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AirNZ on top in reputation survey | Kantar in partnership with Wright Communications, has released its Corporate Reputation Index, which shows Air New Zealand has scored highest for trust and responsibility, and third highest for leadership. Congratulations to the SBC and CLC members featured in the top 20 - Mitre10, Toyota, The Warehouse Group, Zespri, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, Fisher & Paykel Appliances, Pak’n Save, New Zealand Post and New World. | | | |
New electric bitumen tank | Downer New Zealand's Road Science has opened a new electric bitumen tank at Lyttelton Port. The tank can hold five million litres of bitumen for use constructing roads and pavements and is made from a converted oil tank. It's also the first of its size in Australasia to be fully electrified, which is expected to save a further 290 tonnes of carbon emissions each year. | | | |
Join us in driving NZ’s transition to electric | Looking for insights on how to engage your staff as you transition to EV’s? SBC members have formed a group with Drive Electric, focused on driving Aotearoa’s transition to low emission light vehicle fleets. Find out about the group here, and connect with Kate Wilson-Butler for the programme pack and an invite to the next event. | | | |
Continuing to move beyond diversity | Gender equality and enabling female leadership in the workplace were the focus of the agenda in the latest of SBC’s ‘Moving Beyond Diversity’ hui hosted by Watercare. Thank you to the teams from Spark and Watercare who shared details of their leadership journeys. Check out the latest blog for more details and recordings from the session, as well as information on how you can join this important korero. | | | |
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Entries are open for the New Zealand Tourism Awards 2022, showcasing and celebrating the tourism industry’s individual and business successes. There is a new award for Regenerative Tourism, plus an Environment Award and Conservation Award, so spread the news and enter before 14 July.
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Sustainability reporting trends | Sustainability reporting in New Zealand is on the rise with more companies disclosing their greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption and impact on society. Nikki Wright from Wright Communications shares the trends her team have noticed in sustainability reporting, and why being succinct and using international ESG standards are more common. | | | |
Te Whakahaere Āhuarangi Limited is undertaking market analysis to assess the current and future supply and demand for voluntary offsets in New Zealand for the Carbon Neutral Government Programme. The research will identify opportunities to develop and incentivise the market for voluntary offsets. Businesses are invited to participate in a survey that will help inform MfE about the type of offset projects that individual businesses can support, and the scale needed to meet current and future demand for offsets. Fill out the survey here.
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New member: Profile Group | Welcome to new SBC member Profile Group. Profile Group represents a family of businesses that together form New Zealand's only integrated supply chain for aluminium and uPVC window and door solutions. Its focus is on designing out waste, utilising renewable resources, valuing all materials as high value and keeping them in use and out of landfills and giving back to the community through regenerative ecological projects. | | | |
Last week’s webinar “Sustainable Packaging Metrics in a Global Supply Chain" with Zespri and thinkstep-anz is now available to rewatch here.
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We are monitoring Covid-19 developments closely and will advise of any changes to upcoming events. | |
Climate Change and Business Conference Aotea Centre, Auckland | 19 - 20 September 2022
The conference, delivered by SBC, CLC and EDS, will focus on the concrete action business is taking to accelerate the pathway to net zero by 2050. Registration and more information.
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NEW: Science and the future of Covid variants
Online | Wednesday 15 June, 12:00 – 1:00pm (NZT) Business NZ and ESR are pleased to present Translating COVID-19 Science to Actionable Business Intelligence, with ESR Chief Scientist Dr Brett Cowan and ESR CEO Peter Lennox. The presentation will cover the current and projected future of the global and New Zealand pandemic trajectory, COVID testing including Rapid Antigen Tests, variants and vaccines, implications of Long COVID and much more. Register here | |
NEW: Akina: Special social enterprise meet-up Multiple locations | Monday 20 June – Thursday 23 June
Together with the Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF) team and the 2022 local co-host White Box Enterprises, Ākina is hosting a series of events to discuss how to leverage the forum and share best practices in areas such as social procurement and ecosystem development. Register here
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NEW: Great Debate Series:
Decentralised Energy vs Centralised Energy.
Wellington | Thursday 23 June, 11am – 12:30pm Join BusinessNZ Energy Council and panellists in this debate on decentralised vs centralised energy solutions with the facilitator challenging participants and aiming to explore the pros and cons of each option. They will discuss different solutions, how these can support our carbon zero journey, the potential challenges, and the opportunities available to implement them. Panellists for this event are Dr Cristiano Marantes - Chief Executive, Ara Ake, Scott Willis, Director, Climate Navigator, and Nicolas Vessiot, Acting GM Strategy & Customer, Transpower. Register here
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NEW: MindTheGap Webinar Online | Monday 27 June, 1.00pm In March of this year, a group called MindTheGap launched a registry for New Zealand businesses with over fifty employees to publicly register their pay gap. So far 55 businesses have done so. The MindTheGap campaign, founded by Dellwyn Stuart and Jo Cribb says international evidence shows that when we shed some light on our pay gaps, we can get to work on closing them. Join Dellwyn and Jo for a discussion on MindTheGap on this BusinessNZ Network webinar on 27 June. Find out more and register here | |
NEW: Introducing ‘All Things Carbon’ webinar series
Online Webinar Series | Wednesday 18 July – Friday 12 August A changing climate is a today and tomorrow challenge that many of us are familiar with or at least know will impact us. Increasingly businesses are looking at carbon management as a way to account for and reduce their impact. This has multiple steps from measurement to verification with the critical element of emissions reduction at the centre and is an evolving field. The latest focuses on climate positive and science-based targets take things to a whole new level. Are you keen to learn more? Join BusinessNZ Network, Deta, Ekos, thinkstep-anz, and Toitū in a collaboration for the upcoming ‘All Things Carbon’ webinar series. Kicking off with the first in this 5-part series is ‘Measure’ a spotlight on all things to do with carbon measurement. This will be followed by weekly features on verify; reduce; offset; and finally, climate positive/ SBTIs. Come to all 5, just one or a few, it’s up to you. Register now at the following links for: Part 1 – Measure, Part 2 – Verify, Part 3 – Reduce, Part 4 – Offset, Part 5 – Climate Positive and SBTIs. | |
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