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Business leaders quantify major sustainable growth opportunity for New Zealand economy
New Zealand could boost its economy by more than $22 billion per year by 2035, while strengthening productivity, energy security, and long-term resilience, according to a major new business-led report released today. The report, Driving Sustainable Growth:...
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...
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A New Zealand-first in climate change action – 3R Group
A new waste management facility with the power to destroy climate change causing gases is set to be built in Aotearoa New Zealand for the first time.
New Zealand’s largest climate conference set to catalyse the shift from climate ambition to action
The critical role of business in transitioning Aotearoa New Zealand to a zero-carbon economy will be centre stage in Tāmaki Makaurau next week at the largest Climate Change and Business Conference yet.
NZ Green Building Council – $150 billion economic boost from lower carbon homes and buildings, reveals new report
The New Zealand economy could receive a multi-billion dollar injection, totalling almost $150billion, if new homes and buildings are constructed to be less polluting, the very first study of its kind has found.
Changing the future of Aotearoa’s infrastructure
From slips in Wellington to flooding in Nelson, the realities of climate change are never far from the front page. And with the ongoing threat of rising sea levels, drought and bushfires, denying we’re on the brink of a climate emergency is no longer an option.
Auckland Transport’s first electric ferry launching 2024
Construction of Auckland’s first electric ferry is progressing with two identical electric ferries being built for Auckland Transport (AT) by Auckland based boat builders McMullen & Wing.
WSP awarded funding to investigate environmentally sustainable road surfacing
The research arm of leading design and engineering firm WSP in New Zealand has just received $9.1 million in funding from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s (MBIE) Endeavour Fund to investigate use of biomass as a replacement for roading bitumen.
Contact Energy invests $300m into fourth Taupō power station
Contact Energy’s plans to build a fourth geothermal power station at its Te Huka site in Taupō could create up to 250 new jobs and inject an estimated $140m into the local and national economies.
Toyota NZ, Obayashi, Tuaropaki Trust team for green hydrogen
In the shift away from petrol, Toyota is best known as the brand that took hybrid EVs into the mainstream.
But the carmaker has also started to expand its hydrogen efforts.
Z and The Nature Conservancy team up to protect Aotearoa New Zealand’s unique biodiversity
Z Energy is proud to be partnering with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to support its global programme of work to create the enabling conditions for a thriving blue carbon marketplace.
ANZ launches green business loans at heavily discounted rate
ANZ is the latest bank to offer discounted loans to businesses that want to fund green initiatives.
Ravensdown’s integrated report shows progress on climate action
Ravensdown’s 2022 Integrated Report published today shows the fertiliser co-operative owned by primary producers is tracking well against its strategic objectives.
Highlights include:
A 12 per cent reduction in carbon emissions from fertiliser against the previous year.
A net reduction of scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions of 2,206 tonnes of carbon dioxide (14%) since the base year of 2018.
Confirming plans to convert the company’s Dipton, Southland coal-fired combustor to biomass eliminating at least 1100 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year, almost 10 per cent of Ravensdown’s direct carbon footprint.
Fonterra ramps up opportunities in complementary nutrition partnership
Fonterra and DSM are also collaborating to reduce on-farm greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, by exploring applications for DSM’s methane-inhibiting Bovaer® technology in the New Zealand pasture-based farming system.