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Business leaders quantify major sustainable growth opportunity for New Zealand economy
New Zealand could boost its economy by more than $22 billion per year by 2035, while strengthening productivity, energy security, and long-term resilience, according to a major new business-led report released today.
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Pānui news – 16 April
In this edition of Pānui, we highlight LION’s $7.2m project at Speight’s Brewery, MfE and Stats NZ recently released their Freshwater 2026 report, and a new article from Institute of Directors unpack’s insights from the SBC/CLC Driving Sustainable Growth report. We...
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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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Businesses challenged to shift thinking on sustainability
An international business expert is challenging New Zealand companies to extend the way they approach corporate sustainability.
All hail the Sustainarati!
Gerri Ward, Sustainability Manager at Z Energy shares highlights from the Sustainable Brands 2015 conference in San Diego.
Increasing the uptake of plug-in vehicles
Options in plain sight for increasing uptake of plug-in vehicles
Sorting through glass ‘mountain’ in Otago
Otago Daily Times interviews Penny Garland from O-I New Zealand and SBC’s Kate Alcock about their work to remove glass from an Otago landfill and ship it to the O-I site for reuse.
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.