WBCSD
Business Breakthrough Barometer 2026 tracks how companies at the forefront of the net-zero transition are responding to climate-related risks, opportunities, and market shifts. As the transition enters a new phase shaped by geopolitical fragmentation, shifting policy signals, and rising climate impacts, the third annual Barometer provides business-led insights on how governments, companies, and international institutions can accelerate implementation.
Written in collaboration with
Written in collaboration with
Developed by WBCSD in partnership with the Breakthrough Agenda, the Climate High-Level Champions, and the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action, and supported by Bain & Company, this flagship report covers sectors including power, hydrogen, road transport, steel, cement, fertilizer, regenerative agriculture, protein diversification, and buildings. Based on survey data, interviews, business group dialogues, and current trends, the Barometer identifies how corporate strategies, investments, and risk perceptions are evolving—and the enabling conditions needed to unlock greater private-sector investment at a global level.
About WBCSD
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a community of about 230 global businesses that are making sustainability performance a key driver for competitiveness. Established in 1995, WBCSD is a nonprofit member-led organization that connects business leaders across all sectors and major economies, creating tools and frameworks to scale collective impact, power cross-sector innovation, and shape an ambitious, enabling policy agenda. It operates from seven offices worldwide—in Geneva, New York, Chicago, Amsterdam, London, Singapore, and Wuhan—enabling collaboration across value chains and geographies. Together with its members, WBCSD is rewiring economic and financial systems to support the transition to a net-zero, nature-positive, and inclusive future that creates business value.