News & Insights

How to build trust through authentic sustainability communication

In an era of ‘fake news’, AI and proliferation of content and channels, trust matters more than ever. It’s a cornerstone of company reputation – hard won, but easily lost. Trust is particularly important when it comes to sustainability. That’s largely due to greenwashing cases, which have caused scepticism about sustainability messaging.

Scholarship spot open for course on Leadership in Sustainable Business

We’re looking for an up-and-coming sustainability leader to fill one scholarship spot on our Leadership in Sustainable Business Course later this month.

Employer subsidy programme drives increase in public transport use

More than 80 businesses are subsidising public transport for their staff through Auckland Transport’s Fareshare programme and it’s getting more people out of their cars and onto buses, trains and ferries.

Connect for Nature: What community action achieved in 2025

Thousands of volunteers are rolling up their sleeves to restore Aotearoa New Zealand's rivers, streams, lakes and wetlands. Our Connect for Nature 2025 Report highlights eight community groups leading this vital mahi.

Unlocking growth for Aotearoa New Zealand’s most impactful businesses – new approach to finance required

Across Aotearoa New Zealand, sustainability-led enterprises are innovating in circular economy, low-carbon solutions and regenerative practice. But while demand for their products and services is rising, many are struggling to secure the right kind of capital to scale.

2026 Insights on Aotearoa New Zealand Sustainability Professionals survey launches

Oxygen Consulting, in partnership with Auckland University of Technology (AUT), the Sustainable Business Council (SBC), and the Sustainable Business Network (SBN), have launched their seventh annual survey on the sustainability profession in Aotearoa New Zealand and are inviting eligible professionals to take part.

Talk to us about your business, sustainability and the real world economy

We’ve spent more than two decades connecting small or medium-sized businesses to the wider world of sustainability. So we know how hard it is for busy people to grapple with all its ramifications. That’s never been more true than now.

Reviving a depleted seabed: New Zealand efforts to bring back scallops

For years, the scallop has been a symbol of Kiwi summers – its meat golden-seared on a barbecue, skewered at a bach, or piled high at Whitianga’s famous Scallop Festival. But beneath the nostalgia lies something far less celebratory; New Zealand’s wild scallop populations have collapsed, their once-abundant beds dredged, degraded and, in many cases, destroyed.

Predictions for sustainable business in 2026

New packaging product that grows in the dark

An Auckland-based startup is literally growing a new form of sustainable packaging that could one day replace polystyrene.

All aboard the Sleigh Trail!

We tried something different for our Christmas party this year.

This Climate Business: Unwrapping our latest energy package

Law professor Barry Barton talks about the government’s recent energy policy announcement. He tells Ross Inglis at This Climate Business that the package is big on fossil fuels and quiet on renewables.

Seed cycles disrupted by climate change says plant nursery

Just like us, plants have parents and grandparents. They belong to whaanau, connected through whakapapa that stretches back through generations. When they grow surrounded by their own kin and in familiar whenua, their wellbeing thrives. This is why eco-sourcing seeds matters.

Rachel Brown named semi-finalist for New Zealand Sustainability Leader of the Year

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.