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SBC Hot Seat with Shannil Varma (CLC Manager)

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

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...

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DB Breweries releases its 2022 sustainability report

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.

Ravensdown establishes new innovation entity – Agnition

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.

Auckland Council’s consumption emissions modelling

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.

NZ Post gives thumbs up to Fuso eCanter

NZ Post gives thumbs up to Fuso eCanter

NZ Post is giving top marks to its light-duty electric Fuso eCanter truck following a six-month trial.

A recent report details the performance of the eCanter which NZ Post has been operating between its North Shore Operation Centre and Silverdale Depot, north of Auckland, for the trial.