CEO Steering Group
The Coalition is led by a CEO Steering Group and CEO Convenor, with secretariat support provided by the Sustainable Business Council
Jolie Hodson, Spark CEO and CLC CEO Steering Group Convenor
Jolie took up the Convenor role in June 2022, replacing inaugural convenor Mike Bennetts.
“Achieving New Zealand’s climate change objectives is a shared responsibility across the public and private sector, iwi, and the community. Businesses will need to do a lot of the heavy lifting to deliver the emissions reductions we need. By uniting business leaders and their teams through the Coalition I know we can support the kind of positive, and transformative change we need in Aotearoa.”
Lindis Jones, CEO Z Energy
Lindis took over from former Z CEO Mike Bennetts in March 2023. Mike Bennetts was the inugural CEO Convenor of the Coalition fom its establishment in 2018 until June 2022.
Lindis has a strong personal commitment to helping Aotearoa New Zealand shift to a low-carbon economy, and doing that in a way that ensures energy security and affordability.
Malcolm Johns, Chief Executive Genesis Energy
“Energy underpins New Zealand’s transition to a low carbon future, enabling other sectors to decarbonise while providing security of supply. The Coalition enables us to share insights and opportunities as we take action to reduce the country’s carbon emissions.”
Amanda Whiting, CEO IAG
“As an insurer not only are we seeing the impacts of climate change already, but we have our attention turned to the future and how New Zealand needs to adapt. I’m proud that we’re playing such an active role, not only with the Climate Leaders Coalition, but also through conversations with government, businesses and customers, to raise awareness of the need to adapt.”
Barbara Nebel, thinkstep-anz CEO
“We love what the Climate Leaders Coalition stands for – working together across every sector to address climate change. Every signatory, big and small, has a supply chain and employees. Together we’re reaching thousands of companies, people and communities and supporting them to tackle climate change too. The Coalition is also helping our organisations learn from one another so we make faster progress. Doing less bad is no longer good enough!”
David Walsh, CEO NZ Post
“Climate change is something that we all have to take deliberate action on. It’s our responsibility as business leaders to set strategies that intentionally take decisions that lead to positive climate action. And creating socially positive impact is an integral part of climate action too, and equally as important as strategic investments and emissions reduction targets based in science are – it is this combination that will lead us to a sustainable future.”
Neeraj Lala, CEO Toyota NZ
“Toyota was proud to be one of the 12 original founding signatories of the Climate Leaders Coalition. As a brand we are focused on ensuring a fair, equitable, and inclusive transition to a low emission, climate resilient economy, and we are on this journey with the other Climate Leaders Coalition signatories.”
Gareth Marriott, Chief Executive Officer ANZ | OCS Group NZ Limited
“Everyone has a responsibility to reduce our impact on the planet, ensuring there is long-term sustainability for future generations. It’s a no-brainer for OCS to be a part of the Coalition. I believe that with support from the Coalition, and working alongside some of the biggest businesses in Aotearoa, the small changes we each make can have a lasting impact on our footprint. Together, we can make a difference faster.”