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Focus on youth employment 

The Future Ready Summit was a huge success. SBC's Social Impact Manager, Jody Hamilton and her colleague Atarau Hamilton-Fuller featured in Māori TV's Te Kāea programme and Te Karere. Jody's advice for business includes, "Just be prepared to make one change around youth employment and start it tomorrow. Take some action and learn along the way because you're not going to get it right first up and that's OK." It was great to hear this important issue discussed in Te Reo.

Spark joins Rainbow Tick community

Congratulations Spark for being NZ's first telecommunications company to achieve Rainbow Tick certification. The Rainbow Tick shows that a business is an inclusive organisation for people who are lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender, takatāpui and intersex. It recognises Spark's commitment to setting formal benchmarks around LGBTI inclusion in the workplace. Read more here

New WBCSD Sustainable Cities action

The battle for sustainable development will be lost or won in cities. The WBCSD has launched a Sustainable Cities network which will focus on urban sustainability issues like housing, air pollution and transport. Read more here.

The Art of Adaptive Leadership

It was exciting to see this year's Future Leaders Programme participants at this week's workshop, which focused on the art and practice of adaptive leadership. The group has chosen five Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs or Global Goals) to work on:
#7 Affordable and clean energy 
#9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure
#11 Sustainable cities and communities
#12 Responsible consumption and production
#13 Climate Action

Read more in this blog by Sustainable Leadership Manager, Robert Perry.

Inconvenient Sequel exclusive screening in Christchurch

Enviro-Mark Solutions is holding an invite-only networking event and film screening of The Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power in Christchurch on Tuesday 15th August. Tickets are limited, but any SBC member who would like to attend can RSVP with Ashish Kundalkar ashish.kundalkar@enviro-mark.com. More event details here.

Upcoming Events

TALK WITH PROFESSOR WILL STEFFEN ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE & BUSINESS IMPACT

Join SBC and Vector for a conversation with Professor Will Steffen about how business can steer successfully through an uncertain future in a rapidly changing planet. Will is Councillor of the Australia's Climate Council and is highly regarded as a clear communicator of the science of climate change.

AUCKLAND - Friday 4th August                    
CHRISTCHURCH - Monday 7th August
WELLINGTON - Tuesday 8th August

Click here for more details and here for the Livestream link.
BRILLIANT BASICS: CARBON

Our next Brilliant Basics webinar will go through the what, how, and why of carbon management, including:
- Why do businesses measure carbon emissions? 
- Who champions the idea and who makes the decisions? 
- What do carbon footprints look like and what are they used for? 
- Trends in NZ – size, sectors, commitments, achievements 
- Tools and resources available 

Webinar Wednesday 23rd August. Click here for more details and to register
FUTURE-PROOF YOUR WORKFORCE
LIFT event for Hawke's Bay employers on recruiting, employing and managing young people. With Jody Hamilton, SBC Social Impact Manager.


Monday 21 August, Hawkes Bay Business Hub.
Read more and register here
Deloitte-BusinessNZ
Election Conference

Wed 23rd August, Wellington

Buy tickets here
Future Leaders Programme Workshop 3
Thursday 21st Sept, Auckland
Read about the programme here
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