Partner with us

Creating a sustainable future fit for all is one of the most inspiring and impactful things your business can invest in.

For more than two decades we’ve built our reputation as a major player in sustainable business collaboration, nationwide.

Today, we’re partnering on sustainability innovation, business electrification, nature regeneration and more.

We work at the nexus of the greatest business challenges and opportunities on Earth, activating the latest thinking to make practical, long lasting progress.

In the process this unlocks:

  • new business areas and customer segments
  • better staff morale and recruitment
  • a lasting boost to your brand
  • business innovation and efficiencies

Your business can partner with us on any aspect of our work. We can work with you to find a collaboration that suits your strategic needs and aspirations.

Key current partnership opportunities

What our partners say about us

Client:Sam Hill, General Manager Environmental Services, Auckland Council

"The protection of our native biodiversity requires a collaborative, systems approach including an active role for the private sector. SBN is playing a crucial broker role by bringing community groups and private sector closer together to unlock funding opportunities through meaningful partnerships."

Client:Monique Welsh - Alsco Uniforms

"Our partnership with SBN's nature programme helps us amplify our environmental and sustainability commitments, drive engagement with our staff and support our wider sustainability vision."

Client:L’Oréal Group

“As part of our L’Oréal for the Future program, we actively seek partnerships that contribute to our nature regeneration goals, along with other interconnected sustainability priorities. The Puhinui partnership with Te Pua-Nga Maara stands out as a remarkable collaboration, as it fosters nature regeneration, empowers young women, and honours the invaluable indigenous wisdom.”

Client:Bryce Marsden, Chief Executive, Milford Foundation

“We are thrilled to be able to support this inspirational project. The Milford Foundation’s purpose is to create a sustainable future for generations to come and we are invested in facilitating measurable impact in the pillars of Youth, Education and Environment. This project embraces all three of our foundation pillars, and we see this as being a blue print to be rolled out into other areas around Aotearoa in the future. It’s exciting to be part of it.”

A track record of leading sustainable business collaborations

In recent years we’ve created some of the country’s most innovative and impactful cross-sector collaborations.

The Climate Action Toolbox was created in partnership with business.govt.nz, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA), Spark, Meridian Energy, BNZ, Waka Kotahi (NZ Transport Agency), NZ Trade and Enterprise and the design agency DNA. It’s a free, easy-to-use online tool that shows you how to measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). It’s attracted 63,000 users.

The Circular Economy Directory is a world first. It guides users towards businesses that help design out waste. It was created in partnership with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE), the Ministry for the Environment, WM (Waste Management), Auckland Council and Āmiomio Aotearoa.

Docket, a supply chain toolbox for reviewing business and supply chain sustainability, created with our partners Ministry for the Environment, Ministry for Business, Innovation & Employment, MAS, Westpac NZ Government Innovation Fund, Wellington City Council, Amotai, Ākina, Worksafe, NZ Government Procurement, Isparx, Creative HQ and Employment New Zealand.

Gain the success, resilience and pride of leading on sustainability.

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To start the process of creating your dream sustainable business partnership.

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