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CLC and SBC welcome inquiry into bipartisan adaptation framework
SBC and CLC welcome Friday’s announcement from Government around a bipartisan inquiry into an enduring climate adaptation framework for New Zealand, which is consistent with the recommendations we have made in our pre-election policy priorities paper. “Such a...
Climate Leaders Coalition turns five – Jolie Hodson of Spark and Mike Burrell, SBC
The Climate Leaders Coalition turned five years old. Its signatories, which include some of NZ’s largest polluters, are a group of 88 companies that have committed to climate agenda and they’ve notched up some impressive achievements. Collectively they’ve reduced...
Businesses want consistent climate policy from new govt
Carbon News story about launch of CLC’s Fifth Anniversary Snapshot Report.
NBR article on Fifth Anniversary Snapshot Report
NBR article on the Coalition’s Fifth Anniversary Snapshot Report.
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Climate change: Huge implications for Ngāi Tahu with ‘managed retreat’
Sunken cars, deluged houses and businesses, paddocks under water.
Images from last month’s flooding in Whakatū (Nelson) are still fresh in our minds.
500 homes were evacuated when the region received three times the average monthly rainfall in just five days. Thankfully, no-one died.
Shaking it up: 5 ways The Warehouse is helping change getting from A to B
We know that to protect our planet we all must do our bit – making those little changes that can make a difference. It helps when The Warehouse Group is already trying hard to support everyday Kiwis with this, trialling initiatives and new innovations to see what impact they might have.
Air New Zealand to fly on sustainable aviation fuel from next week
Air New Zealand plans to start flying its aircraft partly on sustainable aviation fuel made from recycled cooking oil and animal waste from next week.
Silver Fern Farms – Moving more with less impact
Meat processor Silver Fern Farms is moving more animals over fewer kilometres, thanks to a digital real-time transport management system.
Lion New Zealand reduces emissions by 10%, committed to carbon zero
Lion New Zealand, Aotearoa’s largest alcohol beverages company, has reduced its carbon emissions by 10 per cent meeting its carbon emissions reduction commitments as part of its Toitū net carbonzero organisation certification
Genesis launches new ‘roaming’ EV charging plan
Genesis has detailed a new approach to charging electric vehicles called EVerywhere, designed to make it cheaper and easier to charge your car away from home.
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.