We Mean Business Coalition

Grants and partner workwe Mean Business Coalition receives and disburses grant support from our funders to the grantees. Throughout the full process of granting funds, the wmbc works very closely with each stakeholder community to execute the Coalition's strategy - the board of directors, regrants committee, and grantees.

Policy the Coalition has also translated progressive policy change back to companies as a catalyst for increasing their own level of ambition. Thus, a virtuous circle between advocacy and action is created. In this new cycle, the Coalition will broaden its policy influence beyond climate policy makers to finance, industry, transport and agriculture ministries. Whether procurement or trade policies, international cooperation, stimulus packages or economic frameworks, the Coalition will seize opportunities to influence policy related to our strategic pillars.

Communicationsthe wmbc communications team works with a grantees to focus on the delivery of the Coalition communications strategy, including shifting the narrative on Business and climate change to tell inspiring stories of systems change, delivering powerful messages from Business to policymakers to bolster climate policy in priority geographies, and supporting the strengthening of what corporate climate leadership means.

Systems transformationthe Coalition has created systems-based transformation teams to bring partner and wmbc secretariat staff together to focus on transformation of specific market systems. The purpose of the transformation team's is to co-create and co-deliver on our shared strategy and accelerate radical collaboration throughout the wmb Coalition. The teams are impact focused, leveraging our existing strengths to create an aligned ecosystem to achieve bold systems transformation. Through the teams, We share ideas and knowledge, foster greater connectivity and collaboration, and identify and advance on shared programmatic work for greater impact.by coordinating work on corporate engagement, action, policy and communications within systems, the teams seek to enhance the Coalition's ability to develop and implement strategies that will achieve "north star" goals for each system.

Net zerowmbc works to to drive Business mobilization behind 1.5c and net zero and moving from ambition to action. Programs to drive Business mobilization include sbti, the climate pledge, and sme climate hub.