New Zealand: Business
Ladies, here’s a responsible investing platform just for you
9 Jun 2017
A new investment platform wants to tap into women’s growing financial clout and guide them towards more responsible investment.
British industry eyes green powerhouse status
8 Jun 2017
The UK could be a green business powerhouse in the next three decades, but only if given proper support by government, a group representing more than 30 low-carbon companies has said.
Enviroment award winners make their mark
7 Jun 2017
The winners in last night’s Enviro-Mark awards between them prevented more than 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide being discharged over the past year – the equivalent of 20,000 cars driving from Bluff to Cape Reinga.
Search begins for best sustainable businesses
6 Jun 2017
Entries for this year’s Sustainable Business Network Awards are now open.
Companies should take charge of potential toxins
2 Jun 2017
Every year thousands of new contaminants enter the market in common consumer products and are washed down our drains without treatment
Finalists line up for Green Ribbon Awards
31 May 2017
Air New Zealand, the Nelson Mail newspaper and Countdown supermarkets are contenders for the business leadership award in this year’s Green Ribbon Awards.
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11 May 2017
Got a great idea to cut the amount of waste generated in New Zealand?
Investors urge G7 leaders to back Paris pact
9 May 2017
Long-term institutional investors with nearly $22 trillion in assets are calling on G7 members to stand by the Paris Agreement.
COLD ON COAL: Westpac backs low-carbon lending
2 May 2017
Westpac is putting the heat on coal and says it will increase financial backing for low-carbon projects.
More investors recognise risk of climate change
27 Apr 2017
For the first time, a majority of global investor heavyweights recognise the financial risks of climate change, according to the results of a major global index rating how investors manage such risks.
Investors get carbon exposure advice
13 Apr 2017
Institutional investors are being told what they should look for when it comes to carbon exposure.
Govt promises ‘earlier action’ in response to Commission’s warning climate targets at risk
Fri 17 Oct 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government says it will “explore opportunities for earlier action” ahead of the third Emissions Reduction Plan, and has committed to looking at ways to stop the system of free carbon credits for industrial polluters from disincentivising industrial decarbonisation.
Transpower tracks more than 100 new grid projects
Tue 14 Oct 2025
Transpower’s latest connection data show more than 100 generation, storage and load projects in its pipeline, reflecting the rapid pace of electrification across the country.
All carrot, no stick for farmers on methane
Fri 17 Oct 2025
By Pattrick Smellie | COMMENT: The abandonment of methane emissions pricing and the adoption of a weaker target is effectively the last nail in the coffin of the historic cross-parliamentary consensus embedded in the Zero Carbon Act 2019.
Govt releases updated emissions projections
13 Oct 2025
By Liz Kivi | The Ministry for the Environment has released updated emissions projections to 2050, which show significant differences to the Climate Change Commission's recent projections for the same period.
Air NZ inks deal for its first internationally verified carbon credits
9 Oct 2025
By Liz Kivi | Air New Zealand has committed to buying 8000 tonnes of carbon removals by 2030, in partnership with local native forest investment platform My Native Forest.
Emails show forestry lobby fought Gisborne crackdown as slash clean-up drags on
26 Sep 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Sustainable land use advocates are accusing Eastland Wood Council of stonewalling efforts to tighten forestry rules, after correspondence between the group and the local council was released under the Official Information Act.
