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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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Consumers driving demand for greater business transparency
The Sustainable Business Council (SBC) is launching an online guide this week to help businesses map and manage their value chains, which it says has been driven by the consumer need for greater transparency.
SBC welcomes NZ Initiative’s report on Social Impact Bonds
The Sustainable Business Council (SBC) welcomes the NZ Initiative’s report ‘Investing for Success: Social Impact Bonds and the future of public services.’
Business & Ecosystems event videos now online
Video presentations are now available from the SBC event, ‘Business & Ecosystems: Identifying Risks and Opportunities’. The event brought together speakers from the public and private sectors to talk about how to identify business risks and opportunities arising from ecosystem change in New Zealand
Freight customers looking to their providers for transport emissions reductions
Dieseltalk interviews Penny Nelson about SBC members’ freight efficiency work.
Global gathering of sustainable seafood experts
Three SBC member companies, Aotearoa Fisheries Ltd (AFL), Sanford Limited and Terra Moana Ltd recently presented perspectives on natural capital and ecosystem services at the SeaWeb Seafood Summit in New Orleans.
Study complete on New Zealand’s global environmental positioning
A study by the University of Waikato Management School into New Zealand’s global environmental positioning has found that businesses engaging with sustainability issues and practice are still a minority in New Zealand and an emerging shift in business expectations of government.
Seismic shifts in young New Zealanders’ attitudes towards culture, brands and business
Jacqueline Smart talks to SBC members about the big shift in young New Zealanders’ attitudes towards national and cultural identity and how this is reshaping their relationship with brands and companies.
Launchpad meet the teams: CareEd4
NZ Herald talks to Lisa Watkins from CareEd4 – one of the 11 teams taking part in the Launchpad incubator programme.