The report, Driving Sustainable Growth: Opportunities for New Zealand’s Economy, commissioned by the Sustainable Business Council (SBC) and Climate Leaders Coalition (CLC) finds that a focused shift toward an innovation-driven, productivity-led economy, underpinned by...
The 2025 Better Futures Thrive Report reveals social sustainability continues to grow as a critical ESG dimension. A growing group of “Social Actives” expects businesses to lead societal progress and build a thriving, equitable future. The 2025 Report explores these...
The Sustainable Business Council (SBC) has successfully completed the second phase of its Low Emission Freight Certificate (LEFC) collaboration, marking a major step in the development of a new national system to help reduce emissions from Aotearoa New Zealand’s heavy...
The Better Futures 2025 report – now in its 16th year, surveyed 1,000 New Zealanders. Results show there are high expectations of businesses to take responsibility for their environmental and social impacts. While the cost of living remains top concern for New...
This guide is for staff involved in coordinating or leading the transition planning process in their organisation.
Navigating the Macro Forces Shaping Our Future We are now halfway to 2030 and the world is at an inflection point, where sustainability challenges and opportunities are being shaped by powerful macro forces – spanning politics, economics, technology, culture,...
In order to help decarbonise freight transport, many organisations are interested in increasing the modal diversity of their freight services, thus changing the mode under which their freight is moved, primarily undertaking mode shift from road to rail/shipping. This report outlines the benefits and barriers of this change, as well as opportunities that will help increase the proportion of freight moved on rail and coastal shipping.
The inaugural Better Futures Thrive Report 2024 aims to provide deeper insights off the back of a perceived gap in social sustainability action by business, identified in the long-running Better Futures Report. The new report reaffirms this, with only 22% of consumers...
The Better Futures 2024 report – now in its 15th year – which surveyed 1,000 New Zealanders, found perceived action by business to be 28% below its perceived responsibility on environmental issues, and 20% below on social issues. The report also found business to be...
After an extended negotiation over the wording in the final climate deal, CO28 has finally come to a close. SBC's Executive Director Mike Burrell and Head of Climate and Nature Antonia Burbidge have shared their topline insights from the conference with the...
There is an increasingly urgent need to embed social sustainability within Aotearoa New Zealand’s workplaces, communities and wider society – and business has an important role to play. We’re incredibly excited to announce the launch of our flagship report...
This report outlines the findings of a study investigating the feasibility of a Renewable Freight Certificate system.