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The Business of Sustainability – How do Kiwi companies stack up?

Executive director Abbie Reynolds is back from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's annual meeting, with valuable insights about what New Zealand companies are doing that other organisations around the world could emulate or learn from....

Pānui News – June 7

In this week's Pānui news, the government asks NZers to help it draft new climate change legislation and renowned Kiwi businesses sign the Plastic Packaging Declaration....

Guest Blog – Sustainability – A retrospective

A guest blog from one of SBC’s original members, Geoff Bennett, CEO of Energy & Technical Services...

Pānui News – May 31

In this week's Pānui news, NZ Post sets an ambitious target to be carbon neutral by 2030, and Meridian and Westpac contribute to Drive Electric's new White Paper on EVs....

Pānui News – May 24

In this week's Pānui news, Trees that Count launches a marketplace that enables businesses and individuals to support native tree planting, and Fuji Xerox and Downer trial a new asphalt made out of waste photocopier toner....

Pānui News – May 17

In this week's Pānui, SBC's sustainable procurement guidelines for freight go global and our executive director Abbie Reynolds looks at the ways business can build trust....

What’s on the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s agenda

SBC's executive director, Abbie Reynolds, reflects on the big issues affecting sustainable business councils worldwide....

Science-based targets 101: Get a head start on target setting

At SBC we've noticed since early 2017 that many of our member businesses are setting emissions reduction targets to 2030, 2040 and even 2050....

Pānui News – May 10

In this week's Pānui, Countdown and Mico Plumbing both make moves to reduce NZ's plastic bag use and The Warehouse and thinkstep sign up to set Science-Based Targets...

Building trust in business

The 2018 Acumen Edelman Barometer Trust Barometer shows that trust in business has been low and static at 47 per cent in the past two years....