| News, views and upcoming events
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Happy New Year and welcome to the first edition of Pānui for 2023 – we hope you all had a restful and relaxing summer period. This year is shaping up to be an exciting one for SBC, not least of all because of the new Head of Climate and Sustainability role we're currently recruiting for. If you or someone you know might be a good fit, we'd love to hear from you. | |
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COP15 reaches landmark agreement | At COP15 last month, nearly 200 countries (including New Zealand) signed a historic deal to protect 30% of the planet for nature. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, "We are finally starting to forge a peace pact with nature." If your business aims to become nature positive, here are the WBCSD's guidelines to accelerate business accountability, ambition and action for a nature-positive future.
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Govt and farmers take next step on agriculture emissions reduction plan | The Government has worked with agriculture industry leaders to adapt the proposed system for reducing agricultural emissions in a way that will protect future export growth. "Our shared goal is supporting farmers to grow their exports, reduce emissions, and maintain our agricultural sectors international competitive edge into the future." Read the Beehive release here. | | | |
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Hiringa and Air New Zealand announce strategic alliance | | | |
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Results of Manaaki Whenua's 2022 Environmental Perceptions survey | Manaaki Whenua (Landcare Research) have released the results of their New Zealand Environmental Perceptions Survey 2022, highlighting that respondents consider climate change to be the most important issue facing New Zealand, but that participation rates for environmental activities have dropped on the whole. Read the full findings of the survey here. | | | |
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Brambles (parent of CHEP) world's third most sustainable company |
The 2023 Global 100 most sustainable companies were just announced, with Australian-owned Brambles (the parent company of SBC member CHEP) coming in third place, outranked only by Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Denmark) and Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. (USA). Congratulations to CHEP for no doubt contributing towards the sustainability success of their parent company! | | | |
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AMP becomes the first KiwiSaver provider to sign up to SBTi |
AMP has been working to reduce its own carbon emissions for three years (and has already come 65% of the way towards its net zero goals). Now, it has become the first KiwiSaver provider to formally sign up to the international Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Check out this graph to see an outline of AMP's pathway to net zero 2050. | | | |
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Sustainability Reporting Corner
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There have been a number of member sustainability-related reports released over the last month: | | | |
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Have your say on carbon offsetting | The Climate and Energy Finance Group is conducting a 35-question survey on behalf of the Forestry Ministerial Advisory Group to understand the use of and demand for carbon offsetting in New Zealand. The resulting study will inform policy advice and may also help inform your business’ emissions reduction solution/pathway. Learn more and start the survey here. | | | |
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Sustainable Business Council (Wellington or Auckland) | |
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Introducing sustainability: the what, the why and the how for businesses EMA - 159 Khyber Pass Road, Grafton | 25 January 2023, 9:00am-5:00pm NZST
BusinessNZ - 3/11 Hunter Street, Wellington | 28 March 2023, 9:00am-5:00pm NZST
Are you wanting to better understand sustainability, its application in businesses and why it’s important? SBC and BusinessNZ Network are excited to share our introductory sustainability day course, where you can connect with fellow businesses to learn about key elements of sustainability. Designed and developed by the in-house expertise of our sustainability and learning and development specialists, this promises to leave you with an informed, connected and inspired view of how you can begin making an impact through your business. To express your interest, email Lauren James, Network Sustainability Lead, at ljames@businessnz.org.nz | |
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Free online taster for the Sustainability Leadership Programme Online | 9 February 2023, 10:00-11:00am NZST
Are you passionate about sustainability, but don’t yet feel like you have the knowledge or toolkit to push the needle in your organisation? Join us for this free online taster session where you will hear from past participants on how SLP has had a positive impact on not only their leadership within their current role and organisation, but also beyond. Registrations are now open for SLP, with early bird applications closing on 24 February, 2023. | |
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Sustainability for 'finance hat wearers' Smales Farm, Auckland | Weekly from 13 February to 6 March 2023
It is critical to equip ‘finance hat wearers’ with the knowledge and confidence to drive sustainability action forward in their organizations. As a subgroup of Deloitte and the Sustainable Business Council’s CFO Climate & Sustainability Programme, Business New Zealand and Deloitte Private are piloting the Sustainability for ‘finance hat wearers’ course for Auckland-based SMEs, a 4-part course of 1.5 hour lunchtime sessions. To register your interest, please email ljames@businessnz.org.nz | |
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