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Business’ role in meeting UN global goals

New Zealand has adopted the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)....

NBR Special Report: Eco Business – Sustainability

The Sustainable Business Council features in this week's NBR Eco Business Special on business collaboration....

Sustainable Business Council appoints new Chair

The Sustainable Business Council is pleased to announce Toyota New Zealand Chief Executive Alistair Davis has been appointed SBC's new Chair....

Mighty River Power boss Fraser Whineray says more could be done to seize electric car opportunity.

Mighty River Power boss, Fraser Whineray, said the Government should publicly recognise electric vehicles were New Zealand's biggest green growth opportunity and link that to its "100 per cent pure" tourism campaign....

Emissions target is the first step

The Sustainable Business Council says target-setting is the first step in the shift to a low carbon economy – next there needs to be a long term commitment to change....

State of CSR report released

Building stronger relationships with key stakeholders is the top priority for New Zealand businesses, according to a new survey on corporate social responsibility (CSR)....

Businesses challenged to shift thinking on sustainability

An international business expert is challenging New Zealand companies to extend the way they approach corporate sustainability....

All hail the Sustainarati!

Gerri Ward, Sustainability Manager at Z Energy shares highlights from the Sustainable Brands 2015 conference in San Diego....

Increasing the uptake of plug-in vehicles

Options in plain sight for increasing uptake of plug-in vehicles...

Sorting through glass ‘mountain’ in Otago

Otago Daily Times interviews Penny Garland from O-I New Zealand and SBC's Kate Alcock about their work to remove glass from an Otago landfill and ship it to the O-I site for reuse....