World Business Council for Sustainable Development (former)
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business organization
global CEO-led organization
non-profit organization
sustainability advocacy organization
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development is a global CEO-led organization that works with leading companies to advance sustainable development and corporate responsibility worldwide.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| WBCSD | 1 |
| World Business Council for Sustainable Development | 1 |
| World Business Council for Sustainable Development (former) canonical | 1 |
| World Industry Council for the Environment | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8800724 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: World Business Council for Sustainable Development (former) Context triple: [Paul Polman, boardMemberOf, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (former)]
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A.
International Business Council of the World Economic Forum
The International Business Council of the World Economic Forum is a group of chief executives from leading global companies that advises on and advances initiatives related to global economic development, sustainability, and corporate governance.
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B.
UN Global Compact
The UN Global Compact is a United Nations initiative that encourages businesses worldwide to adopt and report on sustainable and socially responsible policies aligned with ten universally accepted principles in human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption.
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C.
World Future Council
The World Future Council is an international non-profit organization that promotes sustainable policies and solutions to protect the rights and well-being of future generations.
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D.
World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is an international organization that brings together political, business, and other leaders at its annual Davos meeting to discuss global economic and social issues.
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E.
Commission on Sustainable Development
The Commission on Sustainable Development was a United Nations body established to monitor and promote the implementation of global sustainable development agreements and policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: World Business Council for Sustainable Development (former) Target entity description: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development is a global CEO-led organization that works with leading companies to advance sustainable development and corporate responsibility worldwide.
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A.
International Business Council of the World Economic Forum
The International Business Council of the World Economic Forum is a group of chief executives from leading global companies that advises on and advances initiatives related to global economic development, sustainability, and corporate governance.
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B.
UN Global Compact
The UN Global Compact is a United Nations initiative that encourages businesses worldwide to adopt and report on sustainable and socially responsible policies aligned with ten universally accepted principles in human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption.
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C.
World Future Council
The World Future Council is an international non-profit organization that promotes sustainable policies and solutions to protect the rights and well-being of future generations.
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D.
World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is an international organization that brings together political, business, and other leaders at its annual Davos meeting to discuss global economic and social issues.
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E.
Commission on Sustainable Development
The Commission on Sustainable Development was a United Nations body established to monitor and promote the implementation of global sustainable development agreements and policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
business organization
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global CEO-led organization ⓘ non-profit organization ⓘ sustainability advocacy organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | WBCSD ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith |
United Nations agencies (through partnerships)
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World Economic Forum (through collaborations) ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
circular economy
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climate and energy ⓘ corporate sustainability ⓘ food and nature ⓘ governance and reporting ⓘ social impact ⓘ sustainable development ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
collaborative business action on sustainability challenges
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implementation of sustainability in business strategies ⓘ private sector contribution to sustainable development ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Swiss Business Council for Sustainable Development
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World Industry Council for the Environment ⓘ |
| hasMember |
leading global companies
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multinational corporations ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationalStructure |
council of member company CEOs
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executive committee ⓘ secretariat ⓘ |
| hasSlogan | Business solutions for a sustainable world ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Geneva
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Switzerland ⓘ |
| inception | 1995 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| leadership | CEO-led ⓘ |
| legalForm | non-profit association ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| memberOf |
United Nations Global Compact partner networks
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linked to:
UN Global Compact
|
| membership | company-based ⓘ |
| nonProfitStatus | non-governmental organization ⓘ |
| produces |
guidance for business on sustainability practices
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reports on corporate sustainability ⓘ |
| purpose |
advance corporate responsibility
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advance corporate sustainability ⓘ promote sustainable development in business ⓘ support transition to a sustainable world ⓘ |
| scope | global ⓘ |
| website | https://www.wbcsd.org ⓘ |
| worksWith |
civil society organizations
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governments ⓘ international organizations ⓘ member companies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: World Business Council for Sustainable Development (former) Description of subject: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development is a global CEO-led organization that works with leading companies to advance sustainable development and corporate responsibility worldwide.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: World Business Council for Sustainable Development (former)
subject linked to:
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (former)
linked to: World Business Council for Sustainable Development (former)
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
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foundedBy
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World Industry Council for the Environment
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subject linked to:
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (former)
linked to: World Business Council for Sustainable Development (former)