Tag: World Benchmarking Alliance

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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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…

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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…

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