NZ joins more than 130 countries to sign the Leaders Declaration on Food Systems, Agriculture and Climate Action.
The 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.
Beef + 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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Westpac New Zealand has announced new emissions intensity targets for some agri-customers.
Kiwi food companies that took the plunge to become B Corps have seen it pay off with better-than-average sales growth.
Parliament’s environment watchdog, Simon Upton, has written to three farming groups, suggesting they wrongly claimed they had new science on methane emissions.
Raglan Food Co has achieved Toitū climate positive certification.
Initiatives for decarbonising the food system are spearheaded by large companies, and the proposed measures can often be problematic for farmers.
Significant environmental benefits can be gained by producing affordable, sustainable, and healthy food.
A healthy line-up of food and beverage companies and initiatives are among the 76 finalists in this year’s Sustainable Business Awards.
Food firms like Talley’s secure the lion’s share of the $33m fifth round of the Government Investment in Decarbonising Industry initiative.
Seeka’s 2022 carbon footprint increased to 22,839 tonnes C02e compared to 19,864 tonnes C02e in 2021, according to its 2023 sustainability report.
From Saturday 1 July 2023, the sale and manufacture of many single-use plastic products are being banned, restricted or phased out.
The 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.
Fishers, marine farmers, kaitiaki/tiaki, and researchers from around the country were among the recipients of the MPI-hosted awards.
United 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.
The 21st year of the annual awards, hosted by the Sustainable Business Network, recognises business, local government, social enterprise and individuals for their sustainability achievements.
The 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.
Agriculture 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.
DB Breweries achieved a 49% reduction in scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions in 2022, according to its latest sustainability report.
“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.
Tech 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.
Wellington 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.
The 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.
Independent 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.
Due 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.
Pāmu has established an independent sustainability panel.
Food and beverage brands put in a strong showing at the twentieth annual Sustainable Business Network Awards.
The 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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Fonterra has released a Sustainable Finance Framework.
Food companies including Countdown, Goodman Fielder, Silver Fern Farms and Fonterra are founding signatories of a new sustainable food system initiative, Kai Commitment.
Fonterra is trialing an organic polymer battery at its Waitoa UHT plant.
New Zealand seafood company Sanford has adopted the ESG World Platform.
Synlait Milk has completed two key projects, which sees the first phase of its decarbonisation roadmap completed.
Lion New Zealand has reduced its carbon emissions by 10% from its baseline measurement taken in 2019.
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A Dunedin startup and researchers from Oxford University are separately devising eco-labelling algorithms – with the NZ venture starting with the muesli bar category.
The government is co-investing in a $22m programme aimed at significantly reducing agricultural greenhouse gases and nitrate leaching, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor announced.
Countdown’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.
New Zealand’s first electric milk tanker has been officially launched by Minister for Energy and Resources Megan Woods in Morrinsville.
Zespri 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.
The investment will see the Nelson brewer capture and re-use its CO2 emissions, giving it surety of supply and reducing its carbon footprint.
Listed kiwifruit company Seeka says it will reduce its carbon footprint by 30% by 2025, 50% by 2030, and be net zero carbon by 2050.
New 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.
Entries are now open for the 2022 Sustainable Business Awards.
SaveBOARD’s Te Rapa factory has been officially opened by Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate and Hamilton West MP Dr Gaurav Sharm
Arnott’s has developed plans to install renewable solar power systems across its biggest sites in Australia, as well as its head office.
Applications 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.
Fonterra is expanding its on-farm trials of methane reducing Asparagopsis seaweed.
Japan 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.
New 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.
NZ 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.
The Ministry for the Environment has issued its 2022 guide for organisations to measure and report on emissions.
Rural Delivery takes a look at Tasman Bay Food Co’s sustainability practices.
A new online business-to-business Circular Economy Directory has been launched by the Sustainable Business Network.
One of the biggest individual contributions people can make is eating a diet rich in plant-based food, with moderate intake of meat and dairy.
Potatoes NZ takes a look at the Sustainable Vegetable Systems Project, which aims to protect water quality in vegetable growing systems.
Dairy giant Danone has become the largest certified B Corporation food and drink company in Australia and New Zealand.
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Zespri has created a board specifically to focus on its sustainability goals.
New Zealand’s expertise in sustainable food systems has been highlighted at Expo 2020’s Food, Agriculture and Livelihoods Business Forum in Dubai.
Asahi Beverages has released new sustainability targets for its New Zealand and Australian operations.
Beverage 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.
George Weston Food says it is making the investment in current or planned activities across New Zealand and Australia.
Food 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.
New Zealand’s biggest farming business Pāmu is borrowing $85m from Westpac via a three-year sustainability-linked loan.
Fonterra 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.
Chia Sisters, Fonterra, Foodstuffs and the New Zealand Food Network are among the food and beverage sector organisations shortlisted in the 2021 Sustainable Business Awards.
Miranda 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.
Almost half of global consumers believe companies are responsible for increasing the amount of packaging that is recycled, the newly-released Mintel Sustainability Barometer.
Silver Fern Farms co-chair Rob Hewett has announced four key sustainability goals at its annual farmer conference in Wellington.
Lion reveals 2020 sustainability scorecard and commits to action on value chain carbon emissions.
Food 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.
Ten categories range from climate, communication and collaboration to food, nature, social impact and circular economy.
Nominations 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.
The beer producer sets itself new sustainability targets as it builds on its ambition to halve its emissions by 2030.
The partners behind a year-long trial to produce a sustainable beef patty for McDonalds in New Zealand are claiming success.
WineWorks is now a certified Toitū carbonzero business.
Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu has launched Kōanga Kai.
DB Breweries has overhauled the packaging of its Export beer brand as it works towards a goal of halving its carbon footprint by 2030.
Farmers Linda and Evan Potter have been named new national ambassadors for Sustainable Farming and Growing.
The fast-growing Nelson juice company has been certified as the highest-scoring B Corp in New Zealand.
Shellfish supplier Southern Clams has launched a new website to provide information on the seafood products it harvests.
Southern Pastures has entered into a three-year $50m sustainability-linked farm loan with BNZ and its syndicate.
Marlborough wine producer Lawson’s Dry Hill has achieved carbon zero status.
Organisations 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.
The new research found leftovers to be the most common food item being thrown out.
Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestlé were named the leading plastic polluters for the third year in a row.
Canterbury has a new postgraduate school that will focus entirely on food sustainability.
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