As Ngāi Tahu celebrates the 25th anniversary of its Crown settlement, it is looking to the future, marking the milestone with a tribal climate change symposium with whānau.
Mood of the Boardroom: Climate high on Spark agenda
Cyclone Gabrielle and the severe weather that followed threw Spark into the climate front line by disrupting the company’s mobile and broadband services in parts of the North Island earlier this year.
Silver Fern Farms publishes first Greenhouse Gas Inventory including on-farm emissions from livestock
Silver Fern Farms – New Zealand’s largest red meat processor, has released its 2022 Greenhouse Gas Inventory, and for the first time, it includes Scope 3 on-farm emissions from livestock. These make up 94 percent of the company’s emissions profile.
Sign of the future: SCG and Go Media to offer Net Carbon Zero print services
Graphic communications company SCG is the first company in New Zealand to offer Net Carbon Zero print services for large format products and will be partnering with Go Media to implement this.
The Warehouse signs deal with Lodestone to source solar power for 260 stores
The Warehouse says by 2026 its 260 retail stores will be powered by solar energy.
Port Nelson outlines carbon cutting goals – including electric crane
Port Nelson is ordering in the country’s first electric port mobile crane.
Z Energy on meeting the EV Charging needs of New Zealanders
The number of Electric Vehicles (EVs) on Aotearoa’s roads has grown significantly since 2021, encouraged in part by Kiwis’ evolving attitudes to EVs, lower prices, increased model variety, and Government rebates contributing to growing market share.
IAG – Insurance giant lifts the lid on cyclone and flood response
It’s been revealed that general insurance giant IAG New Zealand recruited an additional 500 people not only locally but also from Australia to support the company’s response to its second and third biggest ever claims events since the earthquakes in Canterbury.
Consortium lays pathway for green hydrogen aviation to take flight in New Zealand
A new report called ‘Launching green hydrogen powered aviation in Aotearoa New Zealand’ demonstrates how the consortium members could work together to remove up to 900,000 tonnes of carbon emissions every year by 2050 through the use of hydrogen-fuelled aircraft flying New Zealand domestic routes.
Z Energy and Red Phase innovate on-the-go EV charging
Z Energy (Z) – the country’s largest fuel retailer – has partnered with the rapidly growing Kiwi company Red Phase Technologies (Red Phase) to bring new ultra-fast EV chargers to the forecourt, as it continues to support customers shifting to low emission vehicles. Together they hope to build the country’s EV fast charging capacity quicker.
Countdown: Keen green kids win grants for climate-clever ideas
Creating forest walks in schools, rebuilding gardens devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle and supporting local communities with food grown by students are just some of the projects to receive a share of $50,000 from Countdown’s Growing for Good grants this year.
Victoria University of Wellington: Antarctica’s record-breaking heatwave marks year of climate extremes
Warmer temperatures throughout 2022 saw sea-ice records smashed, the latest State of the Climate report says.