Wind turbines in New Zealand pay back their lifecycle carbon emissions after just 1.5 years of operation, researchers from Victoria University in Wellington have found. The researchers looked at data from a Hawkes Bay wind farm covering everything from making...
The primary purpose of this toolkit is to support central government agencies with accessing relevant climate scenarios information to test policies and decision making. Other entities, such as local government and the private sector, may find aspects of the tool...
Auckland Transport (AT) is expanding its Fareshare scheme which gives employers a way of subsidising a proportion of their staff’s public transport travel costs. Businesses are welcoming the opportunity to offer an alternative to costly city car parking to attract and...
New nationwide research from insurers AMI, State and NZI released today reveals that climate concerns have grown to the point that 86% of people would now consider climate risk when choosing a home, compared to 55% only two years ago.
Air New Zealand is pleased to welcome two new members to its Sustainability Advisory Panel, including former Green Party Co-Leader and Minister for Climate Change, James Shaw and Matteo Mirolo, the Head of Policy and Strategy in the Aviation Contrails team at Bill...
Air New Zealand has today announced that it has selected Wellington and Marlborough Airports as the ports for its first all-electric aircraft. Air New Zealand announced the purchase of its first next-generation aircraft, the all-electric ALIA CTOL from Beta...
Carbon footprint management specialist Cogo is partnering with Personetics, the AI-driven personalised digital banking engagement platform, to usher in a new era of climate-conscious banking. Leveraging AI, the collaboration brings banking solutions that assist...
Air New Zealand and Neste have signed an agreement for nine million litres of neat Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™. The deal represents the largest purchase of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Neste by any airline outside North America and Europe for delivery...
The a2 Milk Company, ANZ Bank New Zealand and ASB Bank are the latest big names to get behind AgriZeroNZ and its efforts to equip Kiwi farmers with tools to reduce emissions. Announcing the new shareholders at an event at Parliament on Wednesday 10 April, Hon. Todd...
Waste Management NZ Limited (WM New Zealand) has converted its entire debt financing into a sustainability-linked loan (SLL), the second largest SLL transaction in Aotearoa New Zealand to date at NZ$1.1bn. WM New Zealand Managing Director Evan Maehl says this is a...
ASB’s latest Sustainable Economics report released today shows New Zealand’s energy usage will need to become heavily electrified if the country is to meet its net zero by 2050 emissions target. With 70% of emissions in the target’s scope related to fossil fuel energy...
Mission Electric progresses as Auckland Transport (AT) today welcomed the first double decker electric bus to the Auckland bus fleet. Mayor of Auckland, Wayne Brown, joined AT’s Chief Executive Dean Kimpton and Kinetic’s Managing Director for New Zealand, Calum...