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SBC launches new framework for national system to help reduce freight emissions at Climate Change & Business Conference
The Sustainable Business Council (SBC) has successfully completed the second phase of its Low Emission Freight Certificate (LEFC) collaboration, marking a major step in the development of a new national system to help reduce emissions from Aotearoa New Zealand’s heavy...
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Pānui news – 11 December
In the final edition of Pānui for 2025, we wish you all a happy holiday season, our CEO Mike Burrell provides his final update for the year, WBCSD has launched its Nature Action Portal, Merdian Energy takes top spot in ESG Ratings Report, Auckland Council has launched...
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London Insights: 10 Global Signals Shaping Sustainability
SBC’s Head of ESG shares ten takeaways from her time in London meeting with a range of sustainability focused global organisations.
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Pānui News – November 21
In this week’s Pānui, we launch In Good Company with Perceptive and Porter Novelli, and we welcome our new Membership Manager Pravin Sawmy.
Pānui News – November 14
In this week’s Pānui, ecostore reports back from the recent Sustainable Brands conference in Seoul, we talk to Sunny Vergese, WBCSD Chair and Group CEO of Olam International, and Andrea Thompson at Catapult talks about the 2020 Sustainability Leaders Programme.
The evolving role of CFOs
Sustainability is increasingly turning up in the priorities of executives and directors in our membership, and recent developments mean it is even more significant for Chief Financial Officers. Rob Perry looks at what they need to know and what support is available.
New Executive Director for SBC announced
Mike Burrell will be the new Executive Director of the Sustainable Business Council, starting in January 2020.
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.