Sustainability Toolkit

SBC Guides

SBC’s guides are designed for anyone responsible for driving forward sustainability within a business, including not only those with a background in sustainability, but also people and culture professionals, procurement leads, and risk managers. Some of the more recent guides, written by thinkstep-ANZ and Kaitaiki Collective in partnership with SBC, explain important sustainability topics for businesses. Grounded in te ao Māori, they cover a variety of environmental, social and governance topics to help you make progress on these areas.

SBC Guide – Sustainability strategy and plans

SBC Guide – Sustainability strategy and plans

Businesses need a strategy to be successful – and the same goes for sustainability efforts. Having a ...
SBC Guide – The business case for sustainability

SBC Guide – The business case for sustainability

Sustainable businesses create value in the short and long term – economically, environmentally and socially. ...
Reporting Toolkit

Reporting Toolkit

This guidance document introduces the concepts of sustainability reporting. It is a starting point for Sustainable ...
Materiality Toolkit

Materiality Toolkit

This guidance document introduces the concepts of materiality and stakeholder engagement and is meant for people ...
Parental Leave Policy Toolkit

Parental Leave Policy Toolkit

In the midst of the great resignation, companies are looking for new ways to attract and retain talent. As a ...
Pay Parity Toolkit

Pay Parity Toolkit

Pay parity is the same pay for the same job, regardless of who your employer is or what sector you work in. ...

External Resources

To make it easy for members to access best practice and thought leadership from around the globe, SBC has compiled a collection of external resources covering key sustainability topics.

Offsetting (Z Energy)

Offsetting (Z Energy)

Z Energy have shared a decision paper they utilised for establishing a business position on voluntary offsetting. ...
Sustainable Procurement (WBCSD)

Sustainable Procurement (WBCSD)

WBCSD has developed a report on ‘Incentivising supply chain decarbonisation using procurement ...
Strategy Development

Strategy Development

Z Energy’s Community and Sustainability Strategy 2020 showcases its goals, desired outcomes and key actions, ...
Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility

This 2022 report from JBWere looks at the relationship between corporates and community sectors, shedding light on ...
Employee Commute Survey

Employee Commute Survey

Member template for an employee commuting survey to understand how staff travel to work, enabling the calculation ...
5 Tips to Tell Your Sustainability Story Using Content Marketing

5 Tips to Tell Your Sustainability Story Using Content Marketing

(The Sustainable Agency) We’ve discussed why content marketing is beneficial for sustainable brands, and ...