Learn about sustainability in business and connect with others at the following events. We also offer a selection of training courses.
Events
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Network
Launch: 2022 Sustainable Business Awards
Launch: 2022 Sustainable Business Awards
Join SBN, along with NZI and our category sponsors, to launch the 2022 Sustainable Business Awards. This is the 20th year of the Awards and we’re going to make them extra special!
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Webinar
Carbon Emissions Calculator - New Business Tool
Carbon Emissions Calculator - New Business Tool
Join the online launch of the new Carbon Emissions Calculator for business
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Mindful Money Awards 2022
Mindful Money Awards 2022
The Awards honour the funds and the individuals who are leading the movement to make responsible investing the new normal, and impact investing the progressive frontier.
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Conference
E Tipu: The Boma Agri Summit
E Tipu: The Boma Agri Summit
E Tipu: The Boma Agri Summit is set to catalyse the future in 2022. Join Aotearoa’s biggest food and fibre sector summit.
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Workshop
Climate Action Workshop for Business - Whakatāne
Climate Action Workshop for Business - Whakatāne
In this FREE workshop Sustainable Business Network’s climate experts will explain how your business can reduce its carbon footprint and take other actions on climate change.
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Workshop
Climate Action Workshop for Business - Rotorua
Climate Action Workshop for Business - Rotorua
In this FREE workshop Sustainable Business Network’s climate experts will explain how your business can reduce its carbon footprint and take other actions on climate change.
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Te Whare Taiao Activation
Te Whare Taiao Activation
Te Pu-A-Nga Maara is running an event at the Wiri Playground to activate the new Whare Taiao to teach people how they look after the Puhinui stream.
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Webinar
Hot Take: Why blue carbon should be on your radar
Hot Take: Why blue carbon should be on your radar
It’s time for our Sustainable Business Network whānau to come together for our first Hot Take conversation - 'Why blue carbon should be on your radar'.
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Webinar
Sustainable packaging metrics in a global supply chain with Zespri
Sustainable packaging metrics in a global supply chain with Zespri
In this webinar, Zespri’s Sustainable Packaging Lead Lewis Patterson shares how the world’s largest marketer of kiwifruit measures and uses packaging metrics within the global supply chain
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Network
New Investor Meet-Up - Online
New Investor Meet-Up - Online
The Sustainable Business Network would like to welcome our new investors to the network and invite you to a digital meet-up.
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Webinar
Did the budget deliver?
Did the budget deliver?
Post-Budget panel discussion examining the highlights and lowlights of this year’s Budget, one of Parliament’s key set piece events.
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Webinar
Becoming Cradle to Cradle Certified® with Eagle Lighting
Becoming Cradle to Cradle Certified® with Eagle Lighting
Trans-Tasman manufacturer Eagle Lighting explain how they gained Cradle to Cradle® Certification for one of their products and how this is adding value to their business.
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Webinar
Real Founders’ Stories: Using Tech for Positive Impact
Real Founders’ Stories: Using Tech for Positive Impact
Very often we just hear the glamorous part of the journey of Founders of tech start-ups. In this zoom session we will be hearing some of the other parts too - no sugar coating, no glitz, just the reality of being an entrepreneur.
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Workshop
Strategy for sustainability and impact: Proxima training course
Strategy for sustainability and impact: Proxima training course
A practical 2-day intensive training course sharing a clear method and insights from the field to develop and apply sustainability and impact strategies.
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Webinar
Launch of Findings on Sustainability Professionals in NZ
Launch of Findings on Sustainability Professionals in NZ
Oxygen Consulting, together with the SBN, SBC and AUT, are launching the results of the third year of research into the role of the sustainability professional in New Zealand.
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The air we breathe: indoor air, heat pumps & Warmer Kiwi Homes
The air we breathe: indoor air, heat pumps & Warmer Kiwi Homes
Findings of a two year impact evaluation conducted by Motu Economic & Public Policy Research of the heat pump component of the warmer Kiwi Homes programme.
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Climate
Are you an eco-conscious traveller?
Are you an eco-conscious traveller?
Did you know that while we were struggling with lockdown limitations, the planet was breathing a sigh of relief, having been given a bit of time to replenish and rest herself.
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Workshop
Re:Plastics Workshop
Re:Plastics Workshop
Plastics New Zealand recently launched Re:Plastics, a circular economy initiative focused on helping organisations improve the circularity of their plastics.
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Workshop
Zero Energy workshop
Zero Energy workshop
We’re hosting a get-together with Jo Woods, the Zero Energy expert whose analysis and advice guided the work on our house.
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Webinar
Using Input-Output LCA to measure your organisation's carbon footprint
Using Input-Output LCA to measure your organisation's carbon footprint
Influence change through your spending by identifying purchases which have the greatest carbon footprint
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Webinar
Using the power of investment to reduce emissions
Using the power of investment to reduce emissions
One of the most powerful ways that individuals can act to reduce their carbon footprint is through their investments.
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Webinar
Investing with te Ao Māori perspectives
Investing with te Ao Māori perspectives
Mātauranga Māori is a body of knowledge encapsulating life experiences that form the basis of Māori identity, language, cultural practices and value systems.
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Webinar
What’s Ethical Investing? Setting standards to build trust
What’s Ethical Investing? Setting standards to build trust
What is meant by ethical or responsible investing is not universally agreed, and the lack of clarity causes confusion amongst investors.
Past event recordings
Missed some of our past events? Watch recordings of some of our recent events.