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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.
Climate Leaders Coalition: What's new 
The Stuff long-term series on climate change Quick! Save the Planet has 10 top tips for business action from CLC members, as well as an opinion piece from SKYCITY chair Rob Campbell on the importance of business leadership. ANZ says business must just get on with the climate opportunity, and thinkstep and SBC talk about the Industrial Re-revolution
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 MagazineThese 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.   
Job opportunities 
Environmental Sustainability Analyst - Downer 
Sustainability and Resilience Consultant - Aecom
Sustainability/Better Business Reporting Manager - KPMG
And here at SBC we are looking for an Events & Training Manager to run the great events that bring our members together [Seek / Do Good Jobs]. 

Upcoming Events


What's ahead for sustainability 
SBC networking event to talk about sustainability in the year ahead - from 5pm.
Session on communications and storytelling 4-5pm. 

Wednesday 23 Jan: Auckland
Thursday 24 Jan: Wellington + Livestream
Wednesday 30 Jan: Christchurch 

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.
10 January 2019






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