Three CEBDS member companies stand out in the fight against climate change and in leadership for sustainable development
Natura, Schneider Electric and Braskem were awarded and recognized during Climate Week, which is taking place alongside the UN General Assembly and brings together international leaders from business, government and civil society to showcase global climate action. The three companies are members of the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS), which brings together around 60 of the country's largest business groups, and stand out for being references in carbon neutrality and leaders in sustainable development.
A Natura Natura Corp. was awarded the most important climate change prize in the world on Thursday, the 26th. The Global Action Award, granted by the United Nations, recognized the company in the Climate Neutral Now category for its results in the Carbon Neutral Program. All the work carried out by the company was analyzed and the initiative recognized the company as a global protagonist in the fight against climate change. This is the second time that the UN has recognized the work developed by Natura.
A Schneider Electric, a global leader in digital transformation in energy management and automation, announced at Climate Week NYC 2019 that it has reduced its carbon neutrality target by 5 years. The company is dramatically increasing its commitment to carbon neutrality with three new actions: (1) accelerating its 2030 carbon neutrality target by demonstrating carbon neutrality across its extended ecosystem by 2025, bringing its goal forward by 5 years; (2) achieving carbon neutral operational emissions by 2030 as part of the science-based targets (SBT) initiative; and (3) engaging with suppliers to move toward a carbon neutral supply chain by 2050.
A braskem is the only Brazilian company recognized as a Leading Company in Sustainable Development by the UN Global Compact. The recognition as Leading Company in Sustainable Development for the Global Compact LEAD , took place for the sixth consecutive year, and was announced this Monday (23) at the headquarters of the United Nations (UN), in New York, in the United States. The Global Compact LEAD is a select group of companies that have had their commitments to the UN Global Compact recognized and that assume a leadership role within the Global Compact, considered the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world.
CEBDS is the first institution in Brazil to talk about sustainability within the concept of Tripple Bottom Line, which guides companies' actions based on three pillars: economic, social and environmental, CEBDS is a reference at the forefront of sustainability for both companies and partners and governments. He is recognized as the main representative of the business sector in leading a revolutionary process of change: transforming the traditional economic model into a new paradigm.
