonstrate collective commitments from business and reach out to government, farmer organizations, NGOs and other key stakeholders to build a multi-stakeholder consensus on how to scale and accelerate investments into soil health.

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27
July
2021
} Tuesday, 01:30 pm to 02:20 pm

Bridging food science and policy through dialogue

This session will be centered upon the power of convening multi-stakeholder dialogues to co-create policy asks for policymakers on food systems transformation, with a specific focus on agri-food production and equitable livelihoods.

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28
July
2021
} Wednesday, 08:00 am to 08:50 am

Scaling sustainable rice: Innovations from paddy to plate

A key part of the solution to this challenge is innovation across the value chain. In this Pre-Summit affiliated session, speakers with extensive experience of the landscape will speak on the innovative technologies and instruments making sustainable rice feasible.

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28
July
2021
} Wednesday, 08:00 am to 08:50 am

Food processing for safety, nutrition, and sustainability

This dialogue will explore how food processing and processed food contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) well as the objectives of the United Nations Food Systems Summit.

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23
August
2021

Stockholm World Water Week 2021

Join us at the virtual Stockholm World Water Week where WBCSD will lead a series of sessions on Water. The theme for this year is Building Resilience Faster- with a focus on concrete solutions to water-related challenges, starting with climate crisis and including water scarcity, food security, health, biodiversity, and impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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14
October
2021

United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference

The second United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference will be held on 14-16 October 2021 in Beijing, China. In partnership with DESA and other business organizations, WBCSD will co-host the Business Forum “The Role of Business in Advancing Sustainable Transport”.

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31
October
2021

COP 26

31 October – 12 November 2021 WBCSD will be involved in various aspects of COP26 in Glasgow. More information

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