Aviation connects people and goods across the globe, driving more than US $4.1 trillion in annual turnover – around 3.9% of global GDP. Yet these personal and economic benefits come with a cost.
This ICC-commissioned Oxera report sets out 14 recommendations to strengthen the integrity and effectiveness of voluntary carbon markets and mobilise private finance for climate action.
Seeking nominations for a new independent expert panel, which will develop guidelines and implementation steps for a global carbon emissions accounting system based on financial accounting principles.
Soaring electricity demand is straining a 20th-century grid built for a different world.
The construction sector accounts for 34% of global CO₂ emissions, yet remains fragmented and inefficient. Diana Carolina Flores de Casal, Chief Sustainability Officer at Grupo Avintia explains how industrialised construction can change this, combining automation, vertical integration and sustainable design.
Trade finance underpins 80% to 90% of global trade, making it one of the most influential financial instruments in the world.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has released a statement applauding the effort made by countries to overcome differences and to successfully adopt the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity which is deteriorating worldwide at rates unprecedented in human history.
The ICC World Chambers Federation and the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce hosted the First Ibero-American Summit on Sustainability and Innovation in Business.
Ahead of next month’s 27th UN Climate Change conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, ICC has published an open letter underscoring the importance of a successful COP27 for business.
A month ahead of the start of COP27, ICC has launched a call to banks, corporates and technology companies to participate in piloting a ground-breaking framework to grade the sustainability profile of individual trade transactions.
The winners and runners-up of the 2022 edition of the Small Business Champions Competition were announced at a virtual event co-organised by ICC, MSMEs and ITC.
ICC joined world leaders in New York for the 77th UN General Assembly, to contribute the voice of global business and find solutions to the unprecedented challenges the world is facing.
