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Join us at COP30

At COP30 in Belém, the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) will convene partners and stakeholders across governments, businesses and civil society to strengthen corporate accountability for climate, nature and land action. Building on our global benchmarking work, WBA aims to position the private sector as an essential implementer of the Paris Agreement and a 1.5 °C future.

Our goals

  • Set a global standard for credible corporate transition planning. 
    Credibility drives ambition. Through the ACT Core methodology, WBA is defining what credible corporate transition planning looks like. At COP30, WBA will share insights from its upcoming launch and demonstrate how ACT empowers companies to design Paris aligned transition strategies, bridging the gap between commitment and implementation.
  • Drive private sector alignment across the Rio Conventions. 
    Coherence enables action. WBA is working to connect the agendas of the UNFCCC, UNCBD and UNCCD by promoting harmonized frameworks for disclosure and accountability. This approach helps businesses address climate, nature and land challenges through coherent, interconnected action.
  • Advance the articulation of private sector responsibility under the Paris Agreement. 
    Clear responsibility is key. Achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement requires a shared understanding of what corporate responsibility means in practice. WBA will facilitate dialogue around the private sectors’ role in the Paris Agreement to ensure the real economy delivers the transformations needed for a 1.5°C world.

Real climate action through accountability and information integrity

  • Date and time: 11/11/2025, 9:30 – 10:30
  • Location: Axis 6 Thematic Room, COP Blue Zone

Join us to explore how strengthening corporate accountability and information integrity can drive real climate action. During this event we will present new insights from WBA’s latest corporate transition plan assessments, alongside CAAD’s proven policy and communication strategies to counter disinformation. This session will illustrate how transparency and data integrity can serve as powerful enablers against climate disinformation under the COP30 Action Agenda.

Launch of ‘Climate transition plans of world’s most influential companies’ Report

  • Date and time: 13/11/2025, 11:15-12:15
  • Location: World Climate Foundation Pavilion, COP Blue Zone

Join us to unveil WBA’s latest insights on the credibility of corporate climate transition plans among the world’s most influential companies, those responsible for nearly half of global GDP and over 50% of emissions. Drawing from assessments of 1000 companies, it will highlight progress and persistent gaps in emissions performance, low-carbon investments and the integration of transition plans into core business operations. These findings will inform global accountability efforts and set the stage for the full Climate Transition Plans Assessment to be launched at Davos 2026.

Integrating climate, sufficiency, and nature for value chain and territorial resilience

  • Date and time: 14/11/2025, 11:00 – 12:30
  • Location: French Pavilion, COP Blue Zone

This session will explore how businesses are taking action for the climate, from decarbonising cities and value chains to promoting energy efficiency and resource sobriety. A keynote will highlight the need for an integrated approach to the transition, emphasising that reducing impacts must go hand in hand with restoring the planet, including an introduction to the ACT Biodiversity methodology. A second roundtable will focus on nature as a driver of resilience and sustainability for businesses, showcasing nature-based solutions, bio-based resources, and innovative practices.

Corporate accountability to combat climate change, biodiversity loss, and desertification

  • Date and time: 19/11/2025, 17:00 – 18:00
  • Location: Action on Food Pavilion, COP Blue Zone

This event will explore how greater alignment across the Rio Conventions can enhance policy coherence, streamline corporate accountability and accelerate progress on shared climate, biodiversity and land goals. Building on the UNCCD’s Business4Land flagship initiative and WBA’s recommendations on harmonising private sector engagement, the session will highlight pathways to unify reporting frameworks and metrics for impact. By fostering collaboration among governments, businesses and civil society, it aims to strengthen synergies across the Rio Conventions and inform future policy recommendations ahead of COP17 in Mongolia.

Transition Planning and exploring how credible corporate transition plans and interoperable sovereign taxonomies can align to close the gap between ambition and implementation

  • Date and time: TBC
  • Location: TBC

This session will explore how credible corporate transition plans and sovereign taxonomies can work together to accelerate delivery of the new generation of NDCs. Co-hosted by CBI, WBA and CEBDS, it will showcase how Brazil’s sectoral coalitions and global frameworks are aligning public and private pathways for a just, low-carbon transition. By connecting corporate accountability, financial guidance, and policy frameworks, the discussion will highlight interoperability and shared learning as key levers to close the gap between ambition and implementation ahead of COP30.

All events are open and do not require registration. For more information, please contact our team members Maria Azul Schvartzman and Dara Karakolis.

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