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Capability building a priority for sustainability professionals
Research released today into New Zealand’s sustainability profession reveals there remains a significant capability gap for staff to support the operational changes businesses now require. The report, Insights on Aotearoa New Zealand Sustainability Professionals 2024,...
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Pānui news – 11 July
In this week's edition of Pānui, the Government launches its new Climate Strategy, we share some of the social sustainability findings from Better Futures 2024, MBIE consultation opens on carbon capture regulatory regime, greater alignment is coming between GHG...
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Q&A with Dr Roger Robson-Williams (Plant & Food Research) on nature
SBC is delivering a series of guides on the fundamentals of sustainability, covering topics ranging from sustainability strategies through to nature and biodiversity. As part of this series, we caught up with our members to get their insights on some of the different...
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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.
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.
New Executive Director for SBC announced
Mike Burrell will be the new Executive Director of the Sustainable Business Council, starting in January 2020.
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.