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Fairfax profiles business action on SDGs
We are delighted to introduce a new Fairfax 18-part series, on the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the work Kiwi businesses are doing to meet them. SBC pitched the series and has provided research and information to help Sunday Business writers get the series underway. The series is running in the Sunday Star Times business section until February 2018. Each edition will focus on a specific goal and a company’s sustainability initiative that aligns with that goal. Read the introductory article published on Sunday here. We'll post each new one on SBC Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Sport meets SDGs
Kiwi businessman Mark Wilson's (Group CEO Aviva Insurance) push to make the Sustainable Development Goals a corporate competitive sport has gone ahead! Aviva has launched the global consultation phase of the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) – a project that will rank companies on their sustainability performance. Read more here and watch Mark's video here.
New reports and resources
Lion has published its sustainability report and also created a microsite with videos and stories to make it easy to see the company's sustainability goals and actions. Read the report here and see the microsite here.
The new World Business Council for Sustainable Development's Reporting Exchange has launched! The online tool is a single source of information and resources to make it simpler for businesses to know what, when and how to report. Check out the tool here.
White Camellia wins
Congratulations The Warehouse Group and Westpac for winning White Camellia awards. Westpac won the Community Engagement and Leadership award. The Warehouse Group won both the Health Safety and Freedom from Violence, and Enterprise Development, Supply Chain and Marketing Practices awards. The awards celebrate organisational commitment to the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), an initiative which encourages gender equality in the workplace. See all winners here.
What we're watching & reading this week
This video about Auckland's first Climathon, which Vector is sponsoring. The event is a 24 hour ideas hack about climate change solutions that'll take place simultaneously in over 233 cities worldwide. Read more about Climathon in New Zealand.
The UN Global Compact's Breakthrough Pitch, which includes a Pitch Deck and other tools to help empower you to be an effective champion of the Sustainable Development Goals. Check it out here. 
SBC blogs about brand story and future leaders
Here are the latest blogs on what SBC and members have been working on together:
- Highlights from the Connecting your brand story with sustainability workshop, with an introduction to the Good Life 2.0 Playbook and top tips from J. Walter Thompson's Jacqueline Smart on how to keep your brand story relevant and authentically connected with sustainability. Read the blog here.
- The recommendations from the Future Leaders Programme on how NZ businesses can accelerate alignment with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals on climate, responsible consumption and production, sustainable cities and energy. Over three workshops, the 23 participants used adaptive leadership frameworks to come up with 21 recommendations ranging from supporting young people to be change agents though to plans to transition to affordable and clean energy. Read the blog here.
SBC's whakataukī for the week
 Kāore te kūmara e korero mō tōna ake reka
The kūmara does not talk about its own sweetness

Upcoming Events
(How to) Push Go on the Global Goals

A networking event to share stories of successes and challenges when mapping business goals against the Sustainable Development Goals, and how working together can help you achieve them.
 
Speakers include Vector’s Chief Risk Officer, Kate Beddoe, and SBC’s Manager of Climate and Resources, Kate Alcock. Invitations and the Livestream link will be sent soon, but get this event in your diary!

When: Wed 8th November. Arrive 8:30am for 9:00am start. Finishes 10:00am. 
Where: Generator, Britomart, 28 Customs St East, Auckland.  
SBC TechTalk: Social Enterprise & Social Procurement
A webinar chat with Ākina's General Manager, Louise Aitkin and NZ Post's Head of Sustainability, Dawn Baggaley, about the spectrum of social enterprise models, including social procurement, and the business value of engaging with them.
 
When: Wed 25th October. 10:00-11:00am 
Where: Online webinar. Invitations will be sent soon, and you can register your interest in advance with Debbie Bougen dbougen@businessnz.org.nz
Massey University presents: Surviving Automation
Academic and industry experts talk about in-demand skills and strategies to help you thrive in an automated future.
Auckland 17th Oct | Wellington 18th Oct | Palmerston Nth 19th Oct
Future-proofing the New Zealand economy
The Ministry for the Environment and Auckland Council invite SBC members to an Auckland Conversation on Future-proofing the New Zealand economy, following the release of the Our Atmosphere and Climate 2017 report the same day.
Facilitated by Kim Hill, this event is an opportunity to take part in a conversation about the report’s findings and discuss the transformative change needed to respond to climate change. The event will be held on Thursday 19th October in Auckland. Click here for more information and it will also be streamed live. 
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