SBC Annual Council Meeting: Building a future where people, business and nature thrive
Online | Tuesday 29 September, 4 - 5.30pm
Join us for an interactive online experience to mark our shared vision of a New Zealand where business, people and nature thrive together.
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Brilliant Basics Webinar: Materiality
Online | Thursday 08 October, 12 - 12.45pm
What are the most important issues for your business? Are they different from that of your stakeholders? Hear Ian Jameson at KPMG New Zealand and Dawn Baggaley, NZ Post explore the concept of materiality and how it can add real value to your business processes.
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Procurement: Buy better, sell better
Wellington and online | Wednesday 13 October, 1.15 - 2pm
Join this BusinessNZ seminar to hear how to use social and sustainable procurement in your strategy, how to tackle challenges that may arise, and how you can use social and sustainable procurement within your own supply chain to be more successful in Government tenders.
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Other sustainability events
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Global Week to Act for SDGs
19 - 26 September
A turning point for people and planet
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Aotearoa Conversations
21 - 25 September
The Impact Initiative and Ākina Foundation bring you a programme of online events running parallel to the Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF Digital).
How can we grow the impact economy in New Zealand? How can social procurement unlock spending that generates impact? What changes will support social enterprises to thrive, as our economy bounces back from Covid-19?
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World Green Building Week 2020
21-25 September 2020.
The NZGBC have a series of online panel discussions tackling the big issues. Can a shovel-ready approach ever truly solve fundamental problems? Can the financial services industry be a catalyst for change? How can we fully realise the enormous potential for social and green procurement?
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Webinar: To the power of B.
Wednesday 30 September, 3pm
It’s no coincidence that B Corps, a more conscious breed of business, continues their rise as employees and customers demand more action from organisations. Hear from Toitū Envirocare, Synlait and thinkstep-anz, three local B Corps, on their unique motivations for joining the B Corp community and the many associated benefits in thinkstep-anz’s upcoming webinar.
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Stories of Change NZ 2: Iceberg Model - Rise of the Civil Rights Movement
Online | Thursday 1 October, 5pm
A three-part series from the School of System Change which discusses how systemic frameworks can help us understand social change, and how you can facilitate group discussions using these frameworks such as Multi-Level Perspectives, Iceberg Model, and Regenerative Model.
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World Energy Week Live: Connecting Energy Societies
Online | 7 - 9 October
Registrations are free for BEC and SBC members. This digital festival includes an Asia-Pacific Energy Leaders’ Panel Session with EECA’s CEO Andrew Caseley and representatives from Hong Kong, China, Japan and Singapore.
Register here - Advance registration is required. In question 4, select ‘Member Committee Member’.
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Rainbow Excellence Awards and Development Forum
Auckland | Friday 9 October 2020, 12.30pm - 5.30pm
Finalists include ASB, Auckland Council, Auckland Museum and Kiwibank.
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TCFD Summit 2020
Online | Friday 9 October 2020
Co-hosted by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The speakers include Mark Carney, Peter Bakker and Larry Fink.
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Climate Change + Business Conference
Aotea Centre, Auckland | DATE CHANGE: Now 11 - 12 November
The conference will explore the extent to which businesses, policy-makers, and civil society have seized the opportunity presented by Covid-19 to transform our future.
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Convergence for a carbon transition | 2020-2030
Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and online | Thursday 26 November
One-day conference with real examples of radical path change ideas from the new field of “Transition Engineering”.
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ICNZ 2020 Speaker Series: Our climate and New Zealand's resilience into the future.
Thursday 26 November
The Insurance Council of New Zealand's 2020 Speaker Series offers access to international and local experts to discuss the topics and issues that are affecting the sector, both here in New Zealand and around the world.
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Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards
25 January 2021
The Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards honour those who use their passion to make our country a better place.
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