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.
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.
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
Spark and sustainability firm thinkstep-anz today launched new research, Meeting the climate challenge through digital technology, that quantifies the role digital technology plays in reducing emissions and identifies what these opportunities look like across different sectors.
As the world reopens, it’s clear the climate crisis is continuing to accelerate rapidly. We are acutely aware that in order to continue to connect Kiwis to the world and the world to us, we must work hard to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
It is easy to paint a picture of steady growth of sustainable finance in New Zealand. The total value of sustainable debt instruments exceeded $13 billion in 2021, with rapid growth continuing in 2022 and sustainability-linked loans seeing the highest growth of any lending product last year.
AMI, State and NZI’s latest Wild Weather Tracker reveals that 69% of New Zealanders are concerned about the impacts of climate change, but only 40% have taken action to prepare in the past six months. This comes amidst a 34% rise in weather-related insurance claims when compared to the same time last year.
NZ Post has unveiled the first consignment of its 60 new electric Mercedes-Benz eVito panel vans to add to its vehicle fleet – a $20 million initiative reducing its carbon emissions.
