News & Insights

Predictions for sustainable business in 2025

We asked a select group of Kiwi innovators and visionaries to share their predictions for sustainable business in 2025.

Our submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill

SBN supports big plans to restore native forests

We’re supporting and committing to an urgent and ambitious plan to restore Aotearoa New Zealand’s native forests.

Our submission on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill

ClimateTracker: Turning messy data into climate action

In the first of a series about the Next 95, we meet the team behind ClimateTracker, the world’s first fully digital, machine-readable software for climate-related financial disclosures.

This Climate Business podcast: The global warming premium

As sea levels rise, home insurance premiums follow. A new report says it’s time we sorted out how best to protect our homes. Report author Kali Mercier tells Ross Inglis from This Climate Business what residential property insurance could look like in a time of climate change.

We need new values-based economics to meet today’s challenges

This Climate Business podcast: Nature, commerce and COP 16

Every two years, delegates meet at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Last month Manu Caddie, representing the Aotearoa Indigenous Rights Trust, was part of the Indigenous Caucus. Manu talks to Vincent Heeringa from This Climate Business about his experience.

This Climate Business podcast: Facing up to managed retreat

Sustainability consultant Kelly Flatz tells Ross Inglis from This Climate Business that the national conversation about managed retreat is only just starting.

The new generation of Kiwi innovators unveiled at Sustainable Business Awards

Kiwi trailblazers who are boldly pushing the boundaries to create lasting, positive change have been recognised at the Sustainable Business Awards 2024.

This Climate Business podcast: A fair trade in cola

Kiwi trailblazers in sustainability recognised in new “Next 95” list as the green shoots of our future

Kiwi visionaries and innovators have been rewarded for pushing the boundaries by featuring on a newly-established list as part of the Sustainable Business Awards 2024.

Hīkoi mō te Tiriti

The Sustainable Business Network (SBN) office is located on Emily Place in the heart of Auckland’s CBD. It stands at the crossroads of history and ongoing movements for Māori rights.

This Climate Business podcast: Climate is a health issue too

In our concern for its effect on the economy or the environment, it’s easy to forget that climate change is also a health crisis. Vincent Heeringa from This Climate Business talks to Dr Jan Raymond, a spokesperson for Ora Taiao, a professional body advocating for health-enhancing climate action.

This Climate Business podcast: Will more oil and gas lower energy costs?

In response to high energy prices this winter, the government announced a suite of actions, including the construction of a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal. Vincent Heeringa from This Climate Business podcast asks Dr Christina Hood and Dr David Hall more gas and oil is the right answer?

This Climate Business podcast: Loo roll goes geothermal

Vincent Heeringa from This Climate Business podcast talks to Mark Stevens, Essity General Manager B2B Sales, about the company's Kawerau mill ditching gas to run almost all on renewable geothermal steam

This Climate Business podcast: A natural at business

Vincent Heeringa from This Climate Business podcast talks to Ōku New Zealand CEO Helen Paul-Smith about the health and beauty brand based entirely on native extracts and bioactives.

Insights from our very first nature and business symposium

The current business landscape often undervalues nature and the vital services it provides. The nature and business symposium was the first event of its kind.

Let's build better, together

The construction industry can make a huge impact on reducing waste in Aotearoa New Zealand. Find out how at our seminar on 15 October, 2024.

Property managers! Help find land for nature regeneration!

Finding space for new native trees and plants in urban areas is challenging. Even knowing who owns what can be tricky. Then there’s the need to establish how new plantings will best fit with plans for each site, now and into the future.

Rangatahi rising - regeneration through tikanga

To many, regeneration is a new term. It takes us beyond nature conservation into re-establishing the life we know should be around us.

Meet our new recruit!

Rosie hadn't really explored her Māoritanga, until her older brother's life path opened up new opportunities for her. Now she works to support other rangatahi to find their way and their voice.

Our submission on the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill

12 things you need to know about product repair schemes

Want the products you make or sell to stay in use for longer? Offering a repair scheme can help you do that. It can also help reduce waste and the need for new production.

This Climate Business podcast: Staring into the abyss

James Hughes, from Tonkin + Taylor, looks into the future and tells New Zealand’s councils just how bad life could get as a result of climate change.