Resources
SBC Hot Seat with Charlotte Kootstra (Sustainability Manager – Climate & Environment)
This week, we've got our Sustainability Manager - Climate and Environment, Charlotte Kootstra, in the hot seat. Charlotte's role sits under our Action on Climate and Nature work programme and...
SBC Guide: Nature
Healthy people, healthy businesses and a healthy planet all rely on thriving nature. Over half of the world’s economic output ($44 trillion of economic value), and many Aotearoa New Zealand...
SBC Annual Plan 2024-2025
SBC's Annual Plan outlines our work programme and focus areas for the coming financial year. Download the plan.
SBC Guide: Measure, reduce and report your carbon footprint
Measuring your organisation’s carbon footprint feeds into the whakapapa of your business, helping you and your team plan the impact your organisation will have on generations to come. In this SBC...
Chorus: Putting inclusion and diversity at the heart of good business
Like other businesses in the technology industry, telecommunication infrastructure provider Chorus had long grappled with diversity challenges, including an imbalance in gender and ethnic ratios,...
SBC Guide: Adapting to climate change (including disclosures)
Climate change poses operational and financial risks. For example, extreme weather events like floods may disrupt operations (a business risk) and make a building uninsurable (a financial risk). It...
SBC and CLC submission on the Climate Change Commission’s Pathways Consultation
The Sustainable Business Council (SBC) and Climate Leaders Coalition (CLC) have submitted a collective response to the Climate Change Commission's consultation on three critical documents: the 2050...
WBCSD Global Network Meeting 2024 takeaways
SBC’s Executive Director Mike Burrell tuned into the WBCSD Global Network Meeting last week to hear from WBCSD President Peter Bakker, learn from other Global Network Partners, share updates from...
SBC Guide: Sustainability strategy and plans
Businesses need a strategy to be successful – and the same goes for sustainability efforts. Having a sustainability strategy helps you focus your efforts, identify what you’re already doing well,...
SBC Guide: The business case for sustainability
Sustainable businesses create value in the short and long term – economically, environmentally and socially. So how do you get your stakeholders on board? In this new SBC Guide, we outline practical...
SBC Hot Seat with Robert Perry (Manager – Thriving People)
This week's, we've got Robert Perry, SBC's Manager - Thriving People, in the hot seat. Robert is the longest standing team member at SBC, having joined in 2017, and in that time he's had an immense...
Advocacy Update – April 2024
In this video update, SBC's Executive Director Mike Burrell and Head of Climate and Nature Antonia Burbidge discuss SBC and CLC's approach to climate advocacy for 2024, including opportunities for...