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The Sustainable Business Council is delighted that New Zealand has today ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Government needs to act quickly to capitalise on the strong business appetite for working together to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals adopted one year ago, says the Sustainable Business Council.

The Sustainable Business Council (SBC) is hailing the NZX as taking a lead in setting New Zealand on a path to global best-practice around non-financial disclosure. The proposals are outlined in the NZX proposed updates to its Corporate Governance Guidelines released yesterday (31 August).

By 2025, 75% of the global workforce will be millennials, the generation born between 1982 and 2000 – who may turn out to be our environmental and social saviours.

It wasn’t so long ago that you mentioned the words human rights to New Zealand businesses and you were met with an emphatic “that isn’t an issue here” or “we have legislation that covers it”. But that is beginning to change …

Creating decent work and economic growth is the primary sustainability goal for socially responsible organisations in New Zealand.

New Zealand businesses are required to understand how they impact the environment, but are not as good at understanding how much they depend on natural resources and services. Abbie Reynolds provides her insights on the Natural Capital Protocol for NZ Business.

The SBC has welcomed the Government’s new Electric Vehicles Partnership Programme, which outlines a broad range of measures to encourage EV uptake including a target of electric vehicles making up 2% of the vehicle fleet by 2021.

Peter Bakker’s letter of 27 April 2016 entitled ‘Business stands ready to implement the Paris Agreement’ to World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Partner Members (including the Sustainable Business Council), following the 22 April 2016 signing of the Paris Agreement.

This week the CEO of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) Paul Druckman is in New Zealand to share his insights on the benefits of integrated thinking and reporting.

SBC’s Kate Alcock spoke at the Waikato Regional Council’s Sustainable Waikato Forum this week, which explored key environmental and economic issues for the region, including how we use fresh water.

A leading reporting expert from Australia says there’s growing momentum among New Zealand companies to work out what their material issues are – that is, the most important issues for their business and a wide range of stakeholders.