María Mendiluce

CEO

We Mean Business

María Mendiluce has over 20 years’ experience in sustainable development, energy and climate action. In addition to sitting in the senior management team of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), where she guides over 200 member companies on transformative climate policy and energy transition, María formally adopted the role of CEO of the We Mean Business coalition in May 2020. Her prior work experience includes roles at the Economic Bureau of the Spanish Prime Minister, the CEO office of Iberdrola, and the International Energy Agency (Paris). María has a PhD in energy economics and regularly teaches at different universities and publishes in academic journals and media.

It’s critical, not controversial: Why we must double-down on nature investments

September 26, 2022

by María Mendiluce

Sponsored: The science is clear: Companies must aggressively decarbonize their business and invest in nature to stop the worst impacts of climate change.
5 ways business can help stop current record levels of deforestation

March 1, 2022

by María Mendiluce

Companies have been promising on deforestation for years but the results are still discouraging. How will businesses really step up?
- Nature & Biodiversity
- Deforestation
The climate crisis needs climate leadership from businesses now

September 29, 2020

by María Mendiluce

It's time to respond with ambition, deliver on that ambition with action and speak up to secure wider change through advocacy.
In the next round of stimulus aid, corporate America needs to stand up for climate science

August 31, 2020

by Mindy S. Lubber & María Mendiluce

What's at stake? In a survey last year, 215 of the world’s largest publicly listed companies reported nearly $1 trillion at risk from climate impacts — most of it in the next five years.
The transport revolution: When sci-fi becomes business reality

September 7, 2017

by María Mendiluce

To sustainably support over 9 billion people, the transportation sector will have to evolve beyond our wildest imaginations — within the next decade.
- Transportation & Mobility
- Smart Cities

María Mendiluce

CEO

We Mean Business

It’s critical, not controversial: Why we must double-down on nature investments

5 ways business can help stop current record levels of deforestation

The climate crisis needs climate leadership from businesses now

In the next round of stimulus aid, corporate America needs to stand up for climate science

The transport revolution: When sci-fi becomes business reality