Now's the time to go green, bank tells business

16 Oct 19 - Green financial markets will not develop in New Zealand if companies don’t use them, Westpac says.

Beware of a populist backlash, unions warn

11 Oct 19 - New Zealand risks a Brexit-style populist backlash if it mishandles decarbonisation of the economy, unions are warning.

History shows we can handle it, says CCC chief

11 Oct 19 - Cutting carbon out of the economy should not cause the “collateral damage” seen in New Zealand’s other economic transformations, says the first head of the Climate Change Commission.

ARDERN: Consensus fine, but we need to move on

10 Oct 19 - The Government will not pay any price to get cross-party support on its climate legislation, the Prime Minister says.

Stand by for a doubling of the carbon price

10 Oct 19 - The price of spot carbon in New Zealand could double over the next five years.

SOLO ACT: Amy tells it like it is

10 Oct 19 - Yesterday, a 29-year-old Auckland music teacher who has been an activist for only a few short weeks, screwed up her courage and told some of the country’s biggest businesses they’re not doing enough on climate change.

Higher carbon prices vital, says ETS expert

9 Oct 19 - Rising carbon prices are critical to getting New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emission down, business leaders have been told.

Insurers issue warning to local councils

9 Oct 19 - Local councils that fail to properly assess and prepare for climate change risk legal action from insurance companies, an industry executive says.

National wants in on the ETS act

9 Oct 19 - If the Government wants cross-party consensus on climate legislation it should put up legislation the Opposition can support, National’s climate spokesperson says.

How Chia Sisters took their business green

9 Oct 19 - Student climate activist Florence van Dyke has taken the fight to a new arena – business. And it’s working.