22 Dec 2005 – The Business Council is not surprised that the Government will not proceed with a carbon tax and suggests that a mix of economic incentives and “cap and trade” mechanisms make a better fit. more »

16 Nov 2005 – To a fanfare and parade of “green” vehicles in Aotea Square led by the Mayor of Auckland City Dick Hubbard and business leaders, the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development (the Business Council) will today release a report calling for cash incentives to encourage and enable private motorists and businesses to purchase more fuel efficient/low emission passenger vehicles. The proposal addresses the related issues of vehicle emissions, air quality (CO,NOx,soot) and fuel efficiency (CO₂). more »

10 Nov 2005 – Montessori College of Auckland, a new Auckland secondary school, will open in 2006. The new College will be the first Montessori secondary school in Auckland, and the second in New Zealand. more »

7 Nov 2005 – The Business Council recommends New Zealand adopt a twin track policy on climate change:
- At an international level New Zealand should use multilateral negotiations to achieve long term flexible targets that are compatible with maintaining world economic growth and that widen the coverage of the Kyoto Protocol;
- At a domestic level New Zealand should accelerate domestic policies that achieve the lowest cost greenhouse gas emission reductions. more »

7 Oct 2005 – The Shell New Zealand Sustainability Fund's focus on enabling the SMEs sector to overcome the barriers to their participation in sustainable development fills a crucial gap in the path to a sustainable future for New Zealand. more »

7 Oct 2005 – The business sector may have to demonstrate more responsibility for the communities and ecosystems where its consumers, investors and employees reside if it is to win back public trust, according to the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development (the Business Council) in its annual report released today. more »

7 Oct 2005 – This report which updates the Business Council’s progress during the past year in delivering its charter to promote sustainable business, healthy communities and ecosystems. more »

26 Sep 2005 – Leading energy companies, businesses and researchers want the new Government to decide now on a long term approach to energy sustainability, and back that up with: more »

21 Sep 2005 – The voting public is making a better job of understanding and making MMP work than either media commentators or business organizations have given them credit for, says Peter Neilson Chief Executive of the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development (the Business Council). more »

9 Sep 2005 – Steve Bonnici, Managing Director of Urgent Couriers and Rob Fenwick, Director Living Earth have been selected as New Zealand’s representatives at IBM's 2005 Global Innovation Outlook (GIO) workshop which starts in Delhi on the 13th September. more »

31 Aug 2005 – A copy of the full Business Council Submission can be read here: more »

30 Aug 2005 – At a time when petrol and diesel prices are hitting recent highs, the Government’s first small steps towards a biofuels target are to be welcomed, the Chief Executive Officer of the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development, Peter Neilson said today. more »

11 Aug 2005 – “Let’s Settle This: Through Settlement to Sustainable Māori Enterprise” more »

26 Jul 2005 – The NZ Business Council for Sustainable Development (the Business Council) has welcomed many of the changes made by the Local Government and Environment Committee to the Resource Management and Electricity Amendment Bill and which are expected to be considered by Parliament this week. The changes, which put additional resources into the consent decision making processes and provide the Minister with more options when consenting authorities face decisions on projects where parochial and national priorities are in conflict are an important step forward. These changes in the RMA will be seen as positive by business and build on the leadership shown by the current Government in reducing delays by increasing resources available to the Environment Court and in the development of standards. more »

25 Jul 2005 – The New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development (the Business Council) has welcomed many of the features for process change contained in National’s RMA Policy announced today. more »

21 Jul 2005 – The New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development (the Business Council) believes that Coca Cola’s afternoon concert in Botany Town Centre, featuring New Zealand hip-hop band Fast Crew, is the ideal launch event to get people thinking about what they do with their empty drinks bottles and cans when they are out shopping or at events. more »

6 Jul 2005 – The New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development (the Business Council) today welcomed the Government’s discussion paper which considers its options to encourage producers and consumers to accept responsibility for the full life cycle of products from design to disposal. more »

24 Jun 2005 – In March 2005, Medi-Chem Waste Services Ltd. introduced a NZ-first ‘zero to landfill’ nationwide recycling service for all forms of mercury lighting including fluorescent tubes and high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps. more »

15 Jun 2005 – Peter Neilson, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development (the Business Council) told delegates at the Stevedoring and Ports New Zealand conference in Christchurch today that sustainability is the right path for business to take because it improves both profits and relationships with staff and the wider community. more »

9 Jun 2005 – The Business Council for Sustainable Development today hosted the launch of a Caring Communities Project which aims to make it easier for businesses to put something back into the community. more »

4 May 2005 – New Zealand utility Watercare Services has featured as award winner for the second successive year in this year’s ACCA Australia and NZ Sustainability Reporting Awards. more »

4 May 2005 – The New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development (the Business Council) has welcomed the announcement of the carbon tax for introduction in 2007 because it will enable business to plan early for its effects and make changes to reduce dependence on carbon based fuels. more »

21 Apr 2005 – Market forces could prove the environment's best friend—if only greens could learn to love them more »

17 Mar 2005 – A copy of the World Business Council's Annual Review "A decade of action and learning" can be read here. more »

16 Mar 2005 – Peter Neilson, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development (the Business Council) told members of The Hamilton Club that managing sustainability is the right path for business to take because it improves both profits and relationships with staff and the wider community. more »

7 Mar 2005 – Peter Neilson, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development (the Business Council) says that the current discussion about how to provide the right infrastructure and the right energy type to deliver a sustainable future for New Zealand is timely and points to the need for the RMA reform. more »

3 Mar 2005 – Prof Daniel Jones is Chair of the UK’s Lean Enterprise Academy. His article which featured in the Harvard Business Review, together with his presentation to the Business Council on 24 February, can be read here. more »

24 Feb 2005 – The NZ Business Council for Sustainable Development (the Business Council) has today presented a submission to the Local Government and Environment Select Committee, which provides a practical way forward to improve the experience of companies small and large in negotiating the potential minefields often associated with the Resource Management Act (RMA). more »

24 Feb 2005 – A copy of the full Business Council Submission can be read here, together with the verbal submission to the Local Government and Environment Select Committee more »

15 Feb 2005 – The New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development (The Business Council) joined with the Environmental Defence Society, Minister Hodgson and the Ministry for the Environment this evening to mark the day the Kyoto Protocol comes into force. more »

8 Feb 2005 – Peter Neilson, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development (the Business Council) told members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Sustainable Interest Group that if Government and Business cannot present what they contribute through a triple bottom line report, then much of what Government and Business does will not be understood or supported. more »