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March 19, 2025 – VusionGroup (VU – FR0010282822), the global leader in digitalization solutions for commerce, announced today having joined the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), a global community of 240+ of the world’s leading businesses driving systems transformation for a better world.
VusionGroup focuses on developing low-carbon solutions that generate a positive impact on society by enabling sustainable and human-centered commerce. The Group aims to help physical retail reduce carbon emissions while protecting jobs and fostering a better environment for consumers. The technologies designed by VusionGroup cut emissions across retail operations, supporting retailers in reaching their net-zero goals via avoided emissions through a local e-Commerce approach, and by reducing waste, fostering local-for-local consumption as well as promoting circular economy.
“We are thrilled to welcome VusionGroup to WBCSD. Their commitment to sustainability and innovative approach align with our mission to accelerate the transformation needed for a net-zero, nature-positive, and equitable future. We look forward to collaborating with VusionGroup to drive positive change in physical commerce and beyond”, said Peter Bakker, President &CEO, WBCSD.
By joining WBCSD, VusionGroup looks forward to collaborating with industry leaders to accelerate supply chain decarbonization, improve carbon footprint tracking and enhance resilience strategies.
“Joining WBCSD is the opportunity for us to join forces and benefit from collaboration with other members to dive into pragmatic solutions or action plans, share knowledge and experience, open up to creative thinking regarding sustainability challenges to solve, while WBCSD will enrich our approach to sustainability as whole,” added Pascale Dubreuil, Chief Sustainability Officer at VusionGroup.
About the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a global community of over 240 of the world’s leading businesses driving systems transformation for a better world in which 9+ billion people can live well, within planetary boundaries, by mid-century. Together, we transform the systems we work in to limit the impact of the climate crisis, restore nature and tackle inequality.
We accelerate value chain transformation across key sectors and reshape the financial system to reward sustainable leadership and action through a lower cost of capital. Through the exchange of best practices, improving performance, accessing education, forming partnerships, and shaping the policy agenda, we drive progress in businesses and sharpen the accountability of their performance.
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About VusionGroup
VusionGroup is the global leader in the digitalization solutions for commerce, serving over 350 large retailer groups around the world in Europe, Asia and North America. The Group develops technologies that create a positive impact on society by enabling sustainable and human-centered commerce.
By leveraging our IoT & Data technologies, we empower retailers to re-imagine their physical stores into efficient, intelligent, connected, and data-driven assets. We unlock higher economic performance, facilitate seamless collaboration across the value chain, enhance the shopping experience, create better jobs, cultivate healthier communities, and significantly reduce waste and carbon emissions.
VusionGroup consist of six families of solutions, harnessing the full potential of IoT, Cloud, Data, and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, at the service of the modernization of commerce: SESimagotag (ESL & Digital Shelf Systems), VusionCloud, Captana (computer vision and artificial intelligence platform), Memory (data analytics), Engage (retail media and in-store advertising), and PDidigital (logistics and industrial solutions).
VusionGroup supports the United Nations’ Global Compact initiative and has received in 2023 the Platinum Sustainability Rating from EcoVadis, the world’s reference of business sustainability ratings.
VusionGroup is listed in compartment A of Euronext™ Paris and member of the SBF120 Index. Ticker: VU – ISIN code: FR0010282822 – Reuters: VU.PA – Bloomberg: VU.FP
