The Sustainable Business Council exists to mobilise New Zealand’s most ambitious businesses to build a thriving and sustainable future for all.
SBC is a membership organisation that connects businesses, partners, and sectors to create impact that no single business could achieve alone. We work with executives and sustainability professionals to maximise their positive impact for shareholders, communities and the environment. We hold our members to account by asking them to fulfil member commitments. We deliver impact by championing our members to be at the leading-edge of sustainability and in doing so inspire other businesses to take action.
Our work
LEADERSHIP IN SUSTAINABILITY
Supporting members to be ambitious on sustainability
and encouraging other businesses to go further.
ACTION ON CLIMATE AND NATURE
Accelerating the transition to a future that is zero emissions, resilient, and nature regenerative.
THRIVING PEOPLE
Members are contributing to a just transition and acting on the most material issues facing society.
SUSTAINABILITY
Making sustainability mainstream within New Zealand businesses
CLIMATE LEADERS COALITION
Uniting businesses and accelerating our transition to a zero carbon future
Our members
Useful resources
Annual Plan 2024/25
SBC's Annual Plan outlines our work programme and focus areas for 2024/25
Better Futures 2024
Kiwi consumers believe business action is falling short of business responsibility, both in terms of climate change and environmental issues and community and social challenges.
Sustainability Toolkit
Sustainability Toolkit
Practical, actionable guides and resources (from SBC and external) designed to support members get the fundamentals of sustainability in place.
SBC Talks Tools with CarbonEES®
SBC Talks Tools with CarbonEES®
Latest news
Q&A with Dr Roger Robson-Williams (Plant & Food Research) on nature
SBC is delivering a series of guides on the fundamentals of sustainability, covering topics ranging from sustainability strategies through to nature and biodiversity. As part of this series, we...
Pānui news – 11 July
In this week's edition of Pānui, the Government launches its new Climate Strategy, we share some of the social sustainability findings from Better Futures 2024, MBIE consultation opens on carbon...
What does Better Futures reveal about the ‘S’ in ESG?
For 15 years, the Kantar Better Futures Report (delivered in partnership with SBC) has been the reference point for understanding New Zealand consumers’ perspectives on sustainability and the issues...
Pānui news – 4 July
In this week's edition of Pānui, the Agreement on Climate Change, Trade & Sustainability negotiations conclude, we release our newest SBC Guide on Nature, Contact to develop grid-scale battery...
