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Written by SBN in March, about Branding, Business & Biodiversity, Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Events
Tasmania’s forest industry is experiencing its worst downturn in a decade, prompting a much-needed restructuring. While analysts focus on factors like exchange rates, the key lesson really has to do with corporate scale. The larger the company the greater the impact, for good and bad. Given this equation, large ... keep reading
Written by Fred Gale/The Conversation in September 2012, about Business & Biodiversity, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Forestry, Industry & Business (1 comment)
Findings of research into mechanisms to fund biodiversity have been published in Israel,reports Investment Europe suggesting that properly evaluated, such mechanisms can generate investor returns - helping protect national biodiversity in the process. The research was conducted at the evaluation level, and involved the US based think tank the Milken ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in August 2012, about Business & Biodiversity, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Economics, Emissions, Finance & Money, Industry & Business (4 comments)
Why is the Government being so resistant to the ideas put forward in the report from Pure Advantage? In the questions in the House last week Steven Joyce responding to questions from Russell Norman could barely contain his contempt for either the Greens or the report “NZ’s Position in ... keep reading
Written by Gina P in June 2012, about Branding, Business & Biodiversity, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Green energy, Politics & Government, Sustainability, Technology (5 comments)
Auckland-based winery Villa Maria Estate is the Supreme Winner of the Green Ribbon Awards presented last week The award was presented to Villa Maria Estate at a ceremony hosted by Amy Adams in Parliament . A further twelve Green Ribbon Awards category winners from around the country were also announced. "Villa ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in June 2012, about awards, Business & Biodiversity, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Emissions, Energy Saving
Ricoh New Zealand’s ‘Big Green Day Out’ at Motuihe Island in Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour next Sunday will see staff, family and customers add to the more than 14,500 trees the company has planted since 2004. Ricoh New Zealand managing director Mike Pollok says the ninth ‘Big Green ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in April 2012, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Business & Biodiversity, Children and Families, Conservation, Environment & Wildlife, Innovation, Lifestyle & Behavior, Sustainability (1 comment)
Honda’s ambition to support New Zealand's biodiversity takes another step forward this week, with the achievement of a significant tree planting milestone. Through its highly regarded TreeFund initiative, Honda is now officially responsible for the accumulated funding of 480,000 native trees. The most recent planting took place ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in March 2012, about Business & Biodiversity, Children and Families, Climate Change, Corporate Social Responsibility, Deforestation, Environment & Wildlife, Forestry
It’s one thing for a cardboard box to be infused with seeds and designed for planting at the end of its useful life. It’s quite another, however, to see a similar concept in something made from plastic. However, it’s no ordinary plastic used in Equilicuá’s Spud ... keep reading
Written by Springwise in October 2011, about Agriculture & Food, Business & Biodiversity, Design, Food, Innovation, Recycling, Renewals
Ricoh New Zealand’s annual ‘Big Green Day Out’ this year focused on restoring habitat for the endangered New Zealand dotterel/tūturiwhatu on shoreline south east of Auckland. Naturalist Ruud Kleinpaste came along as well to one of Ricoh's annual environmental initiatives which this year took place at Duder ... keep reading
Written by celsias in September 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Business & Biodiversity, Corporate Social Responsibility, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Green Spaces, marketing, Sustainability (2 comments)
The Northern Sustainable Business Network Awards highlighted some of the region’s top sustainable businesses in Auckland this week.SBN Northern Regional Manager James Griffin said the winners and commendations demonstrate these companies commitment to sustainability by setting, and transparently working towards, significant sustainable objectives, and by acting as role ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in September 2011, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, awards, Business & Biodiversity, Conservation, Corporate Social Responsibility, Design, Design, Green Spaces
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