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World Forum on Natural Capital

SBC Executive Director Penny Nelson recently attended the World Forum on Natural Capital in Edinburgh last month. The Forum brought together leading thinkers on how business and the natural environment interact....

SD2015 CEO Forum

SBC's Belinda vanEyndhoven attended Sustainable Business Australia's SD2015 CEO Forum on Friday 13th November. The mood of business in the room was one of cautious optimism....

Business Brief on Climate Change

The Sustainable Business Council and Major Companies Group have released a Business Brief on Climate Change which sets out where businesses want to lead on climate change through to 2020....

BusinessNZ goes carbon neutral

BusinessNZ has been certified as carbon neutral by carboNZero....

Momentum building on climate change

Momentum is building in the run-up to Paris and business is now more engaged in climate discussions than ever before....

More information will improve business decisions

SBC welcomes the latest state of the environment report...

Business to boost ecosystem health

The Sustainable Business Council has today signed a three year partnership with the Department of Conservation that aims to get more businesses understanding, managing and improving their impact on nature....

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....