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SBC Weekly – June 22

In this week's update, Abbie Reynolds provides tips on how to avoid generational bias in your recruitment process, and SBC member L'Oreal talks about its new scholarships for kids who have been in foster care....

The number of young NZers out of work, education & training is sobering

Abbie Reynolds urges business owners and recruiters to connect more with young people. As employees they bring fresh perspectives and new skills....

Business supports mandatory sustainability reporting, says new CSR survey

Almost half the Kiwi respondents to the leading annual study of corporate social responsibility practices say sustainability reporting should be mandatory....

SBC Weekly – June 15

In this week's update, SBC members are among the first businesses to order electric vehicles through the new EV joint procurement scheme and the Dairy Action for Climate Change is launched....

New NZX guidelines a tipping point for sustainability reporting

"The new NZX corporate governance code guidelines will be a tipping point for the maturation of sustainability reporting and integrated reporting"....

Dairy Action for Climate Change – a great cross-sector initiative

The Sustainable Business Council is welcoming the Dairy Action for Climate Change Plan announced today by Fonterra, Dairy NZ and the Minister for Climate Change, Paula Bennett....

Leading the way – NZ business embedding Sustainable Development Goals

Day one of the SBC Future Leaders Programme is down and participants have decided they will focus their work on five Sustainable Development Goals into their NZ businesses....

SBC Weekly – June 8

In this week's update, Trump Administration's decision to pull out of the Paris Agreement, New DB Breweries sustainability report and more......

Growing great leaders – the 2017 Future Leaders Programme

SBC and Catapault are thrilled to announce this year’s Future Leaders Programme is focused on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals....

Business doesn’t have the luxury of ignoring climate change

Sustainable Business Council says the Trump Administration's decision to leave the Paris Agreement is disappointing, but it won’t stall the momentum in the business community to lower emissions....

Work, work, work. Big opportunities for business hiring young people

New Zealand’s young people are acknowledged as very important to business leaders, but there’s a gap between that sentiment and the actual outcomes for young Kiwis...

WBCSD President’s Letter: Business stands behind the Paris Agreement

WBCSD President Peter Bakker's response to the US Administration's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement....