The World Benchmarking Alliance’s annual list of the world’s most influential companies shows the urgent need for greater accountability and meaningful action from business leaders – without which significant progress on the SDGs is not possible. The 2,000 companies – known as the SDG2000 – are headquartered across 83 economies, with operations and supply chains spanning 221 countries and territories. They have collective revenues of $48 trillion (equivalent to 46% of global GDP). The SDG2000 have the resources to play a central role in protecting people and the planet but…
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Research shows major companies around the world are failing to assess and measure their impact on nature
The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has recently updated its Nature Benchmark, assessing how more than 800 major companies across varied sectors including household products, apparel, mining, and food are impacting nature and protecting and restoring ecosystems. Using company data and performance from 2022 to 2024, the research finds that although some companies are helping to halt and reverse biodiversity loss, the majority do not yet fully understand how they impact and depend on nature. Only 5% of all companies have carried out an assessment of the impact of their operations…
Read More90% of world’s 2,000 most influential companies failing to ensure human rights, decent work and ethical conduct
The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has today published its first Social Benchmark, assessing the world’s 2,000 most influential companies on their responsibility in meeting society’s fundamental expectations towards three measurement areas – respecting human rights, providing decent work, and acting ethically. The Benchmark reveals significant gaps and areas on which companies urgently need to make progress to ensure no one is left behind as we create an equal, inclusive, and just society. The world’s 2,000 most influential companies – also known as the SDG2000 – include some of the largest…
Read MoreElectric Utilities and Automotive industries increasingly off track against climate targets, according to first sector studies released since COP26
Almost all companies across the electric utilities and automotive sectors are set to exceed their 1.5°C warming scenario budgets, new findings from the World Benchmarking Alliance, CDP and ADEME show today. With COP26 now concluded and pressure mounting on businesses, these critical industries are shown to be lagging far behind where they should be on reducing emissions and their reliance on fossil fuels. The largest study of its kind, the research ranks the most influential 50 electric utilities and 30 automotive companies on their commitments and progress on achieving a…
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