News

Global action on climate change – COP23 Vlogs

Fonterra's group environment manager, Francesca Eggleton, is at COP23 in Bonn, filing vlogs for SBC with her insights and observations....

Pānui (newsletter) – Nov 16

This week's Panui includes Fonterra's announcements on net zero targets and cleaning up NZ's waterways, plus award winners and new initiatives by Akina and Z Energy....

Fonterra targets net zero emissions by 2050

Abbie Reynolds, Executive Director of the Sustainable Business Council, says it’s important not to underestimate the significance of these new targets set by Fonterra....

(How to) Push Go on the Global Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals set a clear level of ambition and give a common language to talk about global issues....

Pānui (newsletter) – Nov 9

In this week's update, we reflect on COP22 and congratulate Vector on being NZ's first corporate-accredited Living Wage Employer...

Advancing climate action at COP23

A lot has happened in twelve months, and it feels like we have the bit between our teeth. We’ve got plenty to navigate in the year ahead, but we’re not debating the need for climate change action any longer. COP23...

Valuing Natural Capital

Climate change and freshwater policies got more air time in the 2017 General Election campaign than in any year previous. It reflects a growing awareness of the state of the natural resources we use, which underpin our economy, our international reputation, and perhaps most importantly, our sense of cultural identity...

Pānui (newsletter) – Nov 2

In this week's update, we highlight the global meeting on climate change in Bonn, COP23, and we cover Vector's move to become the first corporate accredited Living Wage Employer....

Pānui (newsletter) – Oct 26

In this week's Pānui, we take a look businesses' contribution to NZ's shift to a low emissions economy, and Fairfax's article on SDG 2 - Zero Hunger...

Note to SBC members on new government

It’s true that a week is a long time in politics. Since our last Panui we have a new government who have already made major sustainability policy commitments....

Our atmosphere and climate 2017 report

It’s important for us to focus on a few very important things in the face of such grim reading. This data doesn’t tell the story of the effort, investment, time and energy that many people and businesses are putting into addressing climate change....

A sobering read: Our atmosphere and climate 2017 report

The data shows us the nature of the change that is taking place, and the scale of the challenge we face. It reinforces, yet again, the urgent need for business, government and people to work together, to develop a vision and action plan to transition to a low emissions economy....