News & Insights

This Climate Business podcast: Why ESG boxes on and on

Lee Stewart is the author of How to Build Sustainability into Your Business Strategy. It is fast becoming the textbook for managers across Australasia. Lee talks to Vincent Heeringa from This Climate Business.

The new concrete flooring system that won’t end up in landfill

Two Auckland entrepreneurs have invested millions of dollars over 10 years developing a building product that is effectively invisible. And that’s got some big names in construction excited.

Entries open for 2025 Sustainable Business Awards

Entries are now open for the 2025 Sustainable Business Awards, New Zealand’s pre-eminent sustainability awards. Now in their 23rd year, the Awards celebrate outstanding innovation and leadership in sustainability. Entry is free and open to all.

The state of our environment as a call to adventure

Building on the lessons from the first Nature & Business Symposium

Our first Nature & Business Symposium, held in August 2024, focused on taking action for nature. With tickets now on sale for the 2025 Symposium, here's a reminder of what was covered last year to inspire you to join us on 6 August.

Partnering for Nature in the Bay of Plenty

A powerful initiative in the Bay of Plenty is connecting businesses with local nature regeneration projects. It is also raising awareness of the biodiversity crisis in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Six insights for business from the Better Futures 2025 report

For 16 years, the Better Futures report has been a barometer of New Zealanders’ attitudes to sustainability. It’s essential reading for any business that wants to understand consumer perceptions and stay on top of the latest trends.

NZ fashion label aims to cut out textile waste by 100%

A 30-year-old New Zealand business with unique credentials in global fashion is one step away from phasing out textile waste from its operations.

What Antarctica tells us about the future for business

Antarctica is an early warning system for Aotearoa New Zealand’s climate. The rapid melting of ice in Antarctica can signal challenges for our environment, communities and businesses.

Our submission on the government procurement rules consultation

The Climate Business podcast: The ROI on sustainable business

The Sustainable Brands conference is on in May. Now in its 17th year, Sustainable Brands is a ‘community of optimists who believe in brand-led market transformation’. Vincent Heeringa from This Climate Business talks to Sustainable Brands New Zealand leader Lewis Patterson.

You’ve got to fight for your right to repair

We’ve all got the stories. The annoyance at having to bin an expensive machine for want of a single part. Contrasting that with the ancient appliance your Mum has had for 30 years. Now is your chance to scratch that itch.

Our submission - taxation and the not-for-profit sector

Ferry world eyes EV Maritime’s electric innovations

When EV Maritime’s first electric fast-ferry graces Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour later this year, the eyes of the ferry world will be watching.

Make your sustainability message stick

Six key takeaways from the Communicating Sustainability Masterclass, hosted by the Sustainable Business Network at AUT in Auckland on 25 March 2025.

This Climate Business: Oh, behave! The real reason for overshoot

“World scientists’ warning: The behavioural crisis driving ecological overshoot” has had 70,000 downloads and ranks in the top 1% of academic papers. Vincent Heeringa from This Climate Business talks to lead author Joseph Merz from the Merz Institute.

This Climate Business podcast: Coffee prices and climate

What’s going on with rising coffee prices? Vincent Heeringa from This Climate Business talks to Richard Goatley, one of the brothers from Altezano Brothers coffee roasters.

Tips to make your supply chain more sustainable

Check out the key insights from our recent workshop looking at how businesses can build more sustainable supply chains.

Closing 2024 with impact: Puhinui Giveback Day highlights

For the final Giveback Day of 2024, the Taiao Rangers took attendees on an immersive journey into environmental restoration and maatauranga Maaori. 

Haere mai Shawn Elise!

Shawn Elise Tierney is SBN’s latest Project and Partnership Manager in the Regenerate Nature team.

Planting the seed for partnership success

The head of one of Auckland’s largest nature regeneration organisations says partnering with businesses is vital to its success and provides mutual benefits.

Transitioning towards regenerative agriculture

In early December last year I attended the New Zealand Agriculture and Climate Change Conference in Wellington. I was curious to see if the regenerative agriculture movement I’ve been following in the UK has taken off in Aotearoa New Zealand, having moved here five months ago. This article focuses on what I heard at the Conference and draws on my own learnings from the UK.

Lodestone Energy – powering on to the future

Million Metres Stream projects growing up

What do rabbits, extreme weather and a botanist in rare plants have in common? They all feature in a report we’ve just released about our programme to restore Aotearoa New Zealand’s rivers, streams, lakes and wetlands.

This Climate Business podast: Greenwashing v greenhushing

Vincent Heeringa from This Climate Business talks to Rebecca Styles, from Consumer NZ, and Fiona Stephenson, from the Sustainable Business Network, both of whom are speaking at the Communicating Sustainability Masterclass in March 2025.