Climate Leaders Coalition

Uniting businesses and accelerating our transition to a zero carbon and climate resilient future

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The Climate Leaders Coalition is a CEO-led community of over 80 organisations leading the response to climate change through collective, transparent and meaningful action on mitigation and adaptation.

Why should businesses join CLC?

Hear from previous CLC CEO Convenor and Spark CEO Jolie Hodson

Hear from previous CLC CEO Steering Group member and Toyota NZ CEO Neeraj Lala

Hear from CLC CEO Steering Group member & thinkstep-anz CEO Barbara Nebel

Our Signatories

“Being a member of CLC has ensured that we continue committing publicly to appropriate targets and delivering on our change. This hasn’t necessarily been easy with changing priorities – but the CLC has meant we have come back to sustainability as part of our compass for true north.”

Lincoln Watson, CEO of BraveGen

Key benefits of joining the Coalition

Networking opportunities

We aim to hold at least one major in-person Coalition event each year, with smaller events throughout the year, including CEO-only events.

Adaptation Working Group

CLC signatories can participate in SBC's Adaptation Working Group. The group is co-chaired by IAG and brings together a number of organisations who are working to define what adaptation means for business, raise the profile of business adaptation, and increase adaptation capability across the membership.

Mentoring programme

We operate an opt-in business to business mentoring programme which enables signatories to mentor or be mentored by other signatories on areas to advance their organisation’s climate action. This allows for peer-to-peer support.

Support to meet the Statement of Ambition

We release guidance to help signatories meet the Statement of Ambition requirements and continue to look for ways to facilitate opportunities for signatories to build their collective capability and understand good practice including through the monthly Masterclass series and the business-to-business mentoring programme.

Masterclass series

We hold online Masterclasses once a month. These are typically led by a signatory to help others understand good practice and make faster progress on their area of expertise. The Masterclasses focus on topics that enable signatories to build capability and support achievement of the Statement of Ambition requirements.

Advocacy for effective climate action

We support Aotearoa’s domestic and international climate commitments and work with SBC to promote the need for cross-party support for effective climate policy that provides the certainty that businesses and communities need to invest and transform. This includes consulting with signatories to develop comprehensive submissions on key climate policies like the Emissions Reduction Plan and National Adaptation Plan.

Key Documents

Statement of Ambition

Statement of Ambition

Our new Statement of Ambition outlines the climate action our signatories are working towards achieving.

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Fifth Anniversary Snapshot Report

Fifth Anniversary Snapshot Report

The Coalition's Fifth Anniversary Snapshot Report was released in November 2023 and illustrates the Coalition's progress over the past five years in reducing emissions and adapting to climate change. The Snapshot Report is also a key transparency tool to demonstrate signatories’ individual and collective progress in delivering on the Coalition’s Statement of Ambition. View the latest Snapshot Report here.

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Annual Plan 2025/26

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Annual Plan 2025/26

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Carbon reduction case study – OCS (NZ) and Toitū Envirocare

Carbon reduction case study – OCS (NZ) and Toitū Envirocare

OCS New Zealand is a major employer in the cleaning and facilities management industry, with significant partnerships in government, education and aviation. It has recently been awarded Carbonreduce certification by Toitū Envirocare – the first major company in its industry sector to gain the prestigious endorsement.

Cheat Sheet – The Workshop’s How to Talk About Climate Change (funded by Meridian)

Cheat Sheet – The Workshop’s How to Talk About Climate Change (funded by Meridian)

This cheat sheet is for people preparing or planning communications to promote meaningful climate action. It’s designed to be used together with our message guide to talking about climate change (below), where the key concepts we reference here are described in detail. Think of it as a quick memory aid to remind you of the key principles. Please refer back to the message guide whenever you need more details. This cheat sheet is based on research conducted by The Workshop on behalf of Oxfam New Zealand and was funded by Meridian Energy.

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