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Children's sunscreen fails tests
22 Sep 2016
Makers of a children’s sunscreen marketed as “organic” have been warned by the Commerce Commission following a complaint from Consumer NZ.
Businesses line up for sustainability award
2 Sep 2016
The finalists in this year’s Sustainable Business Network awards have been announced.
Child labour not for us, says Karen Walker
12 Aug 2016
Kiwi clothing designer Karen Walker has certified that none of its garments are made using child labour.
Brand leaders to tell their success secrets
12 Aug 2016
Businesses looking for tips on how to succeed in today’s age of authenticity can learn from brand leaders at a one-day conference in Auckland this month.
NZ filmmaker shows plight of Bangladeshis
13 Jun 2016
Thirty million people in Bangladesh – seven times the entire population of New Zealand – face displacement from rising sea-levels as a result of climate change.
Farm trust honours regional winners
8 Jun 2016
Supreme winners from the 11 regions participating in the 2016 Ballance Farm Environment Awards will be honoured at New Zealand Farm Environment Trust’s National Sustainability Showcase this month.
Canon offers prizes to environmentalists
7 Jun 2016
Canon New Zealand’s 2016 Environmental Grants Programme is open.
School gets first Powerwall battery
16 May 2016
New Zealand’s first Tesla Energy Powerwall battery has been switched on at a South Auckland primary school.
Small meat producer wins help from the experts
28 Apr 2016
A specialist pork and beef producer has won a nationwide competition to have some of the country’s top experts help to promote the business.
Business incubator has high hopes for Northland
7 Apr 2016
Ranui Sustainable, a Whangarei-based business incubator with the mission to make Northland the most sustainable region in the Southern Hemisphere by 2025, is launching a Kiwi Innovators programme to connect Northlanders with New Zealand’s best thinkers in sustainable innovation.
Auckland campus looks at sustainability
4 Apr 2016
Sustainability week kicks off at Auckland University today with a discussion on sustainability and innovation in the food system.
Sunny days bring out new storage battery
1 Apr 2016
Wellington’s sunny weather has attracted a nationwide solar power company to launch the first installation in New Zealand of a new technology residential storage battery, charged by solar power at a Wellington home today.
Kaimira wins wines sustainability award
31 Mar 2016
The debut Organic Wine Awards Sustainable Vineyard of the Year title has been awarded to Kaimira Estate.
Eco tours operators win Marlborough accolade
31 Mar 2016
Will and Rose Parsons have long known that good environmental practice is good business practice, too.
Huhtamaki plans energy cuts
10 Mar 2016
Moulded-fibre manufacturer Huhtamaki plans to cut energy consumption by 5 per cent a year, reducing annual carbon emissions by 417 tonnes.
Watercare sets 2025 biogas target
29 Feb 2016
Auckland water company Watercare says that by 2025, its two biggest wastewater treatment plants will be powered entirely from biogas produced from the city’s sewage.
Energy efficiency in the spotlight
26 Feb 2016
Energy productivity and climate change will be the focus of this year’s Energy Management Association conference.
Concrete innovator wins expansion money
26 Feb 2016
Concrete-block manufacturer Interbloc has been recognised for its efforts to manage the environmental effects of its products – and received $430,000 of Government money to expand its recycling project.
NZ Post switches to electric mail delivery
15 Feb 2016
New Zealand Post is making a significant investment in its parcel and mail business with the addition of new Paxster electric delivery vehicles to its fleet.
Panasonic launches home storage battery
15 Feb 2016
Panasonic New Zealand has launched its first lithium-ion home storage battery - a system that can sense and store excess clean solar energy to power the household in the evening once the solar system has stopped producing.
Harrisons signs solar panel deal
15 Feb 2016
Harrisons Energy Solutions has announced an exclusive distribution partnership that brings one its solar panel optimisers to New Zealand households.
Kiribati leader to address climate talks
25 Jan 2016
Kiribati President Anote Tong and 350.com founder Bill McKibeen will be among the speakers at a conference in Wellington next month on climate change in the Pacific.
Toyota dealers save on energy costs
30 Nov 2015
Toyota dealers around the country have saved a total of $125,000 in energy costs as part of a drive to get Enviro-Mark Gold certification.
Five chase energy management prize
16 Nov 2015
Judges for the 2015 NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards have announced the finalists for the EECA Business Energy Management Award.
Hamilton hosts 'Greatest Show on Earth'
9 Nov 2015
University of Waikato academics, a climate scientist and a former Green Party co-leader will take part in a panel discussion as part of The Greatest Climate Show on Earth in Hamilton tomorrow.
Solar innovator takes to the stage
12 Oct 2015
Victoria University chemist Dr Justin Hodgkiss, whose research into second-generation photovoltaic panels featured in Carbon News’ The Innovators series last month, gives a public talk next week on the solar revolution.
Eco tours operator impresses judges
12 Oct 2015
A successful business driven by the ethos of inspiration through adventure is how judges described Queenstown’s Ziptrek Ecotours in announcing it as the winner of the Environmental Tourism Award at this year’s Tourism Industry Awards.
Find out what's behind the green door
21 Sep 2015
World Green Building Week this week is a chance to get inside some of our best sustainable buildings.
Businesses make sustainability awards finals
7 Sep 2015
The finalists for this year’s Sustainable Business Network Awards have just been announced.
Green cleaners no better than water, says watchdog
7 Sep 2015
Manufacturers of laundry balls market them as an “environmentally friendly” cleaning option.
Kia remains our only CarboNZero certified car company
7 Sep 2015
Kia is the only car company in New Zealand that has gained certification by CarboNZero.
Accounting for your Meridian bill takes Xero energy
7 Sep 2015
Xero and Meridian Energy have announced a partnership that will save Kiwi businesses time, energy and paper when accounting for their electricity bill.
How to tell your business' sustainability story
31 Aug 2015
FIONA STEPHENSON explains how businesses can build brand loyalty by effectively telling their sustainability stories, and gives a sneak preview of Project NZ: Telling Good Stories.
Coca-Cola meeting water marks
31 Aug 2015
Coca-Cola says it will meet its 2020 water replenishment goal – to return to local communities as much water as the company uses - by the end of this year.
Peace Park gets new plantings
31 Aug 2015
Making a difference to the environment is something the team at Crowne Plaza Queenstown is passionate about – and they’re happy to get their hands dirty to prove it.
Green Star rating widens field
3 Aug 2015
The Green Star building rating has been widened to include social and financial innovation as well as environmental excellence.
Get answers at the Climathon
15 Jun 2015
Anyone working on climate change problems they want to brainstorm should be at this weekend’s Climathon in Wellington.
Canon opens grants programme
8 Jun 2015
Canon New Zealand is calling for not-for-profit organisations and schools championing environmental initiatives to apply for its 2015 environmental grants programme.
Japan and Mongolia switch on to planting plan
8 Jun 2015
Panasonic’s international tree-planting project has hit Japan and China.
Artificial grass goes green
8 Jun 2015
Artificial grass just went green with Eco Lawn providing new eco-friendly artificial grass options that tick all the boxes, the company says.
How to double your company income
25 May 2015
Want to see eco-friendly business growth strategy in action? Be at Waikato University next Monday.
Bank's Auckland office wins green accolade
18 May 2015
Innovative design and exemplary waste minimisation has helped BNZ to achieve a 5 Green Star Office Interiors rating for the two newest floors of its central Auckland office.
Fibreboard coffins out, pine caskets in
11 May 2015
Davis Funerals now uses caskets that are better for the environment.
Waste Warriors shift the waste
11 May 2015
Z Energy’s Waste Warriors competition has diverted 191 tonnes of waste - the equivalent of two Olympic-sized swimming pools full of waste – away from landfills in two months.
Competitive edge the secret, say farm ambassadors
11 May 2015
New Zealand dairy farmers shouldn’t lose sight of their competitive advantage, say farm environment ambassadors Mark and Devon Slee, who recently returned from a study tour of the Northern Hemisphere.
Battery-maker claims world first
4 May 2015
Energizer has launched what it says is the world’s first high-performance recycled battery.
No need for some soil additives, says report
28 Apr 2015
New research shows that farmers don’t need to add humic and fulvic acid artificially because of a high level of organic matter in New Zealand soils, Balance Agric-Nutrients says.
Tuvalu awards contract for solar power plants
20 Apr 2015
Solarcity and Infratec Renewables have been awarded a $780,000 contract to build 170kW of solar photovoltaic arrays across two government-owned buildings in Funafuti, Tuvalu.
Drink bottle recycle campaign gets more funding
20 Apr 2015
The annual Keep New Zealand Beautiful drink bottle recycling scheme will see nearly $180,000 injected into community initiatives across the country, to educate and encourage people to recycle more, thanks to the Coca-Cola Foundation Grants Programme.
Carpooler chases crowd funding
30 Mar 2015
Chariot, New Zealand’s first carpooling and ride sharing app, has launched an equity crowd-funding campaign.
Common low-grade clay strengthens low-carbon concrete
Thu 5 Jun 2025
Media release | Engineers at RMIT University have converted low-grade clay into a high-performance cement supplement, opening a potential new market in sustainable construction materials.
