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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...
CLC Steering Group Convenor Jolie Hodson receives King’s Birthday Honours
We are so proud to see Spark New Zealand CEO and CLC Steering Group Convenor Jolie Hodson recognised earlier this week in the King’s Birthday Honours, alongside many other incredible New Zealanders. Jolie, your leadership of the Climate Leaders Coalition has helped...
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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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.
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.
Transpower releases 6-monthly report showing progress towards NZ’s energy transition
Transpower has released its March 2023 Whakamana i Te Mauri Hiko monitoring report. These six-monthly reports provide a window into Aotearoa New Zealand’s energy transition, tracking the sector’s progress against future energy scenarios.
Firstgas Group and Ecogas turning food scraps into renewable gas
Firstgas Group is building a state-of-the-art plant to upgrade Ecogas’ biogas into renewable gas to inject it into the gas network – on track for deployment by Q2 2024.
‘Open for business: Ag JV to help farmers reduce emissions’
Update from Ag JV which includes Coalition signatories ANZCO Foods, Fonterra, Ravensdown, Silver Fern Farms and Synlait.
Give us certainty, sustainable business leaders plead after climate assessment
The Climate Action Report Card assessed some of New Zealand’s biggest companies on their climate progress. While the report painted a picture of an economy moving too slowly, business sustainability leaders say there are green opportunities just waiting to be grasped.
LIC: Change is here, and dairy farmers are embracing it
David Chin, the chief executive of agritech and herd improvement co-operative LIC, on the big changes Kiwi dairy farmers are facing, and how his company is helping them tackle the future.
Electric tipper trucks for Watercare
Watercare has launched three new electric tipper trucks for the $1.2 billion Central Interceptor project at a work site in Mangere.
The XCMG-manufactured E700 battery swap trucks can each transport up to 13 tonnes of material with an average range of 200km. The trucks are the first heavy electric tippers in the country.
Newsroom Is it time for business to push for green politics?
Newsroom article featuring CLC
Ecotricity Becomes First Energy Company To Be Toitū Climate Positive Certified
Ecotricity, New Zealand’s leading 100% renewable and net carbonzero certified electricity provider, has gone one step further to help tackle the climate emergency.