http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/ en-gb Tue, 21 May 2013 02:31:43 Copyright(c) Carbon News 2013 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/images/carbonnews.gif http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/ Electronics retailers could be forced to build the cost of disposal into sale prices if Wellington local authorities have their way. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6778 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6778 Fri, 10 May 2013 09:00:00 Challenges to New Zealand's 100% Pure brand will be heard next week. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6774 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6774 Fri, 10 May 2013 09:00:00 Most campaigns promoting the advantages of green business are failing to gain traction because they are preaching to the converted, says a commercial lawyer who has found a new vocation. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6767 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6767 Fri, 03 May 2013 09:00:00 Australian company Transpacific Technical Services has won $550,000 of New Zealand Government money to get rid of hazardous waste from old electrical equipment. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6753 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6753 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:00:00 Environment Minister Amy Adams has announced a newly accredited product stewardship scheme for the reuse and recycling of carpet tiles. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6750 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6750 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:00:00 New Zealanders are recycling nearly 70 per cent of their glass products. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6726 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6726 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:00:00 The Advertising Standards Authority is to consider whether New Zealand's 100% Pure claims are misleading. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6711 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6711 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:00:00 Coromandel Watchdog says it is shocked that the Ministry of Conservation has granted access for prospecting on Schedule 4 land to mining companies in the Coromandel and in the Paparoa National Park. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6706 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6706 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:00:00 New Zealand scientist and bioenergy pioneer Dr Sean Simpson has been honoured twice this week. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6703 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6703 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:00:00 Dr Sean Simpson ... went global. Electronics recycling company RCN e-Cycle is ramping up its South Island presence in preparation for the switch-over to digital television. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6699 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6699 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:00:00 Claims that Solid Energy's diversification into biodiesel led to its dismal financial state are being dismissed by both the industry and the Green Party. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6663 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6663 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:00:00 The Glenbrook steel mill and the Bluff aluminium smelter were the big winners in last year's hand-out of free carbon credits to industrial emitters. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6646 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6646 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:00:00 New Zealand businesses should be taking advantage of low international carbon prices to buy local units, says an Auckland businessman. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6488 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6488 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:00:00 James McGhie ... no-brainer. Products ranging from raw petfood to biodegradable coffins have been recognised in this year's sustainable business awards. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6487 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6487 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:00:00 Innovation has become the key ingredient for business sustainability in the new "normal" financially constrained environment, says Ricoh New Zealand. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6489 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6489 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:00:00 The New Zealand Superannuation Fund might have to consider climate change and other environmental issues in its investment decisions in future. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6456 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6456 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:00:00 New Zealand's LanzaTech is working with Malaysia's government-owned national oil company, Petronas, to convert carbon dioxide to sustainable chemicals. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6406 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6406 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:00:00 Climate Change Minister Tim Groser is bound for South Korea, a country that is pegging its future on green growth. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6415 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6415 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:00:00 Water foot-printing is going to be as big as carbon foot-printing - and smart businesses are recognising that now, says Water New Zealand chief executive Murray Gibb. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6387 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6387 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:00:00 Murray Gibb ... we're exporting embedded water. New Zealand waste-to-fuels pioneer LanzaTech has bagged more than $18 million of growth captial from a Silicon Valley science investment organisation. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6382 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6382 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:00:00 Intellectual property law firm James and Wells is donating a percentage of its fees from "sustainable clients" to coastal clean-up charity Sustainable Coastlines. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6369 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6369 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:00:00 The New Zealand Superannuation Fund will no longer invest in the company that owns the Fukushima nuclear power plant. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6364 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6364 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:00:00 New Zealand carbon-refining company CarbonScape has made the final three in a one of the world's largest competitions for sustainable innovation. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6348 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6348 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:00:00 A Canterbury University lecturer is concerned about the potential increase of high-risk tourism activities in the Antarctic and a lack of regulation to address their impacts. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6350 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6350 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:00:00 New Zealand could revive its flax industry on the back of new research showing it has potential as an anti-fungal packaging material. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6327 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6327 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:00:00 A concerted effort to measure and cut greenhouse gas emissions has earnt GE New Zealand the international Cemars certification. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6311 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6311 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:00:00 New Zealand biotechnology company LanzaTech has signed a joint development agreement with nylon producer Invista to develop a bio-based butadiene, used in the production of synthetic rubber. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6264 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6264 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:00:00 Kiwi hosiery brand StepOut says it is introducing New Zealand's first eco-friendly supermarket range of socks and tights - and upping the stakes against its Aussie rival. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6259 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6259 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:00:00 Impressed by the sustainable nature of the Olympics? You can do it, too, thanks to a new standard for events. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6246 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6246 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:00:00 Climate Change Minister Tim Groser is talking clean-tech investment in Germany. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6196 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6196 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:30:00 Tim Groser ... Germans investing in NZ. Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith is coming to New Zealand to try to get our business leaders serious about environmental issues. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6173 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6173 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:00:00 Dick Smith ... message for our leaders. A company recycling heavy metals heads a new list of clean-tech companies that are turning over more than $1 billion a year between them. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6174 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6174 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:00:00 Soft drinks company Soda Stream is fizzing over what it says is an over-the-top reaction of Coca-Cola to a marketing campaign. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6157 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6157 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:00:00 The Cage ... hands off our rubbish, says Coca-Cola. Some of New Zealand's top business leaders are issuing what they say is a call-to-action over the country's green development future. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6147 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6147 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:00:00 Waikato businesses are being invited to take part in the first New Zealand programme developed to reduce their energy costs while earning an independently certified environmental warranty. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6134 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6134 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:00:00 The company that transformed Starbucks coffee sacks into high-quality upholstery fabric has come up with another groundbreaking material. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6135 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6135 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:00:00 Auckland's Villa Maria Estate winery has taken the supreme award in this year's Green Ribbon Awards. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6125 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6125 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:00:00 Projects that cut carbon emissions by a total of 1.7 million tonnes a year and produced $600 million worth of energy efficiency were recognised this week in the annual Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority Awards. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6093 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6093 Fri, 25 May 2012 10:00:00 An ingenious plant expansion that is saving $500,000 a year in energy costs has won a national award for Dominion Salt and engineers Aurecon New Zealand. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6094 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6094 Fri, 25 May 2012 10:00:00 New Zealand doesn't know what impact mining, marine power and biodiscovery could have on its oceans, scientists say. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6078 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6078 Fri, 18 May 2012 10:00:00 Poor rural areas might soon be exempt from having to deal with the greenhouse gas emissions of their rubbish. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6062 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6062 Fri, 11 May 2012 10:00:00 Local authorities have been given a toolbox to help them to assess the impact climate change could have on their territories. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6061 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6061 Fri, 11 May 2012 10:00:00 The Empire State Building is following the lead of Auckland's Sky Tower and going LED. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6063 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6063 Fri, 11 May 2012 10:00:00 Bluff Aluminium Smelter owner Rio Tinto has won this year's Roger Award for its behaviour over the Emissions Trading Scheme http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6029 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6029 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:00:00 A New Zealand company says it is not operating on a level playing field in Australia's carbon business. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6020 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6020 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:00:00 New Zealand's first green gym opens in Christchurch today. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6010 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6010 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:00:00 International hotel operator Accor has named the Auckland Airport Novotel as its first New Zealand hotel to sign up for the type of environmental goals set at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6011 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6011 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:00:00 Life insurance company Sovereign is the first New Zealand recipient of a printed product that is certified carbon neutral under the new PAS 2050 life-cycle standard. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6018 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6018 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:00:00 Two New Zealand companies are turning the waste from old printer cartridges into paint in what they say is a world first. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6013 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6013 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:00:00 Dunedites are getting a free drink at a brewery. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6002 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6002 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:00:00