Zespri has today released its first ever Climate Change Adaptation Plan – Adapting to Thrive in a Changing Climate – outlining how the kiwifruit industry intends to adapt to a changing climate in New Zealand and in its offshore growing locations.
Agility in farm management needed to cut emissions and adapt, says Westpac report
Farmers will need to be agile managers in order to meet the challenges presented by climate change, according to a Westpac NZ and Lincoln University report.
Meridian Energy names its preferred partner for green hydrogen project
Meridian Energy has chosen Australian resource firm Woodside Energy as its preferred partner to develop a green hydrogen project in Southland.
Sistema wins carbon emissions award
It seems almost a contradiction in terms – a plastics manufacturer winning the Toitū Brighter Future award for Climate Action (Biggest Reduction) in a large organisation.
AECOM – Infrastructure: Counting carbon costs, finding smart solutions from concrete to timber
Infrastructure developers should by now be considering the carbon emissions impact and building sustainability and resilience into projects at an early stage of design — or even before.
Beca – Circular Economy: Breaking our ‘Take-Make-Waste’ Model
If every country used as many resources every year as NZ does, we’d need three planets; our throwaway economy is a big cause of our emissions. We have to do things differently, says circular economy expert Debbie O’Byrne
Ngāi Tahu Tourism aims for all electric jetboat fleet
Northland electric propulsion company Naut will be working with Shotover Jet owner Ngai Tahu Tourism on a feasibility study to build a new electric jet boat fleet.
Auckland’s blue buses go green
Eight new electric buses for Auckland’s TamakiLink have been unveiled by Auckland Transport (AT) and operator NZ Bus, while 27 other new electric buses will serve the Eastern Bays’ routes.
Ports of Auckland electric tug named one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2022
The world’s first full-sized electric tug has been named as one of TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions for 2022.
Air New Zealand Launches Ambitious Programme For Zero Emissions Aircraft
Some of the world’s most innovative aircraft developers will join forces with Air New Zealand with the ambition of making zero emissions aircraft technology a reality in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Fletcher Building concrete division’s Golden Bay cements greener future with Quantum Jump
Committed to reach 30% carbon reduction by 2030, and net zero by 2050, Fletcher Building – with professional advertising & marketing assistance from Kingsland agency Quantum Jump – is innovating how they operate and the products and services they provide to deliver meaningful change for the environment.
Spark ignites a push to net zero
If you were working in the digital technology industry when the Government’s first Emissions Reduction Budgets and Plan came out in May, you could have been forgiven for thinking the sector didn’t exist