Thriving People

Putting the heart in our mahi – Activating ‘S’ in ESG 

Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi  I love this whakatauki as it talks to community, to collaboration and to a strengths-based approach. It acknowledges that […]

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How should businesses measure and maximise social impact? 

SBC’s 2024 Thriving Voices online event series continued last week with our kaputī kōrero focusing on measuring and maximising impact.   Our flagship report ‘Thriving People – Strengthening the ‘S’ in […]

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Social sustainability trends to look out for in 2024 

We know the ‘S’ in ESG has been living in the shadow of ‘E’. However, business leaders are increasingly realising that Aotearoa New Zealand’s biggest societal and environmental challenges cannot […]

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Updates on THRIVE – SBC’s Future Work ecosystem

By Robert Perry, Manager Thriving People December 2023  SBC and founding project partners Meridian, NZ Post, NZ Steel and Future Work Studio have reached an important milestone in the pilot […]

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Modern slavery laws – how ready is your organisation?

8, 10, [??], 8,000 – What’s the missing number? The answer is 77. If you answered correctly, you must have been among the 90+ business leaders who joined me at […]

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Thriving Communities – equipping your business for growing impact together  

SBC’s Thriving Voices online event series continued last week with our kaputī kōrero focusing on community impact.  Our recently launched report ‘Thriving People – Strengthening the ‘S’ in ESG’ showed […]

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Takeaways from the ‘Strengthening the ‘S’ in ESG’ report launch 

I am very pleased to announce the launch of the ‘Strengthening the ‘S’ in ESG’ report at SBC’s inaugural Thriving People networking event, hosted on 18 October at Fonterra’s offices. […]

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It’s time we strengthen the ‘S’ in ESG 

By Robert Perry (Manager Thriving People)   We’re all familiar with Aotearoa New Zealand’s net zero 2050 goal – but what is the equivalent ‘goal’ for social sustainability? Is there one, […]

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Making sense of mental wellbeing at work – thoughts from Robert Perry

SBC recently hosted a Spotlight Series webinar which started a very important conversation around demystifying mental wellbeing at work and shared practical insights, tools and actions leaders can take to help […]

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2023 Insights on New Zealand Sustainability Professionals survey launches

Oxygen Consulting, in partnership with Auckland University of Technology (AUT), the Sustainable Business Council (SBC), and the Sustainable Business Network (SBN), have launched their fourth annual survey on the sustainability profession in New Zealand and are inviting eligible participants to take part....