New Zealand: Business

Greenpeace accuses govt of weakening environmental protections to gain trade advantage

13 Mar 2025

The government's Infrastructure Investment Summit kicked off today, with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon opening the summit with a clear message - "New Zealand is open for business".

Saving earthquake-prone buildings could slash emissions

7 Mar 2025

Saving all of Aotearoa New Zealand's seismically-deficient buildings could avoid up to 7.4 megatonnes of carbon emissions, a new study shows.

New tool to help Auckland businesses build climate resilience

28 Feb 2025

Climate Connect Aotearoa has launched a new digital tool called ClimateWise, designed to help small and medium-sized businesses adapt to climate change.

Plan to reduce climate risk reporting 'backward'

18 Feb 2025

Government plans to weaken the climate-related disclosures regime could damage the economy and disadvantage businesses, according to Lawyers for Climate Action.

XRB delays obligations on Scope 3

15 Nov 2024

The External Reporting Board has decided to delay the obligation to report and assure scope 3 emissions - indirect emissions from an organisation's supply chain - but has retained its requirement for climate-reporting entities to publish transition plans.

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How nature and business can boost each other

28 Jul 2020

Businesses that add value to nature instead of degrading and destroying it could tap into a $10.1 trillion opportunity which could create 395 million jobs by 2030.

Microsoft can’t achieve climate goals alone

28 Jul 2020

Back in January, Microsoft announced arguably the most ambitious climate plan of any tech company to date.

Think covid-19 disrupted food chain? Wait and see ...

10 Jul 2020

The pandemic has revealed deep flaws in the world’s food system and food leaders are calling for global coordination and climate resilient agriculture.

Jarden puts pedals under pioneer carbon trader

7 Jul 2020

If you’re looking for pioneering carbon dealer Nigel Brunel outside trading hours, chances are you’ll find him somewhere around Auckland on his bike.

Financial disclosure no stand-alone fix, says uni

18 Jun 2020

Financial disclosure of companies’ climate and carbon risk won’t drive change without other measures, new research warns.

Unilever lines up $2 billion to go low-carbon

16 Jun 2020

Climate Leaders’ Coalition member Unilever says it will spend nearly $2 billion globally over the next decade on low-carbon projects ranging from regenerative agriculture to carbon sequestration.

Why world cannot return to 'business as usual'

8 May 2020

Mayors from many of the world’s leading cities have warned there can be no return to “business as usual” in the aftermath of the coronavirus crisis if humanity is to escape catastrophic climate breakdown.

Small businesses get guide to cutting emissions

7 May 2020

Small businesses wanting to cut emissions have a new guide to show them how to do it.

Big Investors show they're keen on green

5 May 2020

Major investors are backing calls to make the covid-19 economic recovery consistent with cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Big Business backs low-carbon recovery projects

1 May 2020

Big Business is pushing for low-carbon projects to be a priority for covid-19 pandemic recovery funding.

John Simmons

Emissions-fighter invites other businesses to follow

16 Apr 2020

A company that imports insulation panels from Europe wants all small businesses to join it in cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

All companies should have to disclose, says NZX

8 Apr 2020

NZX says every business should have to disclose its climate-risk exposure.

Stage set for surge in sustainable investing

30 Mar 2020

The coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout will trigger a skyward surge in sustainable, responsible and impactful investing over the next 12 months, says the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations.

Investor group tells firms to set out climate crisis plans

6 Mar 2020

An influential group of investors is for the first time demanding that all UK-listed companies disclose how the climate emergency will impact their business.

Xero puts its best (carbon) footprint forward

5 Mar 2020

New Zealand accounting software company Xero says it has completely offset its carbon footprint for the past financial year.

Dire prospects await corporate climate-wreckers

28 Feb 2020

Reputational damage, financial vulnerability and a lack of access to capital are likely impacts on firms that fail to respond to the climate crisis this decade, experts surveyed for a new study say.

Tourism operators ill-informed, says report

27 Feb 2020

Parts of the tourism industry are so ill-informed about what climate change could do to New Zealand that they think the sector could actually benefit from it, a new report says.

JPMorgan Chase to curb fossil fuel loans

27 Feb 2020

JPMorgan Chase, one of the world’s biggest lenders to fossil fuel projects, will curb loans to coal firms and bar the financing of oil and gas developments in the Arctic.

Taxpayers give smelter credits worth $12m

25 Feb 2020

Taxpayer-funded carbon credits were worth $12.1 million last year to Tiwai Point aluminium smelter operator Pacific Aluminium.

Tesla could soon be world’s most valuable company

7 Feb 2020

Tesla shares continue blockbuster surge, with more analysts and investors recognising the trillion dollar-plus potential of the Elon Musk electric car and energy company.

CentrePort goes electric for container tractors

3 Feb 2020

CentrePort is going electric for moving freight around the Wellington port.

CarbonScape in line for major award

3 Feb 2020

Marlborough clean-tech company CarbonScape has been nominated in the Environmental Achievement of the Year category in the annual Tire Technology International Awards.

Investors fight back against climate wreckers

10 Dec 2019

Two strands of action are being taken by investors against the planet’s biggest and most polluting companies to try to coerce them into complying with climate targets.

Why lower emissions mean better business

6 Dec 2019

Companies with high levels of greenhouse gas emissions are worth less than low-emitting companies, says financial analysis and advisory firm Forsyth Barr.

Tell us what you're doing, investors tell govts

2 Dec 2019

Institutional investors will either stay away or demand higher returns in New Zealand and Australia if their governments don’t produce credible, long-term climate investment strategies, a new report says.

New IMF chief urges climate action

2 Dec 2019

New International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva tells why global heating is as big a threat to economic stability as another financial crash.

Supermarkets, powercos best at sustainability

25 Nov 2019

Supermarkets and electricity retailers are scoring the highest marks with consumers for sustainability, but none is doing well enough, a new study says.

Wall Street increasingly weighs climate risks

8 Nov 2019

In the wake of two years of wildfires in California, Wall Street is incorporating a new risk metric when evaluating companies: climate resiliency.

Kiwi company pushes one-click carbon offsetting

5 Nov 2019

CarbonClick plans to be as much of a disrupter for carbon offsetting as Xero has been for accounting.

Google donations finance climate deniers

15 Oct 2019

Google has made “substantial” contributions to some of the most notorious climate deniers in Washington despite its insistence that it supports political action on the climate crisis.

Mark Carney

Carney gives business two years to make climate rules

10 Oct 2019

Bank of England governor Mark Carney has warned major corporations that they have two years to agree rules for reporting climate risks before global regulators devise their own and make them compulsory.

Gary Taylor

It's time to 'pull finger', EDS tells politicians

7 Oct 2019

The organisers of a high-powered business and climate change conference in Auckland this week say it is way past time for politicians to come together.

Largest banks lagging in sustainable finance

7 Oct 2019

Most of the world’s 50 largest banks have not made sustainable finance commitments to respond to the risks of climate change and continue to finance fossil fuels, says a new report.

Most big firms likely to miss climate targets

26 Sep 2019

More than four in five of the world’s largest companies are not on track to meet the Paris climate targets for 2050, says a new study.

Banks worth $47 trillion adopt climate principles

25 Sep 2019

Banks with more than $47 trillion in assets, or a third of the global industry, have adopted new UN-backed “responsible banking” principles to fight climate change.

Jason Patrick

Green fund hires clean-investment banker

24 Sep 2019

A former Bank of America Merrill Lynch vice-president with a background in financing “clean” investment is heading the investment programme of the Government’s Green Investment Fund.

Supermarket happy hour reduces food waste

12 Sep 2019

A Finnish supermarket chain is fighting food waste by offering steep discounts during a late-night happy hour.

How KiwiSaver funds could green the enconomy

3 Sep 2019

An organisation which believes billions of dollars’ worth of KiwiSaver funds are ripe for ethical investing says the sector is at a tipping point.

Big Four's free credits top $1 billion mark

13 Aug 2019

Four companies have been given a total of more than $1 billion worth of free carbon credits in the latest round of subsidies under the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Firms celebrate reduced carbon footprints

8 Aug 2019

A print shop, a company supplying uniforms, a skincare product manufacturer, a district council and a health board have taken the top prizes in the Enviro-Mark Solutions Awards announced in Auckland this morning.

Insurance companies turn away from coal

6 Aug 2019

Insurance companies are refusing to cover power companies using coal and are extending the ban to coal-mining, analytics company GlobalData says.

Moody's makes move on climate change risks

6 Aug 2019

Moody's, one of the main agencies that rates the creditworthiness of big borrowers, including cities and corporations, has brought on board a data firm specializing in climate risks.

BlackRock drops $90b investing in fossil fuels

2 Aug 2019

BlackRock, the world’s biggest investor, has lost an estimated $90 billion over the past decade by ignoring the financial risk of investing in fossil fuel companies.

Report ranks fashion brands for toxic textiles

30 Jul 2019

An investigation of 14 clothing corporations, each with household-name brands, reveals the inadequacies of greening the fashion industry.

Mike Bennetts

Big Business wants cross-party support for ZCB

24 Jul 2019

Companies responsible for nearly two-thirds of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions are calling for cross-party support of zero-carbon legislation.

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