| Higher standards for imports welcome but incentives still needed to accelerate major car fleet clean up26 Dec 2006 – Business leaders are welcoming a Government policy option to impose tighter emission controls on imported vehicles, but say cash incentives will be needed to make sure the country quickly cleans up one of the world’s oldest and dirtiest car fleets. more » |
| Business Council: Up front cash grants better way of cleaning up vehicle fleet21 Dec 2006 – Paying cash grants to buyers of low-emission vehicles will clean up the nation’s dirty car fleet faster than paying money to scrap old cars. more » |
| Majority of MPs now aligned on climate change policy20 Dec 2006 – The release of United Future’s environment policy today reveals a majority of MPs are now aligned on climate change policies. more » |
| Business welcomes move to consider climate change roles for agriculture and forestry18 Dec 2006 – The launch of a major discussion on policy options to give agriculture and forestry a role in managing and profiting from climate change is being welcomed by business. more » |
| Moves to cut carbon emissions save smelter $10m a year13 Dec 2006 – New Zealand’s only aluminium smelter is saving about $10million a year after setting out to lower its carbon consumption. more » |
| Hotel chain adds millions to bottom line with green procurement13 Dec 2006 – The Accor Hotel Group knows the business case for sustainable procurement. more » |
| Earth’s energy benefits business and the environment13 Dec 2006 – Geothermal energy – literally heat from the earth – has been harnessed to generate renewable electricity in New Zealand for nearly 50 years. But geothermal heat is also providing an incredibly valuable and environmentally sustainable alternative energy source for industry. more » |
| $6 billion in spending power will kick start world-beating green performance13 Dec 2006 – New Zealand needs to go green to protect its trading position in the world. Yet about 95% of the country’s 342,000 registered companies are locked out of doing business in a sustainable way, or have no incentive to. more » |
| Sustainable Supply Chain Brochure13 Dec 2006 – The World Economic Forum’s agenda features the topic “Greening supply chains” in 2007, and the British think-tank SustainAbility concludes with the slogan to “Rattle your supply chain” in its recently published benchmark of corporate sustainability reporting. These are merely two examples that demonstrate the growing relevance of environmental and social aspects in supply chain management. more » |
| Business gives its view on the new energy strategy on ASB Business television12 Dec 2006 – View the interview with Peter Neilson (Chief Executive, NZ Business Council for Sustainable Development) and Phil O'Reilly (Chief Executive, Business NZ) on the TVNZ website more » |
| Business leaders: Energy and climate change direction the right one11 Dec 2006 – Business will welcome the fact the Government has extended its energy policy horizon to several decades. more » |
| Silly approach to pricing glass for roads points to urgent need for procurement policy reform7 Dec 2006 – Revelations that recycled glass is not being use as roading aggregate because authorities won’t consider its whole-of-life cost shows how silly and costly local government procurement policy is. more » |
| Pre Budget Statement revelation of New Zealand – UK work on climate change points to carbon trading7 Dec 2006 – Business leaders are welcoming an announcement by the UK Treasury in its Pre Budget Statement overnight that the UK and New Zealand Governments are involved in a climate change work partnership which indicates this country is looking seriously at a cap and trade carbon trading regime. more » |
| Business Council: Stop the rock throwing and get on with multi-party policy on climate change5 Dec 2006 – Business welcomes the Prime Minister’s move to call a multi-party conference on managing climate change. more » |
| Show me the money27 Nov 2006 – The provocatively titled report from UNEPFI — Show me the money— finds a link between ESG factors and financial value by analysing the 12 broker reports submitted by mainstream brokers. more » |
| The Rising Power of Green Spending24 Nov 2006 – GLOBE-Net, 20 November 2006 - Green spending is on the rise and is changing everything in our daily lives. Environmentally conscious and well informed consumers are driving the demand for sustainable products and services, and the power of their spending choices is changing not only the way companies operate, but also what they bring to the marketplace. more » |
| Energy leaders tell Ministers to put price on carbon24 Nov 2006 – Energy sector leaders told Ministers in a special closed-door Energy Future Forum today to put a price on carbon to help cut emissions and manage climate change. more » |
| Queens Speech sends New Zealand another signal to act boldly to seize climate change benefits17 Nov 2006 – The Queen’s Speech announcing the British Government will legislate to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 60% sends another strong signal to New Zealand that sustainable development policies will be needed here if the country is to remain globally competitive. more » |
| Major clean coal investment hints at huge opportunities for New Zealand10 Nov 2006 – A $100 million investment in clean coal and alternative energy research announced today could produce huge returns for New Zealand – and means the country is making long-term energy choices to do things better rather than opt for a cold shower. more » |
| Coal producer to investigate South Island CO2 storage potential10 Nov 2006 – Coal producer, Solid Energy is to survey potential land-based carbon dioxide (CO 2) storage sites in Otago and Southland, a project that is part of a 20-year, $100 million investment the company is making in clean coal technology. more » |
| Energy & Climate9 Nov 2006 – The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has released a publication entitled "Energy & Climate: A contribution to the dialogue on long term co-operative action more » |
| ShapeNZ Budget Summit Interim Poll Result1 Nov 2006 – A special poll taken ahead of today's first Business Budget Summit finds business decision makers narrowly support the idea of boosting social spending ahead of tax cuts. more » |
| People and productivity key issues for NZ business, pre-Budget Summit finds1 Nov 2006 – Issues around people and productivity are key challenges for business leaders, Finance Minister Michael Cullen was told at a summit at Parliament today. more » |
| Pre Budget Summit poll finds business decision makers oppose tax cuts if it means less social spending1 Nov 2006 – A special poll taken ahead of today's first Business Budget Summit finds business decision makers narrowly support the idea of boosting social spending ahead of tax cuts. more » |
| Major Policy Contest Opens for Climate Change and Sustainable Development High Ground30 Oct 2006 – The Prime Minister’s Labour Party conference speech emphasising the need for “bold” climate change and sustainable development policies signals these issues are now firmly on the mainstream agenda. more » |
| Business Leaders Views on Climate Change August 200630 Oct 2006 – The overwhelmingly majority of New Zealand business decision makers canvassed on a ShapeNZ survey, completed on 31 August 2006, believe climate change is happening and should be addressed immediately. They also strongly support the Government using incentives to make practical climate change policy and quality of life changes. more » |
| Northern Region Office National Party Conference - Auckland Issues: The Vision and the Reality27 Oct 2006 – Peter Neilson, Chief Executive of the Business Council presented to the Conference in Auckland on the topic of Protecting the Environment as Greater Auckland develops. more » |
| The Government’s car fuel efficiency and climate change investigations for new and used car imports are welcome but ...15 Oct 2006 – The Government’s car fuel efficiency and climate change investigations for new and used car imports are welcome but will need to provide incentives to address our existing stock of old vehicles and cover vehicles over 3.5 tonnes. more » |
| Water will be the Major Development Issue for New Zealand this Decade13 Oct 2006 – Speaking to the New Zealand Water and Wastes Association Conference in Christchurch today, Peter Neilson, the Chief Executive of The New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development (“the Business Council”) said that the availability and quality of fresh water was the major development issue for New Zealand this decade. more » |
| NZ Water and Wastes Association Conference13 Oct 2006 – Peter Neilson, Chief Executive of the NZ Business Council for Sustainable Development made a presentation to the conference entitled " A Way Forward: Sustainable Fresh Water Management Project" more » |
| Business supports Government’s acceleration of sustainable procurement policies to tackle climate change9 Oct 2006 – The Government’s announcement that it is instructing central government agencies to accelerate the adoption of sustainable procurement practices is welcome. more » |
| Climate Change: The Policy Challenges Conference, Wellington Convention Centre6 Oct 2006 – Peter Neilson, Chief Executive of the Business Council presented on Addressing the Domestic Climate Policy Challenges. more » |
| National is right to say quality of life and economic growth go hand in hand – and 70% of New Zealanders agree with them6 Oct 2006 – The Business Council’s Chief Executive, Peter Neilson, welcomes the proposals defined in National’s Bluegreen vision for New Zealand launched today and its ambitious aim to solve all New Zealand’s domestic environmental problems within one generation. more » |
| 2006 Annual Review5 Oct 2006 – The Business Council's Annual Review - Mainstreaming sustainability: a powerful way forward for business and New Zealand can be read here. more » |
| Work Life Balance Report2 Oct 2006 – The Business Council has produced a report detailing how member companies are addressing work life balance within their businesses. more » |
| Sustainability - Why it matters: Presentation to the Trans Tasman Business Leaders Conference22 Sep 2006 – Peter Neilson, Chief Executive of the NZ Business Council for Sustainable Development presented to the New Zealand and Australian Institutes of Chartered Accountants joint-conference in Queenstown today. more » |
| Business leaders: Strong Government push needed on green procurement22 Sep 2006 – Business leaders hope a major Government push to throw its $6 billion-a-year purchasing power behind buying sustainable products is in the raft of climate change measures now being considered by, or due to go before, Cabinet. more » |
| Climate Change Minister: Carbon price coming, but other measures to cut emissions due first11 Sep 2006 – At the Business Council special screening of An Inconvenient Truth, Climate Change Minister David Parker said the Government was now dealing with 24 cabinet papers. more » |
| Executives pack out climate change movie11 Sep 2006 – Business executives will pack out the house tonight in Auckland for a special screening of former American Vice President Al Gore’s climate change movie An Inconvenient Truth. more » |
| How the bottom line improves with sustainable procurement8 Sep 2006 – Accor Hotel Group knows the business case for sustainable procurement. more » |
| Business response to climate change needed to avoid slipping behind global competitors8 Sep 2006 – New Zealand business risks missing the boat if it doesn’t start preparing to manage climate change. more » |
| Business welcomes National’s cross party offer on managing climate change policy7 Sep 2006 – Business leaders will welcome the National Party’s renewed offer today to reach cross party agreement on major policies to manage the country’s coming climate change shocks. more » |
| Zero net energy building project recruits nine more international companies5 Sep 2006 – Geneva, 5 September, 2006 - The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) announced today that nine more multinationals have joined the Energy Efficiency in Buildings (EEB) project. The EEB will map out the necessary changes to achieve a world in which buildings consume zero net energy. The three year project will identify how to demolish barriers, transform attitudes and change the business climate. It will conclude in 2009 with a call to action to all those involved in buildings and energy use. more » |
| Minister will host top executives at special screening of climate change blockbuster28 Aug 2006 – Climate Change Minister Hon David Parker will host senior business decision makers at a special screening of former American Vice President Al Gore’s movie An Inconvenient Truth. more » |
| “Green” procurement a must for businesses to avoid “perfect storm” of market risks23 Aug 2006 – Businesses and government agencies need to buy sustainable products and services to avoid being damaged in a “perfect storm” of market risks. Full story here more » |
| Solid public support to make councils issue building consents on time20 Aug 2006 – MPs will enjoy solid support from the public – and especially business decision makers – if they back a private members’ bill which aims to make councils issue building consents on time, or refund fees. more » |
| Self interest, profit opportunities will drive New Zealand response to climate change11 Aug 2006 – Self interest and profit will drive adaptation to and collaboration on managing the major climate change issues facing the country. more » |
| Business and Climate Change: Economic risk or opportunity10 Aug 2006 – Peter Neilson presented to the WWF Climate change series on 10 August 2006. more » |
| No need for New Zealand to follow UK plan for $5400 annual tax on gas guzzlers9 Aug 2006 – New Zealand has no need to follow a proposed British government plan to impose an annual NZ$5,400 tax on cars with the biggest engines in a bid to lower carbon dioxide emissions. more » |
| New Zealand decision makers believe business should play dual profit and public good role8 Aug 2006 – New Zealand decision makers overwhelmingly expect businesses not only to generate the highest possible returns for their investors - but also contribute to the broader public good. more » |
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