This report was prepared by 29 member companies of the WBCSD. It addresses three questions: What does a sustainable world look like? How can we realise it? What are the roles business can play in ensuring more rapid progress toward that world? In answering these questions, the reports authors consider the transformation ahead to represent vast opportunities in a broad range of business segments as the global challenges of growth, urbanisation, scarcity and environmental change become the key strategic drivers for business in the coming decade.