Want to avoid using electricity when the generators are burning environmentally unfriendly fuel, and save money at the same time? You now have that option. How much solar energy does it take to make five million cups of tea? 100,000kWh, in case you’re asked at the next pub quiz. It’s also the same amount of … Read more
Big businesses such as New Zealand’s largest ever transport infrastructure project are tackling “real” sustainability issues instead of the greenwashing of the past, organisers of the NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards say. “We’re all desperately looking for ‘how do you do this stuff’ now. I don’t think businesses would be deliberately doing things that would … Read more
At tonight’s NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards, Z energy – a fossil fuel company – is a nominee. Z CEO Mike Bennetts explains how this could possibly happen. At Z, we believe there are three legs to the sustainability stool – social, environmental and economic. We need to do all three of these well if … Read more
All Heart NZ proves the proverb that one man’s waste is another’s treasure. Nominated for an NZI Sustainable Business Network Award, it’s one of the social enterprises listed on a new platform encouraging corporates to help the world while making money. A hundred metres of unwanted car yard fencing that was destined for the scrap … Read more