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Low Carbon Auckland: Zero waste by 2040
Zero waste by 2040? The Auckland Council's Low Carbon Action Plan could help cut waste across the entire country but it'll…
Low Carbon Auckland: Energy
Energy generation and use is by far the largest offender driving Auckland's disproportionately high carbon output; vis-à-vis…
Opinion: Auckland's plan for solar power more stick than carrot
It is refreshing to see some positive planning for the future in Auckland's recently released Low Carbon Action Plan. The…
Make your own electricity
It's humbling to look up at our sun and consider what an incredible source of power is right above our heads. According…
Sustainable business
New social enterprise accelerator for New Zealand
A new social enterprise accelerator programme will be set up to support the use of business skills to…
New Zealand tech turns pine into hardwood
Element Advertising Promotion: Accoya Wood, which uses New Zealand-grown, FSC-certified pine trees and technological know-how…
Sustainable investment fund for New Zealand
The Sustainable Business Network has kickstarted a project to create a sustainable investment fund. Rachel Brown, CEO…
New deadline for Smart Energy Challenge
Sitting on an idea to cut emissions or boost clean technology? Wellington's Smart Energy Challenge is open for applications…
Social entrepreneurs get ready for demo day
On a sunny day in Wellington, instead of throwing down towels at the beach, a group of young entrepreneurs…
Organic blueberry producer on a roll
Nutrition: Blueberries, it turns out, are the breakthrough rock stars of the fruit world. As recently as 2001, when Robert…
Green gold
Primary industries: The fact that he had to live beside his crop made eschewing sprays for organic farming a logical decision…
Fossil fuel divestment campaign spreads
Sustainable business: The divestment campaign - to starve the fossil fuel industry of funding - has spread from the US…
Coca-Cola stops using land-grabbed sugar
Sustainable business: Thousands of Kiwis have helped push beverage giant Coca-Cola into changing the way it obtains ingredients…
Sustainable Business Week: Take a wider vision
Measuring a country's health needs more than a focus on GDP and must include the state of the environment…
Responsible good for humanity and profits
In our last article, we talked about how some companies are evolving their thinking about the broader role of business.
NZI Sustainable Business Awards: Breaking the business-as-usual mould
Sustainable business: Global business is shifting its focus from profit by exploitation, to prosperity through nurturing…
Human Rights
Saudi Arabia: Atheists are terrorists
Saudi Arabia has introduced a series of new laws which define atheists as terrorists, according to a…
Defending the right to be an Oz bigot
It's all part of Tony Abbott's vision of a new Liberal dawn. The Oz PM's conservative Government intends to dilute racial…
Simon Rice: The right to be a racial bigot is all wrong
Australia's federal Attorney-General George Brandis is serious when he says on his watch, "people do have a right to be…
Environment
Japan cancels next hunt
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Japan has cancelled its Antarctic whaling hunt for the first time in more than 25 years, days after…
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Low Carbon Auckland: Travel and transport
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Talk to the planners behind the transport section of the Low Carbon Auckland plan and you quickly realise…
Clean technology
Westpac invests $150m in clean tech
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Clean tech ventures can look forward to a funding infusion from Westpac, which plans to lend $150 million…
Green Living
South Africa's dirty secret
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Last Saturday in Auckland, New Zealanders joined thousands of other protesters across the world in the…
Drinking naturally
WoF trial starts on 500 state houses
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State houses will have to be leak-free, well-ventilated and contain an electric light in each room to…
Agriculture
Fonterra inks Aussie supermarket deal
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Fonterra Australia has been selected as the preferred supplier to process Woolworths "Own Brand'' milk…
Energy
Genesis shares worth more - research
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Five research reports into the value of Genesis Energy shares have been released by the NZX this morning…
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Sam Judd on the environment
Sam Judd: Wonderful win for whales
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I find it amazing that this took so long to happen, writes Sam Judd. The court held that Japan's commercial…