The WBCSD offer is simplified and focused on business value in a changing world.
Beyond moral imperative to market advantage, value resilience, competitiveness and growth
Times have changed. So has the role of sustainable innovation in business. What companies once framed mainly as a values issue is now a value-creation issue. It is increasingly tied to resilience, competitiveness and growth. Boards, CEOs, CFOs, Business Leaders and investors are asking sharper questions: Which transition plans are credible? Which actions improve performance? Which investments reduce risk, unlock opportunity and strengthen long-term value?
Those are the questions WBCSD is answering.
WBCSD is the platform where the world's leading companies come together to take on the sustainability challenges no one can solve alone - driving resilience, competitiveness and growth.
Our response: Turning innovation into business value
WBCSD is changing radically to help members focus on one thing: capturing value. Full stop. We will do this through the WBCSD House. A focused platform designed to help turn sustainable innovation into business value. At the center of our new offer, there are seven Action Themes. These are the areas of work for which we will be known. Areas where collective action can have the greatest impact.
These Action Themes are not separate projects or disconnected workstreams. They build on one another: starting with scaling solutions that work, then addressing issues that are timely and critical, then embedding sustainability in corporate decision-making, and ultimately helping companies realize the value of sustainable development in capital markets, policy incentives and enterprise performance. Value compounds as members move through the Action Themes.
WBCSD helps members innovate at scale.
Sustainability has moved beyond targets. It is now about innovation and implementation. WBCSD provides tools, frameworks, standards, data and implementation pathways that work in real business settings. Through focused work on climate innovation, regenerative land systems and the bioeconomy, circularity and resource security, WBCSD helps companies move from fragmented pilots to practical implementation at scale across sectors, regions and value chains.
WBCSD helps members leverage sustainability to tackle immediate issues that require critical responses.
Today, these issues include rising physical risks and the responsible use of AI. Climate and weather events increasingly disrupt operations, infrastructure and entire value chains. Adaptive sustainability solutions can help business leaders measure their exposure, diagnose vulnerabilities and prioritize action consistently. In the realm of artificial intelligence, leaders can learn to fortify their sustainability decisions to protect human dignity, meaningful work, trust, governance, accountability, human judgment and natural systems.
WBCSD helps embed sustainability in corporate decision-making and transition plans.
Sustainability no longer sits beside strategy. It shapes decisions on capital, operations, procurement, risk, innovation, finance and growth. As members scale innovations and adaptive solutions, we are building the evidence, methods, capabilities and governance needed to inform business cases and connect sustainability performance to credible transition plans and the decisions that determine how companies compete, invest and adapt.
WBCSD helps members realize the value of sustainability performance.
The next frontier is not only doing the work. It’s also about crystalizing value creation. We help members strengthen business cases, improve reporting and narratives, engage capital markets and connect outcomes to valuation, incentives and policy conditions so that credible transition plan implementations are recognized and rewarded.
Alongside and supporting the Action Themes is a set of integrated capabilities that make the work actionable, scalable and investable.
Policy & Insights
Helps members anticipate policy, regulatory and market changes, benchmark progress and work collectively to create more predictable positive policy incentives.
Solution Accelerators
Give smaller groups the opportunity to go deeper into specific sector, value-chain or regional challenges through intensive, member-led collaborations with clear deliverables and timelines.
Academy & Enablement
Gives members one place to access courses, tools, frameworks, knowledge assets and practical resources that build stronger teams and support quicker action.
What members gain
Members will enjoy an experience that is sharper, simpler and more valuable.
The new strategy and platform offering is a direct response to members’ needs. It links sustainability to business value and resilience. And it delivers more valuable experiences, a more practical way of operating and the unique combination of solutions, insights and credibility needed to move faster on issues that matter most to business and society. A simplified fee structure with flat fee will give access to the core elements of the offer: Action Themes, Convene & Connect, Academy & Enablement and Policy & Insights. Premium Learning and Solution Accelerators are available as additional paid services.
A broad set of corporate functions finds tools, data, frameworks and peer learning that make it easier to cut emissions, secure resources, strengthen adaptability and scale innovations. CSOs and business leaders gain the evidence, capabilities and partnerships needed to embed sustainability into corporate decisions and transition plans. And for C-suite and business leaders, the offering links sustainability performance to resilience and value creation. Importantly, we’ve also designed the offer to meet the needs of companies at various stages of ambition. Pioneers can help shape new solutions, standards and market approaches. Companies seeking to learn, apply and help scale (Scalers), on the other hand, can apply proven tools, learn from peers and move faster with more confidence and less duplication.
Regardless of role or maturity, all members benefit from what only WBCSD can deliver: the platform where the world’s leading companies come together to take on the challenges no one can solve alone - driving competitiveness, resilience and growth through sustainable development.
One fee. Full access. A sharper WBCSD.
You told us three things: focus on business value, simplify your engagement, excel in delivery. The 2027 fee model is that message turned into numbers.
Subject to Council approval, from January 2027 WBCSD membership is one flat annual fee, set by your company's revenue tier. It covers the full core offer: every Action Theme and its deliverables, the Communities and events, Policy & Insights, and full access to the WBCSD Academy for all your employees. No project fees. No per-program charges. Nothing to select, nothing to add up.
The proposed fee schedule:
Tier 1
Revenue above $10bn: CHF 125,000 per year
Tier 2
Revenue $1bn to $10bn: CHF 100,000 per year
Tier 3
Revenue below $1bn: CHF 50,000 per year.
For the majority of members, this is significantly less than today's combined membership and project fees. That is deliberate. We have heard the economic pressure you are managing, and we are doing what you asked us to do: focusing the portfolio, simplifying the offer, and taking cost out of our own organization - so that a sharper WBCSD costs you less and delivers more of what you told us matters.
Solution Accelerators and Premium Learning remain available as additional paid services, for members who choose to go further in specific areas.
We are sharing the proposed schedule now, ahead of formal approval, because your 2027 budget planning should not have to wait for our governance calendar. The proposed fee schedule, tier definitions and transition arrangements remain subject to Council approval at the Annual General Meeting on 3 December 2026.
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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 Education, 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).