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Autex Acoustics: Building a better future with wool

In 2020, Autex Acoustics took an unexpected turn. After two decades working with recycled polyester, the company's Creative Director Jonathan Mountfort decided to explore what New Zealand wool could do for the building industry.

Next Fest: Key insights on sustainable innovation

Hundreds of people from all walks of life took part in SBN's inaugural Next Fest, a new week-long festival of sustainable innovation at the end of November. From hands-on workshops and film screenings to a full-day conference and the Sustainable Business Awards, the events brought together global experts and local change-makers to explore pathways towards a sustainable future.

Alliance launched to speed up nature regeneration across Tāmaki Auckland

The Sustainable Business Network has launched a groundbreaking initiative to tackle the ecological crisis impacting the Tāmaki Auckland region.

Treadlite by name

This Climate Business podcast: Big storage batteries are here. Can they fix our electricity market?

Earlier this year New Zealand’s first and largest big storage battery began selling into the grid. So, are we on the cusp of a low-emissions electricity transformation? Climate and energy modeller Dr Jen Purdie tells Ross Inglis that we are…to a point.

Bean counting with the best

This Climate Business: Sneaky sustainability – Orba Shoes

Orba Shoes are designed in NZ and made from entirely natural materials. Orba Shoes’ Sustainability Manager Gillian Boucher and Operations Manager Scott Anderson talk to Vincent Heeringa at This Climate Business.

Our submission to proposed changes to NZ's Second Emissions Reduction Plan

Kiwi innovators are driving transformational change across our business landscape

The 2025 Sustainable Business Awards held tonight (20 November) at Auckland’s MOTAT are now in their 23rd year, and recognise trailblazers across sectors spanning technology, waste to value, food and beverage, manufacturing and healthcare.

McKay - hardwired for innovation

You get to decide: What’s Next?

The way we live and work today can be transformed into something far more sustainable – and the ideas we support and invest in now will shape our future. If we want Kiwi ingenuity to lead, we must get behind it now.

Belt-tightening increases appetite for food rescue

The cost of living crisis squeezing New Zealand households has created opportunities and challenges for food rescue app Foodprint.

This Climate Business: Your next house doesn’t have to be a climate criminal

New Zealand’s houses have come a long way since the ’70s but there’s plenty we can do to make them more sustainable. Auckland architect Mike Hartley is designing for less building waste. He talks to Ross Inglis from This Climate Business.

Sustainable innovation: five expert tips

Sustainable innovation is emerging as a growth area in business, as entrepreneurs look for new ways to address environmental and social challenges while creating value.

From waste to worth: How ImpacTex is tackling the textile problem

From just one carton of discarded clothing to more than 550 tonnes of textile waste diverted from landfill, Auckland-based ImpacTex is redefining how New Zealand tackles fashion waste.

This Climate Business: Small, circular, resilient economics – Ken Webster, Next Fest keynote speaker

Ken Webster is one of the world’s leading thinkers in the circular economy. He is also a keynote speaker at Next Fest running from 18-21 November. He speaks to Vincent Heeringa from This Climate Business.

This Climate Business: Fat cats versus a kinder, gentler kind of business

Ross Inglis from This Climate Business talks to B Lab’s Australia and NZ CEO Andrew Davies about the organisation's latest awareness campaign and how B Corps are making progress even in difficult times.

Construction sector leads sustainability charge despite industry pressures

The construction sector has emerged as the biggest source of sustainability innovation in this year’s Sustainable Business Awards.

Healthy, affordable homes – not to be sneezed at

Always Be Naturing

Aotearoa New Zealand’s population got a whole lot bigger during Conservation Week. Us 5.33 million humans make up a tiny fraction of the new guesstimate of 695 billion-ish residents.

Donations doubled for Waiheke wetlands in 10th anniversary fundraising drive

This October, Waiheke Resources Trust (WRT) is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its "Love Our Wetlands Waiheke" project with a major fundraising campaign - Dig Deep for Waiheke.

Do good. Feel good. Make money.

Survey: NZ businesses are stepping up nature action

A shift is underway in New Zealand's business community around nature action, according to a new Sustainable Business Network (SBN) survey.

The proof is in the powder. Cleanery cuts packaging waste while going global

Auckland cleaning product business Cleanery is proving that local production can compete globally while dramatically reducing environmental impacts

Pivotal moment as business plans move to action and results

A powerful shift to create an economy that works with nature, not against it is underway in Aotearoa New Zealand.