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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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Modern slavery laws – how ready is your organisation?
8, 10, [??], 8,000 – What’s the missing number? The answer is 77. If you answered correctly, you must have been among the 90+ business leaders who joined me at our recent deep dive on Modern...
Pānui news – 23 November
In this week's edition of Pānui, we invite EOI for our ESG working group, we share a thought piece from Mike and an RNZ interview with Antonia around COP28, WSP releases a new report around...
The Business Case for COP28
Thoughts from SBC Executive Director Mike Burrell As the opening of COP28 comes hurtling towards us, more New Zealand business than ever before are preparing to make the journey to be part of the...
Pānui news – 16 November
In this week's edition of Pānui, we read Sustainable Business and Finance articles from Waste Management, Westpac, Toitū, Chapman Tripp and KPMG, Fonterra announces climate plans for the future,...
Countdown to COP28: Members on the ground
This year’s Conference of the Parties (COP28), which kicks off in Dubai at the end of the month, is set to have a strong focus on business and its leadership role in the transition to net zero....
Thriving Communities – equipping your business for growing impact together
SBC’s Thriving Voices online event series continued last week with our kaputī kōrero focusing on community impact. Our recently launched report ‘Thriving People - Strengthening the ‘S’ in ESG’...
Pānui news – 9 November
In this week's edition of Pānui, the Climate Leaders Coalition launches its 5th Anniversary Snapshot Report, business climate action makes a variety of news headlines, we continue our Countdown to...
Pānui news – 2 November
In this week's edition of Pānui, we put out a request for a provider to help us develop an ESG toolbox, we begin the countdown to COP28 with an interview between Mike and Antonia, SBC Talks Tools...
Pānui news – 26 October
In this week's edition of Pānui, we release a new episode of the SBC Hot Seat with Jay Crangle, Beca shares info about Project Handprint, KPMG releases report on the future of energy in New Zealand,...
Pānui news – 19 October
In this edition of Pānui, we share the exciting details of the 'Strengthening the 'S' in ESG' report launch, we share the highlights video from CCBC 2023, ASB is adopting a Paris-aligned Index,...
Takeaways from the ‘Strengthening the ‘S’ in ESG’ report launch
I am very pleased to announce the launch of the ‘Strengthening the ‘S’ in ESG’ report at SBC's inaugural Thriving People networking event, hosted on 18 October at Fonterra’s offices. And what a...
Pānui news – 12 October
In this week's edition of Pānui, we welcome Shannil Varma as the new CLC Manager, MfE releases 'Our atmosphere and climate 2023', Auckland Council installs first low carbon pipes, we share a Future...