Fonterra supporting farmers to lower emissions 
Fonterra will provide all of its farmers with a biological emissions profile at no additional cost from Spring 2020. To learn how Fonterra could quantify on-farm biological emissions, it undertook a recording pilot involving 113 farms of all sizes and geographies.
Picture: Ngāi Tahu Farms Te Whenua Hou.

What did you learn at Embark?
In this video, OCS, thinkstep, O-I New Zealand, and our own Abbie Reynolds talk about some of the ideas they took away from Embark 2019. And see the Climate Leaders Coalition playlist for highlights from the first anniversary, and member stories by Colenso BBDO. 

The crisis in capitalism part 2
The Spinoff is running a series on the ethics of NZ businesses. This week SBC Chair and Toyota CEO Alistair Davis, CLC convener and Z CEO Mike Bennetts and Genesis Energy CEO Marc England talk about businesses' role in tackling climate change.

CEO/CFO feedback needed on sustainable finance
The Aotearoa Circle’s Sustainable Finance Forum is developing a roadmap for NZ’s financial system and would like feedback from CEOs and CFOs via an online survey before 20 August on how best to integrate environmental and social performance into NZ’s financial system. Results available end of Oct. 

Have your say on climate action for Auckland 
The Auckland Council has released their Climate Action Framework for consultation before 6 September. The framework establishes 11 key moves to reduce emissions and to increase resilience to the impacts of climate change. 

Breakfast fuel of the future
The recent National Road Carriers’ (NRC) Future of Freight breakfast seminar in Auckland looked at transport fuels of the future. Waste Management NZ senior project engineer EV Sam Donaldson talked about their electric truck conversion workshop, and Z Energy chief executive Mike Bennetts spoke about their biodiesel initiative and the need for systems change. 

Sustainability Radio
In the third episode, we talk to Jay Crangle, our Events and Training Manager about the upcoming SBC Annual Council Meeting, Abbie Reynolds has insights for New Zealand businesses on the Sustainable Development Goals, and we listen in on a snippet of the recent Sustainable Procurement webinar.
And for an international perspective, check out the new Sustainability Matters podcast from EY.  

Businesses more engaged in the Global Goals
The WBCSD team gathered their key takeaways from the recent High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, including the need for increased ambition and accelerated action, as well as greater inclusion and new collaborations. They also observed a continued and maturing engagement by business. 

Fly me to the moon
Whether you're piloting the Lunar Module or trying to change the culture of an organisation, how we respond to challenges has so much to do with whether we approach them with gloomy pessimism or curious optimism. Jay Crangle reports back from the second Sustainability Leadership Programme, delivered by Catapult.

Career opportunities
Beca - Sustainability Engineer
Beca - Associate Sustainable Buildings Consultant 
EY - EHS Digital Services Manager – Climate Change and Sustainability
OCS Limited - Sustainability Advisor
Oxygen - Sustainability Consultant
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu - Sustainability Advisor
Coca-cola Amatil - Sustainability Manager
Mitre10 - Sustainability Manager