4th December 2023 COP28 / SustainabilityNZ joins more than 130 countries to sign the Leaders Declaration on Food Systems, Agriculture and Climate Action.
4th December 2023 ComCom / SustainabilityThe Commerce Commission has issued new guidance to help businesses working together to pursue sustainability goals, with a focus on distinguishing between illegal collusion and legitimate collaboration.
27th November 2023 B+LNZ / SustainabilityBeef + Lamb New Zealand will have two representatives at the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) meeting taking place in Dubai imminently.
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23rd November 2023 Sustainability / WestpacWestpac New Zealand has announced new emissions intensity targets for some agri-customers.
16th November 2023 Circana / SustainabilityKiwi food companies that took the plunge to become B Corps have seen it pay off with better-than-average sales growth.
18th October 2023 Farming / SustainabilityParliament’s environment watchdog, Simon Upton, has written to three farming groups, suggesting they wrongly claimed they had new science on methane emissions.
12th October 2023 Raglan Food / SustainabilityRaglan Food Co has achieved Toitū climate positive certification.
10th October 2023 Opinion / SustainabilityInitiatives for decarbonising the food system are spearheaded by large companies, and the proposed measures can often be problematic for farmers.
26th September 2023 Opinion / SustainabilitySignificant environmental benefits can be gained by producing affordable, sustainable, and healthy food.
12th September 2023 Awards / SustainabilityA healthy line-up of food and beverage companies and initiatives are among the 76 finalists in this year’s Sustainable Business Awards.
14th August 2023 GIDI / SustainabilityFood firms like Talley’s secure the lion’s share of the $33m fifth round of the Government Investment in Decarbonising Industry initiative.
4th July 2023 Seeka / SustainabilitySeeka’s 2022 carbon footprint increased to 22,839 tonnes C02e compared to 19,864 tonnes C02e in 2021, according to its 2023 sustainability report.
30th June 2023 Packaging / SustainabilityFrom Saturday 1 July 2023, the sale and manufacture of many single-use plastic products are being banned, restricted or phased out.
26th June 2023 Fishing / SustainabilityThe average carbon footprint of wild-caught fish harvested and processed at sea by New Zealand’s deepwater fishers is estimated to be one of the smallest among animal-based protein sources, a study has found.
8th June 2023 Awards / SustainabilityFishers, marine farmers, kaitiaki/tiaki, and researchers from around the country were among the recipients of the MPI-hosted awards.
2nd June 2023 Produce / SustainabilityUnited Fresh has launched sustainability guidelines for the fresh produce value chain, in an effort to support the industry’s move towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
24th May 2023 Awards / SustainabilityThe 21st year of the annual awards, hosted by the Sustainable Business Network, recognises business, local government, social enterprise and individuals for their sustainability achievements.
11th May 2023 Retail / SustainabilityThe Mānawa Bay premium shopping destination near Auckland Airport will be home to the country’s first fully electric foodcourt, with no gas facilities on site.
8th May 2023 Agriculture / SustainabilityAgriculture Minister Damien O’Connor is travelling to Washington DC to speak at the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate Summit being held from 8 – 10 May 2023.
27th April 2023 DB / SustainabilityDB Breweries achieved a 49% reduction in scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions in 2022, according to its latest sustainability report.
18th April 2023 Raglan Food / Sustainability“We are ready for the next level up,” co-founder Tesh Randall says of the B-Corp, which is aiming to join an exclusive group of Kiwi businesses.
15th March 2023 Exports / SustainabilityTech entrepreneur Mike Casey has a vision for a fossil fuel-free food production system in NZ and has established a Central Otago cherry orchard as his proving ground.
23rd February 2023 SustainabilityWellington City Council has formalised Te Anamata ā-Kai o Tō Tātou Tāone, Our City’s Food Future, an action plan for a sustainable, equitable, healthy, and resilient food system in Pōneke.
21st February 2023 Supply Chain / SustainabilityThe Sustainable Business Network has launched a free online toolbox that it says makes it easy for businesses to assess the sustainability of their organisation and their supply chain.
14th February 2023 Nestle / SustainabilityIndependent dairy processor Open Country and food manufacturer Nestlé are partnering in a new project to help farmers offset greenhouse gas emissions by planting native trees on dairy farms.
23rd January 2023 Sustainability / SynlaitDue to reduced milk production, Synlait’s on-farm emissions intensity, per kg of milk solids, increased 1% over the past year, according to its newly published 2022 Sustainability Report.
12th December 2022 Pamu / SustainabilityPāmu has established an independent sustainability panel.
24th November 2022 Awards / SustainabilityFood and beverage brands put in a strong showing at the twentieth annual Sustainable Business Network Awards.
11th November 2022 Sustainability / TradeThe Sustainable Trade Index, launched in Singapore overnight by the Hinrich Foundation and the International Institute for Management Development, ranks New Zealand first of 30 economies that undertake international trade in a manner that supports long-term global sustainable development.
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17th October 2022 Fonterra / SustainabilityFonterra has released a Sustainable Finance Framework.
5th October 2022 Food Waste / SustainabilityFood companies including Countdown, Goodman Fielder, Silver Fern Farms and Fonterra are founding signatories of a new sustainable food system initiative, Kai Commitment.
29th September 2022 Fonterra / SustainabilityFonterra is trialing an organic polymer battery at its Waitoa UHT plant.
23rd September 2022 Sanford / SustainabilityNew Zealand seafood company Sanford has adopted the ESG World Platform.
19th September 2022 Sustainability / SynlaitSynlait Milk has completed two key projects, which sees the first phase of its decarbonisation roadmap completed.
15th September 2022 Lion NZ / SustainabilityLion New Zealand has reduced its carbon emissions by 10% from its baseline measurement taken in 2019.
7th September 2022 SustainabilityHow much food is generated and consumed in Auckland?
10th August 2022 Labelling / SustainabilityA Dunedin startup and researchers from Oxford University are separately devising eco-labelling algorithms – with the NZ venture starting with the muesli bar category.
29th July 2022 Government / SustainabilityThe government is co-investing in a $22m programme aimed at significantly reducing agricultural greenhouse gases and nitrate leaching, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor announced.
25th July 2022 Countdown / SustainabilityCountdown’s pilot project to remove single-use plastic produce bags starts in 19 stores today, adding to the Metro Herne Bay store, which opened without the bags in late June.
18th July 2022 Fonterra / SustainabilityNew Zealand’s first electric milk tanker has been officially launched by Minister for Energy and Resources Megan Woods in Morrinsville.
5th July 2022 Sustainability / ZespriZespri will run a carbon-neutral trial on SunGold kiwifruit from June 2022 over two full seasons, with the fruit set to hit shop shelves in Europe for a targeted sales trial in 2024.
30th June 2022 Eddyline / SustainabilityThe investment will see the Nelson brewer capture and re-use its CO2 emissions, giving it surety of supply and reducing its carbon footprint.
29th June 2022 Seeka / SustainabilityListed kiwifruit company Seeka says it will reduce its carbon footprint by 30% by 2025, 50% by 2030, and be net zero carbon by 2050.
22nd June 2022 NZTE / SustainabilityNew Zealand Trade and Enterprise, Te Taurapa Tūhono, has released its first Sustainability Report, detailing its support for export businesses to adopt sustainable approaches as well as its pursuit of sustainability in its own operations.
21st June 2022 Awards / SustainabilityEntries are now open for the 2022 Sustainable Business Awards.
16th June 2022 Packaging / SustainabilitySaveBOARD’s Te Rapa factory has been officially opened by Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate and Hamilton West MP Dr Gaurav Sharm
10th June 2022 Arnott's / SustainabilityArnott’s has developed plans to install renewable solar power systems across its biggest sites in Australia, as well as its head office.
16th May 2022 Countdown / SustainabilityApplications are now open for Countdown’s Growing for Good grants which puts $50,000 of funding up for grabs for students to combat climate change.
2nd May 2022 Fonterra / SustainabilityFonterra is expanding its on-farm trials of methane reducing Asparagopsis seaweed.
26th April 2022 Japan / SustainabilityJapan and New Zealand have pledged to better understand respective priorities in agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food systems and build a closer partnership through collaboration on new ideas, technologies and solutions to common challenges.
22nd April 2022 Sustainability / WineNew Zealand Winegrowers says more than 96% of all vineyard area in New Zealand is now certified as sustainable, with 10% of wineries holding organic certification.
21st April 2022 Packaging / SustainabilityNZ Post has teamed up with The Packaging Forum and Future Post to expand on the Soft Plastic Recycling Scheme to undertake a pilot trial, which will see a courier pick-up discarded soft plastics.
21st April 2022 Government / SustainabilityThe Ministry for the Environment has issued its 2022 guide for organisations to measure and report on emissions.
19th April 2022 Sustainability / Tasman Bay Food CoRural Delivery takes a look at Tasman Bay Food Co’s sustainability practices.
12th April 2022 SustainabilityA new online business-to-business Circular Economy Directory has been launched by the Sustainable Business Network.
5th April 2022 Plant-based / SustainabilityOne of the biggest individual contributions people can make is eating a diet rich in plant-based food, with moderate intake of meat and dairy.
15th March 2022 SustainabilityPotatoes NZ takes a look at the Sustainable Vegetable Systems Project, which aims to protect water quality in vegetable growing systems.
10th March 2022 Danone / SustainabilityDairy giant Danone has become the largest certified B Corporation food and drink company in Australia and New Zealand.
8th March 2022 Seafood / SustainabilityShrimp: a sustainable catch? From Financial Times’ Food Revolution series
4th March 2022 Sustainability / ZespriZespri has created a board specifically to focus on its sustainability goals.
24th February 2022 Expo 2020 / SustainabilityNew Zealand’s expertise in sustainable food systems has been highlighted at Expo 2020’s Food, Agriculture and Livelihoods Business Forum in Dubai.
2nd February 2022 Asahi / SustainabilityAsahi Beverages has released new sustainability targets for its New Zealand and Australian operations.
10th December 2021 Pals / SustainabilityBeverage business Pals says its has offset its unavoidable emissions by 125% through funding New Zealand native forest projects and International Gold Standard clean technology initiatives.
2nd December 2021 GWF / SustainabilityGeorge Weston Food says it is making the investment in current or planned activities across New Zealand and Australia.
15th November 2021 APEC 2021 / SustainabilityFood producers are increasingly putting sustainability at the core of their business but feeding populations must be a partnership between the private sector and government, says Food Industry Asia executive director Matt Kovac.
27th October 2021 Finance / SustainabilityNew Zealand’s biggest farming business Pāmu is borrowing $85m from Westpac via a three-year sustainability-linked loan.
16th September 2021 Fonterra / SustainabilityFonterra says it cut its greenhouse gas emissions from coal by 11% in one year thanks to the conversion to renewable wood pellets at its Te Awamutu site.
12th August 2021 Awards / SustainabilityChia Sisters, Fonterra, Foodstuffs and the New Zealand Food Network are among the food and beverage sector organisations shortlisted in the 2021 Sustainable Business Awards.
30th July 2021 Food Nation / SustainabilityMiranda Burdon’s Food Nation is one of fifty small- and medium-sized food enterprises from around the world named Best Small Businesses by the United Nations.
27th July 2021 Mintel / SustainabilityAlmost half of global consumers believe companies are responsible for increasing the amount of packaging that is recycled, the newly-released Mintel Sustainability Barometer.
9th July 2021 SFFF / SustainabilitySilver Fern Farms co-chair Rob Hewett has announced four key sustainability goals at its annual farmer conference in Wellington.
5th July 2021 Lion / SustainabilityLion reveals 2020 sustainability scorecard and commits to action on value chain carbon emissions.
4th June 2021 SustainabilityFood giant Goodman Fielder has introduced a new sustainability strategy that will see it use 100% recyclable packaging by 2025 and halve its food waste by 2030.
13th May 2021 SustainabilityTen categories range from climate, communication and collaboration to food, nature, social impact and circular economy.
11th May 2021 SustainabilityNominations are now open for the Change Maker category of the Sustainable Business Awards which seeks to find a “trailblazing” young person who is leading the way on environmental sustainability in Aotearoa.
28th April 2021 SustainabilityThe beer producer sets itself new sustainability targets as it builds on its ambition to halve its emissions by 2030.
21st April 2021 SustainabilityThe partners behind a year-long trial to produce a sustainable beef patty for McDonalds in New Zealand are claiming success.
16th April 2021 Sustainability / WineWorksWineWorks is now a certified Toitū carbonzero business.
14th April 2021 SustainabilityTe Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu has launched Kōanga Kai.
7th April 2021 Beer / SustainabilityDB Breweries has overhauled the packaging of its Export beer brand as it works towards a goal of halving its carbon footprint by 2030.
29th March 2021 Awards / SustainabilityFarmers Linda and Evan Potter have been named new national ambassadors for Sustainable Farming and Growing.
17th March 2021 Beverage / SustainabilityThe fast-growing Nelson juice company has been certified as the highest-scoring B Corp in New Zealand.
11th March 2021 Seafood / SustainabilityShellfish supplier Southern Clams has launched a new website to provide information on the seafood products it harvests.
2nd March 2021 Dairy / SustainabilitySouthern Pastures has entered into a three-year $50m sustainability-linked farm loan with BNZ and its syndicate.
1st March 2021 Sustainability / WineMarlborough wine producer Lawson’s Dry Hill has achieved carbon zero status.
19th February 2021 SustainabilityOrganisations from around New Zealand are joining calls for a ban on single-use products, as the United Nations Environment Assembly gets set to discuss sustainability.
17th December 2020 SustainabilityThe new research found leftovers to be the most common food item being thrown out.
9th December 2020 SustainabilityCoca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestlé were named the leading plastic polluters for the third year in a row.
20th November 2020 SustainabilityCanterbury has a new postgraduate school that will focus entirely on food sustainability.
