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Opinion: Buy better for people, the planet and your bottom-line
OPINION: Sustainability is important whether you care about it or not.
How long should everyday appliances last? Why NZ needs a minimum product lifespan law
The fact is, modern products often fail to meet expectations for longevity.
Cooking the Books: What’s the cost of sustainable investing?
For the last few years, sin was not in.
Solar firm Lodestone completes $55m capital raise
Purpose Capital consortium has increased its investment in the solar specialist.
Trade Aid to close stores: Business to focus on import, wholesale and online sales
The company's finances have taken a hit during cost-of-living crisis and low sales.
News in brief: Judging the region's savviest farmer for 2024
News briefs from around the region,
Paku co-founder on introducing future generations to Matauranga Māori
Co-founder James Prier says the team launched their second product last year.
Christopher Niesche: Lithium bloodbath hits billionaires
OPINION: Lithium producer Liontown's share price shows what can go wrong.
Machu Picchu open to additional 700 a day after year of protests
The raising of the cap on visitors has received mixed reactions from tour operators.
Kiwi family giving away $2m Costa Rica dream for $81
Start the new year with a new life in Costa Rica - all for less than a day’s surfing.
Our Heroes 2023
Our Heroes celebrates fellow Kiwis who inspired us in 2023, whether through acts of bravery or kindness, a standout achievement or a lifetime's contribution, often previously unrecognised. Video / Ben Dickens
Contact Energy wins Sustainability Leadership Award at Deloitte Top 200
Contact has a long-standing commitment to sustainability.
Watchdog: Fonterra must show farmers bang for buck on emissions demand
Rationale and returns for farmers under scrutiny as target sinks in.
Tried and tested: Surf trip inspires natural sunscreen brand
She's no longer making sunscreen in her kitchen.
Three Kiwi sustainable swimwear brands to watch, including the world’s first zero-waste label
The fashion industry has been known as the second-biggest polluter in the world.
The Kiwi shoe company using cactus leather
Entrepreneur on taking his family's Kiwi footwear legacy from Lower Hutt to California.
Editorial: As airline traffic reaches pre-pandemic levels, so does pollution from planes
OPINION: The flip side of the recovery story is more emissions.
Our climate and nature response: the imperative and opportunity
Our relationship with nature is not ‘just another corporate sustainability issue’.
Sustainable Business and Finance: Solutions for the big problems
TNC sits at the place where climate and biodiversity meet.
NZ on the line in Dubai for COP28
New Zealand political leaders have talked a big game on climate change.
Jo Kelly: A bold vision for our future
OPINION: Jo Kelly looks out into 2035 with a timely thought experiment.
Pressure growing on businesses to cut emissions
Risk for investors putting money into businesses that have negative climate impact.
Kirsten Patterson: Climate governance hots up
Climate dinosaurs are almost extinct and directors’ focus is turning to good governance.
Infratil’s global reach in a renewable energy future
NZ is well-advised to adopt an incentive scheme to speed up alternate green power.
Māori leaders debate access to capital at Infinz
Iwi CEO: Māori have endured economic marginalisation for the better part of 180 years.
Sustainable Business and Finance: RDT boss says 'whole world wants it'
'Sustainability is the thread that must run through everything.'
Making an investment in changing the way we live
There is growing interest from private sector investors in climate investment opportuniti