 The Government has announced four changes to improve the operation of the NZ Emissions Trading Scheme in the 2020s. The four decisions are:
- Introduce auctioning of units, to align the NZ ETS to our climate change targets
- Limit participants’ use of international units when the NZ ETS reopens to international carbon markets
- Develop a different price ceiling to eventually replace the current $25 fixed price option
- Coordinate decisions on the supply settings in the NZ ETS over a rolling five-year period.
We welcome the proposed changes and are pleased that many points raised in SBC's submission on the ETS have been addressed. SBC members are setting bold long-term carbon reduction targets and are working together on initiatives to reduce emissions, including collaboration on procurement guidelines for freight.
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 To kick off Drive Electric Week, a conference called evworldNZ will take place on 8–9 September in Auckland. It will include EV experiences, education, and advice - including seminars from EECA - for consumers, business owners, fleet and procurement managers. Click here for more information.
EECA is also seeking proposals from other organisations to help them deliver a Community Outreach Programme normalising EVs and promoting the uptake of EVs. Read more here. Submissions close 18th August.
As part of the Social Enterprise World Forum in Christchurch, Ākina Foundation and SAP are running a Working on Purpose event. It will bring together public sector and corporate leaders, policy makers and specialists to talk about employee engagement, branding, procurement and CSR. Speakers include Ākina's Louise Aitken, Wellington Zoo's Karen Fifield, Vodafone's Lani Evans and SBC's Abbie Reynolds. Click here for more details and to register.
 "There's a business case for employers to invest locally in home grown talent," said Jeffery Wallace from LeadersUp on Q&A. Jeffery was the keynote speaker at yesterday's informative Future Ready Summit, talking about ways to address youth unemployment and skills gaps. Watch the Q&A interview here.
The Future Leaders Alumni will be hosting a networking event for the Alumni and 2017 Future Leaders on Tuesday 1st August in Auckland. It'll be a great opportunity to showcase the Alumni's recent activities and talk with the latest cohort about the future of the Alumni - how it can continue to foster leadership skills, provide opportunities to participate in broader SBC programmes and provide an effective platform for collaboration. Contact Kat McDonald for more information.
If you'd like to share your experience of working with natural capital tools, WBCSD would like you to fill in a very short survey. It will help them get a better picture of which natural capital approaches are being applied, what decisions assessments are influencing, and how familiar the concept has become among organisations.
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