
Accelerating reuse models to achieve a world free of plastic waste
The World Economic Forum’s Consumers Beyond Waste initiative is working with partners to rapidly scale reuse models that will eliminate plastic waste.
Creating responsible models of consumption for the benefit of business and society.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is transforming the consumption landscape by creating opportunities for value through game-changing technologies. With consumer spending driving approximately 60% of global GDP, embracing the power of technology to create value is paramount to ensuring progress throughout developed and emerging economies. Our Platform, with an engagement of over 150 organizations, has prioritized specific initiatives to leverage this opportunity.
Together we work to meet consumer expectations amid changing demographics. We drive the adoption of new technologies poised to transform value chains (from artificial intelligence to the internet of things and blockchain).
Our Platform supports innovative customer relationship models, while addressing trust and transparency concerns in the world of big data. With our Members and Partners, we tackle ensuing societal challenges including urban-rural divides, environmental degradation due to overconsumption, and worker reskilling to mitigate inequality.
The World Economic Forum’s Consumers Beyond Waste initiative is working with partners to rapidly scale reuse models that will eliminate plastic waste.
A rushed pace of life, crowded city spaces, tiring commutes – it can be tough to stay healthy when living in a big city. The World Economic Forum is responding by working to create innova...
8 million tonnes of plastic waste leaks into the ocean each year. By 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean—if we do not take urgent, collective action. Co-founded by pa...
Half of the world's plastic production is for single-use items. And more than 90% of plastic is never recycled, instead polluting our planet’s landscapes and oceans. While efforts to impr...
Context and Challenge:Every individual is unique, but today’s solutions to enable their well-being are not. Advancements in technology and the use of personal biodata hold the promise to ...
CONTEXTFood is fundamental for health. Globally, dietary risk factors are estimated to cause 11 million deaths (20% of total) and the loss of 255 million years (disability adjusted life-y...
The ChallengeScope 3 decarbonization presents a complex challenge for companies, as these indirect emissions can comprise the largest share of a company’s carbon footprint but are the mos...
In order to avert a catastrophic climate disaster, global clean energy investments of approximately $4-5 trillion are required annually by 2030 – a more than threefold increase from exist...
Maintaining health and well-being is the issue shaping our time. Around the world, in every city, poor lifestyle choices, limited opportunities and inadequate financial security have comb...
The global pandemic has underscored the underlying and persistent problems that predated COVID-19 and have exacerbated its effects: climate change; pollution; inequity and inequality; poo...
This report sheds light on one of the fastest-growing economic regions in the world - ASEAN. ASEAN is expected to become the world’s fourth-largest economy and the third most populous by ...
This report sheds light on one of the fastest growing economies in the world - India. By 2030, India will see a tremendous jump in consumer spending driven by increased incomes, a billion...
Mindful of the systemic nature of the nutrition, food security and environmental challenges faced by today's food system, the present discussion paper focuses more specifically on the fut...
This report highlights how increasingly empowered consumers and rapidly emerging technologies are bringing dramatic and accelerating change to the fundamental structure of business and op...
This report argues that China will have the world’s largest middle class fueled by income-growth in the next 10 years.
This report highlights the game-changing technologies which will fundamentally change how retail and consumer brands do business over the next decade and shape new frontiers for physical ...
El Banco de Japón (BOJ) ha decidido mantener su política de flexibilización monetaria en medio de la aceleración del crecimiento de la inflación mundial. La inflación en Japón es la más b...
El panorama económico y social actual parece caracterizarse cada vez más por la falta de confianza y la tendencia a la aversión al riesgo. Sin embargo, la realidad de los retos actuales e...