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Climate Leadership Insights: The B Team Australasia
Lynette Mayne, Executive Chair of The B Team Australasia, recently visited Aotearoa New Zealand for the launch of the Climate Leaders Coalition’s new Statement of Ambition and refreshed strategy. In this Q&A, Lynette shares insights into the work of The B Team...
Climate Leaders Coalition launches next chapter
The Climate Leaders Coalition (CLC) is this morning unveiling a new Statement of Ambition and refreshed Strategy, marking the next step in business-led climate action in New Zealand – just as COP30 concludes in Belém.
SBC Hot Seat with Shannil Varma (CLC Manager)
This week, we've got Shannil Varma, Manager of the Climate Leaders Coalition (CLC), in the hot seat. Shannil's role sits within the Climate and Nature team at SBC (which is the secretariat organisation for CLC), and he oversees all the day-to-day operations and...
Climate Leaders Coalition re-commits to ambitious climate action with new convenor
The Climate Leaders Coalition welcomes Genesis CEO Malcolm Johns as the Coalition’s new convenor, succeeding Spark CEO Jolie Hodson MNZM. Since 2018, the CEO-led Coalition, made up of 87 signatories and accounting for around 30 percent of New Zealand’s GDP, has helped...
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Auckland Airport – Replacing one of NZ’s biggest air conditioning systems
Natural gas is on the way out at the country’s largest airport as Auckland Airport begins to switch its air conditioning system to electricity.
Contact Energy – How to meet NZ’s carbon emission goals
This opinion piece from Mike Fuge, CEO of Contact, is the last in a series of eight looking at improving outcomes for Aotearoa. Today: Decarbonising our energy needs.
The NZ businesses leading the way on sustainability
Opinion piece from Business New Zealand CEO Kirk Hope on CLC and SBC’s pre-election briefing.
Z launches pay-as-you-go for EV charging
Z Energy (Z) now has pay-as-you-go available across its EV charging network, making it easier for customers to charge on their journey.
DB Breweries releases its 2022 sustainability report
DB Breweries 2022 sustainability report has revealed promising results ahead of the company’s 2030 sustainability goals, including a 49 percent reduction in scope one and two carbon emissions from its 2018 baseline without using carbon offsets, with a 98 percent diversion of waste to landfills.
Toyota NZ aims to help NZ’s hydrogen economy
Toyota New Zealand says it is focused on supporting New Zealand to establish a hydrogen economy beyond light transport and expand its business operation through bringing in technology innovations.
Fletcher Building opens first-of-its-kind Concrete Innovation Lab
Fletcher Building’s Concrete Division (consisting of Firth, Golden Bay, and Winstone Aggregates) has stepped up its commitment to developing innovative and increasingly sustainable concrete solutions, with the opening of New Zealand’s first commercial Concrete Innovation Lab, in Christchurch.
Ravensdown establishes new innovation entity – Agnition
Ravensdown today has confirmed the establishment of a new commercialisation entity – Agnition.
A subsidiary of Ravensdown, Agnition’s mission is to ignite the industry with the innovations that farmers and growers need. It will build, grow and invest in world-leading Ag-IP and innovations, like EcoPond and ClearTech, and turn them into valued products and solutions that can be practically used on-farm to combat climate change, and engender enhanced productivity.
Business leaders outline election priorities to drive climate action
The Sustainable Business Council (SBC) and Climate Leaders Coalition (CLC) have laid out their joint climate policy priorities for political parties to consider as they gear up for October’s General...
Fonterra Hautapu coal boilers ditched for more carbon friendly option
Fonterra is continuing work to decarbonise its operations as the cooperative announces its Hautapu site will convert from coal-fired boilers to wood pellets as fuel.
Toitū Envirocare – Why supply chains and lobbying have to be part of carbon accounting
In this Stuff opinion piece, CEO of Toitū Envirocare Teressa Betty explains why Toitū has decided to ask customers of its certification programme to commit to tackling their supply chains, and their lobbying.
Auckland Council’s consumption emissions modelling
National emissions reporting has to date focused primarily on production-based reporting by industry or per capita. Although useful, these approaches do not enable households to make a discerning assessment of their consumption patterns that potentially may mitigate/reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. In this report, we show how consumption-based emissions can be determined from data readily available from StatsNZ.