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The Sustainable Business Council celebrates 25 years of ambition and progress
25 years ago, a group of business leaders with bold ambitions got together and put a stake in the ground on sustainability. The Sustainable Business Council (SBC) was first conceived in 1999 as a coalition of leading businesses with a mandate that reflected the era...
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Pānui news – 31 October
In this edition of Pānui, we announce that SBC has become a signatory of Recloaking Papatūānuku, we share our response to the XRB consultation, Robert Perry gives his takeaways on redefining employee health, study shows aviation fuel from waste wood is viable in NZ,...
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Redefining employee health by moving to holistic wellbeing
By Robert Perry (Manager - Thriving People) For most Kiwi adults, the majority of our daily life is spent at work. Employers therefore have a unique opportunity to create the conditions for employees to thrive, including employee health and wellbeing. To...
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Pānui news – 5 September
In this week's edition of Pānui, we share our latest 'Insights from the top' video on how to make sustainability a financial priority, we give some final details in the leadup to CCBC, Shannil Varma...
Pānui news – 29 August
In this week's edition of Pānui, we launch the first of our 'Insights from the top' videos featuring member CEOs, we call for EOI on a new value chain offering, CCBC registrations close next week,...
Business leaders call for policy stability to drive climate investment
The Sustainable Business Council (SBC) and Climate Leaders Coalition (CLC) are calling on the Government, and opposition MPs, to work together with business to help secure the investment needed for...
Pānui news – 22 August
In this week's edition of Pānui, we share our joint SBC and CLC response to the Government's Draft Second Emissions Reduction Plan, CCBC falls at a critical time for climate in Aotearoa New Zealand,...
Climate Change & Business Conference set to deliver impressive programme in a crucial year for climate policy
The 16th annual Climate Change & Business Conference, coming up on 9-10 September in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, falls at a critical time for Aotearoa New Zealand as the country determines its...
Pānui news – 15 August
In this week's edition of Pānui, we share a video update from Mike Burrell, a clip of IKEA AU/NZ CEO and Chief Sustainability Officer Mirja Viinanen who will be speaking at CCBC, and an interview...
Pānui news – 8 August
In this week's edition of Pānui, we launch our Annual Snapshot 2023-24, we share a video from CCBC speaker Bryce Davies, we celebrate the graduation of the SLP 2024 cohort, IAG's climate change poll...
Pānui news – 1 August
In this week's edition of Pānui, we're one month out from CCBC registrations closing, we encourage members to feed into our draft ERP2 submission, Nicole Schlichting is in the SBC Hot Seat, we share...
Results from the THRIVE Future of Work pilot
Workforce disruption is a huge, growing challenge to tackle. From talent shortages to the impacts of hybrid working, from technology shifts such as AI to making sure there is equality of...
Pānui news – 25 July
In this week's edition of Pānui, we encourage members to get involved in our ERP2 consultation, we share how we're making CCBC accessible to the next generation of sustainability professionals, we...
Pānui news – 18 July
In this week's edition of Pānui, MfE released the draft second emissions reduction plan, we share a Q&A blog on nature with Plant & Food Research's Dr Roger Robson-Williams, we share an op...
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...