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SBC and CLC welcome bipartisan climate adaptation inquiry
The Sustainable Business Council (SBC) and Climate Leaders Coalition (CLC) welcome today’s announcement from Government around a bipartisan inquiry into an enduring climate adaptation framework for New Zealand. SBC and CLC are committed to action on reducing...
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Pānui news – 9 May
In this edition of Pānui, we share our new SBC Guide on making the business case for sustainability, we share info about the event we helped deliver on climate change and health, we share a thinkstep-anz blog off the back of said event, we welcome Ando Insurance to...
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2024 Better Futures: 3 opportunities for business to harness
Jay Crangle, Head of ESG On 22 March, Kantar and SBC launched the 15th edition of the Better Futures Report, which tracks consumer perspectives on environmental and social issues over time. The results of this year’s report revealed an ever-growing group of...
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Pānui News – December 12
In this week’s Pānui, Mercury, Air NZ and Downer Group are recognised in the Deloitte Top 200, the Climate Leaders Coalition takes the stage at COP25 in Madrid, and Suncorp supports online help to escape domestic violence.
Pānui News – December 05
In this week’s Pānui, we bid farewell to Abbie Reynolds, we have new case studies from the Climate Leaders Coalition, and WBCSD is at COP25 in Madrid.
Abbie Reynolds: The world is watching how New Zealand tackles climate change – we have to act
In this piece for Stuff, Abbie Reynolds looks back on almost four years of working with SBC members - the achievements, and how far there still is to go.
Pānui News – November 28
In this week’s Pānui, we hear what makes for a good community partnership with Lion and the Graeme Dingle Foundation, Talent Nation looks at remuneration for sustainability roles, and Massey University has a new generation of philosophers.
Guest blog: How do you know what you’re worth?
Talent Nation has done the first ever remuneration report for environment and sustainability roles in Australia and New Zealand, and has shared the results with the SBC community.
The influence of sustainability on New Zealand consumers
New Zealanders believe electricity retailers and supermarkets are doing the most to be more sustainable, however, they want brands in all industries to be more open and upfront about sustainability, and actively communicate it.
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.
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.
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.
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.