SkyCity is putting a copy of the world’s most celebrated guide to reversing climate change in each of its hotel rooms.
Chief executive Graeme Stephens referred to the book as the “new Gideons’ Bible” while speaking at the first anniversary of the Climate Leaders Coalition, which is a group of more than 100 large companies aiming to make their businesses climate-friendly.
A Hastings-based company is spearheading a project to tackle one of the most potent but least known causes of climate change in New Zealand.
The gases PFC and HFC used in refrigerants are 9000 times more potent than carbon dioxide contributing more to climate change than any other gas.
IAG New Zealand has released the results of its second annual survey of how New Zealanders view climate change.
The poll found that the number of Kiwis who feel the issue of climate change is important to them personally has grown to 79 per cent, from 72 per cent last year.
Sixty-nine per cent said that they have become more concerned about climate change over the past few years – up from 60 per cent.
Coalition convenor Mike Bennetts sits down with Kathryn Ryan to talk about the Climate Leaders Coalition’s progress over its first year.
NBR subscriber story on the Coalition’s second pledge and first year achievements
Port Nelson have joined 107 other signatories to the Climate Leaders Coalition. A collective of signatories who together they make up 60% of New Zealand’s gross emissions, nearly a third of private sector GDP, and employ more than 170,000 New Zealanders.
Leading consultancies join forces for good
A new partnership between Porter Novelli New Zealand’s Sustainability Practice and Oxygen Consulting will provide organisations with a full spectrum of sustainability services, from measurement and reporting to strategy, communications and engagement.
Waste Management NZ Limited is marking the first anniversary of The Climate Leaders Coalition by reaffirming its commitment to curb global warming.
The company, New Zealand’s leading resource recovery, recycling and waste management provider, is signing a new pledge announced today by the Climate Leaders Coalition.
New Zealanders are more concerned about climate change than ever before, but only half of us know what we personally need to do to make a difference.
What’s worse, only half of us believe our actions will be effective.
A coalition of companies making up nearly two thirds of New Zealand’s gross emissions has upped its pledge to combat climate change, as it reports taking an equivalent 264,000 cars off the road since it launched one year ago.
The Climate Leaders Coalition – including major business players like Fonterra, Sanford, Air New Zealand, Spark, Kiwirail, The Warehouse Group and Westpac – marked its one-year anniversary today by releasing a snapshot of its progress.
The Minister for Climate Change has welcomed a new and stronger pledge from the Climate Leaders Coalition (CLC) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with what’s needed to limit warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Meridian Energy has released New Zealand’s first corporate report disclosing risks to its business resulting from climate change.
Prepared in accordance with guidance from the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the report lays out the physical risks Meridian faces from a rise in global temperature, as well as the impacts of transitioning to a low carbon future.