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Convene & Connect
Build the relationships, opportunities and market insights that move business forward.
Some of the hardest sustainability challenges cannot be solved from inside one company or one function. Progress depends on the relationships, perspectives and influence a cohort of like-minded, committed business leaders can bring to the table.
Convene & Connect gives members three ways to build relationships, gain market insights and shape the future of sustainable business value.
A dedicated WBCSD Community Manager helps each member navigate these opportunities and focus engagement where it can deliver the most value.
Communities
Find your strategic home base and peer group within WBCSD.
Communities give every member a home base for building relationships, focusing their engagement and staying close to the work. They bring together executives facing similar systems-level sustainability opportunities and challenges to share insights, discuss sector or value chain-specific needs, and experience what’s underway across WBCSD. Communities also create a two-way exchange with Action Themes: members share perspectives and priorities, while Action Theme teams draw on Communities to shape and test deliverables, contribute case studies, or identify sector opportunities, partnerships, funding sources and likeminded peers. Members select the Community that best fits their business and may join more than one.
Each Community is led by two member co-chairs who work with the Community Manager and relevant experts to curate the agenda. Within each Community, Council Members connect at least once a year at the Annual Meeting. Liaison Delegates and other senior executives connect at least quarterly via curated calls and may help prioritize needs or provide Action Theme input as needed. Communities can also form sub-groups around shared interests and invite guests such as partners or trade associations, may represent WBCSD’s co-leadership of external initiatives, and can recommend key events for sector or regional engagement.
Communities are not project teams or delivery workstreams. They are the connective layer that helps members focus their engagement, identify priorities, strengthen collaboration and stay connected to Action Themes, Solution Accelerators, Policy trends, Events and Regional Touchpoints.
COMMUNITIES PLANNED FOR 2027
- Agriculture & Food
- Transport & Mobility
- Forest Products
- Built Environment
- Energy: Fuel, Power & Utilities
- Industrial Manufacturing & Materials
- Finance & Insurance
- Consumer Products
- Technology, Data & Media
- Conglomerates
Green: active in 2027 offer Blue: activation pending member interest
Who should be involved
The primary participants are the company’s Council Member and Liaison Delegate, Chief Sustainability Officer or another senior sustainability executive able to represent the organization’s strategic priorities and build relationships with peers. Other functional or business executives can participate when an emerging issue calls for deeper expertise.
What members gain
A trusted peer network; clearer visibility into WBCSD’s work; a two-way channel for member priorities and market insight to inform future activity; a clear place to belong and, for those who want it, a defined path to lead as a Community co-chair, a Community representative on an Action Theme Advisory Group, or as a Champion.
Regional Touchpoints
Turn global priorities into action in the markets where you operate.
Drive visibility for global priorities where it matters.
Regional Touchpoints connect Action Themes with members, markets and stakeholders across APAC, the Americas and Europe. They connect global work to regional contexts and bring regional/local market and business realities back into the global agenda.
Three ways Regional Touchpoints work:
Connect locally
Regional convening & peer exchange
Regional convening & peer exchange through local events Compare implementation challenges, build relationships and engage around Action Theme priorities at regional events.
Bring the market in
Market intelligence & feedback
Market intelligence & feedback into Action Themes Share regional business and policy insight with Action Themes and Policy and help keep WBCSD’s work grounded in market reality.
Put the work to the test
Regional Action Theme delivery
Contribute regional evidence, testing, use cases, diagnostics or pilots where Action Theme Deliverables need in-market input.
Events
Be in the room when it matters. Build relationships, shape the business agenda and move from insight to action.
WBCSD events bring together senior business leaders, sustainability practitioners, policymakers, investors, standard setters and peers around clear priorities.
What members can access:
Flagship convenings
Annual Meeting & Council Dinner*
High-level moments for Council Members, Liaison Delegates, CEOs and senior leaders to connect sustainability with the board agenda and exchange views on emerging issues. The Annual Meeting 2027 will take place on 19-22 April in Montreux, Switzerland and will include an Executive Track for the C-suite on 20 April.
*Included with membership: Membership includes two complimentary passes to the Annual Meeting - one for the Council Member and one for the Liaison Delegate or their designated alternates. Additional passes are available for purchase, including attractive group discounts for larger delegations.
Global anchor moments
Climate Weeks, COPs & more
WBCSD-led sessions and curated convenings around major international moments where business, policy and finance priorities converge.
Regional gatherings
Market-specific connection
Events that translate global priorities into regional realities and connect members with peers and stakeholders in the geographies where they operate.
Focused working sessions
Action Theme & program engagement
Smaller in-person and online sessions where members exchange practical insight, shape priorities, identify barriers and co-create solutions.
How members engage
Members discover opportunities through the Member Hub, member communications, Community Managers, invitations, Community updates and dedicated event channels. Engagement can go beyond attendance through agenda-shaping input, speaking opportunities, sponsorship and hosting.
Who should be involved
The audience varies by convening - from Council Members, CEOs and senior executives to Liaison Delegates, sustainability leaders, functional teams and regional, sector or value-chain leaders.
What members gain
High-quality peer relationships, access to decision-makers and influencers, practical insight across sectors and value chains, and opportunities to turn conversation into shared priorities, policy messages, collaborations, pilots and other pathways for action.
Participation in Convene & Connect is included in the flat membership fee at no additional cost.
Optional sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, contact: member@wbcsd.org.
This is the public version of WBCSD 2027 Action Platform. Antitrust Compliance Notice: All WBCSD programs and services, including but not limited to Action Themes, Solution Accelerators, Academy & Enablement, Convene & Connect, Policy & Insights, and Premium Learning, are designed to support WBCSD's sustainability mission and are conducted in accordance with the WBCSD Antitrust Compliance Policy (the "Policy").
Participation in any WBCSD program is entirely voluntary. Each participant retains full independence over its commercial decisions and competitive conduct. Nothing in the description, framing or naming of these programs implies or requires any form of coordination, alignment or exchange of commercially sensitive information among participants. All activities under these programs are subject to the Policy. Participants are expected to have read and accepted the Policy, which is available at this link. Any questions or concerns regarding antitrust compliance should be directed to WBCSD Legal & Compliance (legal@wbcsd.org).