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Welcome to 2019 From everyone here at SBC, wishing you a very Happy New Year! We hope to see you at our What's Ahead events in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch later in January, which will include a session on storytelling.
And to start us off on the right note, Enviro-Mark Solutions have some top tips for a low impact new year.
1.5 million bottles of beer on the wall Great to see our members working together. Downer and DB Breweries have resurfaced the parking area at Queenstown Airport with 1.5 million recycled beer bottles and 330,000 waste printer toner cartridges.
Plastic waste: Overcoming the colour problem Colour is one of the biggest problems in recycling plastic. Unilever and Ioniqa are working to get the colour out of recycled content. David Blanchard, Head of Global Research and Development, Unilever talks to the BBC Discovery series - from 15 minutes in.
Fixing our coast roads Following two ex-tropical cyclones in February 2018, WSP Opus has been repairing coastal infrastructure along SH6 for NZTA - as featured in NZ Local Government Magazine. These repairs have to be done while thinking about future risks from sea level rise and extreme weather events.
The case for the living wage Corporates shouldn’t think of the living wage as an expense, but rather as an investment in their business and people, says Vector’s Chief Risk Officer Kate Beddoe on The Spinoff.
Reporting corner Wright Communications have produced their inaugural Sustainability Report, mapping their strategic goals to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
Sustainability leadership programmes for directors and executives
The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership programmes are being held in Melbourne in March 2019. Apply online for the next sustainability leadership programme for directors. The Prince of Wales programme for executives is currently waitlist only, but register your interest.