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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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EECA Guidance for Smart Homes released
EECA has commissioned Standards New Zealand to produce a Publicly Available Specification (PAS) for Smart Homes, to help New Zealanders understand how they can make their existing home ‘smart’ and begin the transition to this new technology.
Synlait – Phase 1 of off-farm decarbonisation roadmap completed
Synlait Milk Limited (Synlait) has completed two key projects, which sees the first phase of its
decarbonisation roadmap completed.
Suncorp NZ on pace to meet new net zero goals
Suncorp New Zealand said that it is on track to meet the Suncorp Group’s new net zero targets, having achieved both its prior FY22 and FY30 targets (22% and 51% reduction, respectively) well ahead of schedule.
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.