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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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Toyota NZ CEO joins Climate Leaders Coalition CEO Steering Group
Toyota NZ chief executive Neeraj Lala has been elected to the steering committee of the Climate Leaders Coalition (CLC).
The CLC is a group of businesses committed to progressing New Zealand’s transition to carbon zero. Other CEOs on the committee include NZ Post’s David Walsh, Z Energy’s Michael Bennetts, and Spark’s Jolie Hodson.
BNZ launches new tool to help businesses calculate their carbon footprint
Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) has welcomed the launch of the Carbon Emissions Calculator as part of the Climate Action Toolbox today.
Business leaders call for meaningful climate action
The Climate Leaders' Coalition - whose signatories are responsible for almost 60 percent of the country's greenhouse gas emissions - will today officially launch a Statement of Ambition, which aims...
Climate Leaders Coalition launches new Statement of Ambition, appoints new CEO Convenor
The Climate Leaders Coalition is tonight officially launching a new Statement of Ambition to accelerate business action on climate change. “Just as domestic and international climate science and...
Making a move on emissions
Our Auckland - Auckland City Council: It’s a big ask: Auckland needs to reduce transport emissions by 64 per cent over the next eight years to support our goal of halving total emissions by 2030....
COO lifts the lid on Ando’s new ‘giving back’ initiative
Insurance Business Magazine NZ: Ando Insurance Group – which has developed its own emissions reduction plan and is one of the newest signatories to the Climate Leaders Coalition – is leveraging...
thinkstep anz – Becoming a low emissions economy
Manufacturers should expect a push to decarbonise heavy transport and freight.
High water marks: Watercare raises the tide on sustainability
Utilities company Watercare, charged with delivering a clean and sustainable water supply to 1.7 million Auckland residents, has ambitious decarbonisation targets. Watercare Head of Sustainability Chris Thurston says: “We have massive commitments to reduce embodied carbon by 40% by 2024, with a multimillion-dollar programme of work under way to upgrade existing infrastructure and build new.”
Downer – Road Science opens new electric bitumen tank in South Island
Road Science (a subsidiary of Downer New Zealand) has held an official opening event today for a large bitumen tank at the Port of Lyttleton, to bolster onshore storage and enable a secure supply for customers.
Fonterra’s Mike Cronin on He Waka Eke Noa and a new season
Fonterra supports He Waka Eke Noa’s recommended approach as an alternative to pricing agricultural emissions through the Emissions Trading Scheme.
The partnership is recommending a farm level split-gas levy with built-in incentives to reduce emissions and sequester carbon, starting from 2025.
Silver Fern Farms signs NZ’s biggest deal linking working capital with sustainability targets
Silver Fern Farms, New Zealand’s largest meat processor and marketer, has inked the country’s biggest deal linking working capital with sustainability targets.
The Dunedin-based company signed a deal with a banking syndicate for $320 million of working capital which offers a lower interest rate in return for meeting sustainability targets.
Ports of Auckland welcome world’s first e-tug
The world’s first full sized ship-handling electric tug, named Sparky, has arrived at the Ports of Auckland.
Sparky arrived in the Waitematā Harbour early Tuesday morning escorted by Ports of Auckland’s current tugs and pilot boats.
Ports of Auckland chief executive Roger Gray says welcoming Sparky is an exciting day for everyone.