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Consumers hold the line on sustainability, expect business to do the same
New research shows that while the cost of living remains top concern for New Zealand’s consumers, their commitment to sustainability remains strong. The Kantar and Sustainable Business Council (SBC) Better Futures 2025 report - now in its 16th year, surveyed 1,000 New...
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Pānui news – 24 April
In this edition of Pānui we cover Beca's new Chief Sustainability Officer role, MoE's proposal to amend waste legislation, The Ākina Foundation's final Impact Report, the XRB's call for expressions of interest for the Chair of the New Zealand Auditing and Assurance...
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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 – November 07
In this week’s Pānui, we meet our new Executive Director, Genesis is backing the whio for Bird of the Year, and Beca sets a carbon reduction target.
Zero Carbon Bill needs cross-party support for business certainty
The Sustainable Business Council (SBC) encourages all political parties to support the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill as it goes for its second reading.
Pānui News – October 31
In this week’s Pānui, Abbie Reynolds is recognised for her leadership and that of SBC, The Aotearoa Circle looks at sustainable finance, and Meridian supports talking about climate change.
SBC in the news: Sustainability “just makes good business sense” – how two women are making a difference
Winner of the Women of Influence Board and Management Award, Reynolds has spent much of her corporate career championing sustainability.
Abbie Reynolds award important for business and sustainability
The Board and Management Award in this year’s Women of Influence Awards is significant because of the many achievements of winner Abbie Reynolds and because her work is all about sustainability,...
Pānui News – October 24
In this week’s Pānui, BNZ looks at the future of work, the soft plastics recycling scheme is back at Countdown and The Warehouse, and SBC makes it into WBCSD’s 2019 Reporting Matters roundup.
Pānui News – October 17
In this week’s Pānui, we talk to Meridian about climate risk and the role of CFOs, SkyCity switches off the tower lights to go carbon neutral and ecostore has a message in a bottle about ocean plastics.
Pānui News – October 10
In this week’s Pānui, Spark throws out the rule book with the future of work, Vector puts smart EV charging to the test in Auckland, and Unilever aims for a waste-free world.
Pānui News – October 03
In this week’s Pānui, we look at how your staff could help tackle climate change, kids grow their digital technology skills with the Spark Foundation and Unilever and L’Oreal lead the way on Business for Biodiversity.
Embed: Our first step towards engaging 158,000 SBC employees on climate action
Sustainable Business Council (SBC) members collectively employ more than 158,000 people full-time.That’s a lot of people, and a significant channel for business to use to help bring about positive change and accelerate the transition to a low emissions economy.
Pānui News – September 26
In this week’s Pānui, we launch our first Future of Work case study with Auckland Airport, we celebrate our Women of Influence with Westpac and Stuff, and Katherine at Auckland Transport talks about sustainability leadership.
Pānui News – September 19
In this week’s Pānui, a new report looks at transforming land use to feed the world, we’re calling for innovators for the Future of Work, and Westpac NZ looks at solutions for the gender pay gap.