Sustainable Business Network

By soon we mean in 12hrs 🫨 So, be the sharpest tool in the shed and get your ticket now ⛏
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Build out waste by design earlybird ticket sales end soon! In 2 days to be exact. Don't push the snooze button and get your ticket now ⏰

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Sustainable business is now, in many ways, the business of saving the world.

Earth may have breached seven of nine planetary boundaries, health check shows Ocean acidification close to critical threshold, say scientists, posing threat to marine ecosystems and global liveability

We’re pumped to introduce our speakers for Build out waste by design! Grab your spot today — early bird registration closes in just one week! 🗓

Thanks to our sponors:
Mitre10, AUT, Auckland Council, and Environmental Innovation Centre

Only 3 days to go - don't miss out! Entries to the 2024 Sustainable Business Awards close at midnight on Friday. Don't miss this chance to get your business, yourself or a colleague in the spotlight!

There are just two categories this year in our revamped Awards focusing on progressive pioneers and innovators:

Disruptive Innovation
Transformational Leadership

Find out more here - including the entry guide and entry forms. Good luck!

https://sustainable.org.nz/sustainable-business-awards/

What’s your workplace doing for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori?
We sang a different waiata in our weekly team meeting to learn something new. For inspiration, check out some of the ideas here to whakarongo (listen), kōrero (speak), ako (learn), tākaro (play), pānui (read) and waiata (sing): https://www.reomaori.co.nz/ideas

This year's Sustainable Business Awards are a little different. You may have questions. We have answers. Entries close 20 September. Find out more and enter via the link in the comments.

Thinking about entering the new Transformational Leadership Award in this year's Sustainable Business Awards? Here's what you need to know. Follow the link in the comments to enter. Entries close September 20.

What a fantastic day we had on Thursday at the Sustainable Business Network! We were stoked to host Steven Moe for the first Auckland edition of his networking lunch series focused on Impact Investing. 🍽✨ Here’s to continuing these impactful conversations and fostering a sustainable future together! If you're interested in renting out our office space for your sustainability-related event, contact [email protected] 🙌

Not sure whether to enter the Disruptive Innovation category in this year's
Sustainable Business Awards?
Here’s what you need to know.
Hit the link in the comments if you’re ready to go.

Take climate action now.

All businesses have a role to play in reducing emissions. You could reduce the impacts of your business by using less energy, looking at your supply chain and managing your waste. Small actions all add up.

Find out how in the Climate Action Toolbox at business.govt.nz/climate.

Sustainable Business Network, Spark for Business, EECA (Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority), DNA Design.

TUNE IN 12.30pm TOMORROW for our Quarterly Insights Briefing direct from our CEO Rachel Brown ONZM. This time we're giving you the inside track on climate politics in Aotearoa and greenwash.

It's free to our members, online, and we don't care what you're eating. (link in comments)

Another great network and connect at SBN's Auckland HQ last Tuesday, making loads of new connections and talking business action for nature. The lingering, chatting crowd suggests that either a) people love making those links with like minded folk that spark new work or b) we bought the right coffee and pastries 😉
Check our events page to find out. We're bringing the next one to Wellington on September 17. Link in the comments.

Can you see yourself in this picture? Our Leadership in Sustainability Course starts (and ends) with connection. Connection with the real world. Connection with your purpose. Connection with like minded (and open minded) professionals. We kick off again on September 18, and there are a few places left. Follow the link in the comments to find out more.

Mourning the loss of another Kiwi sustainability legend. Sadly, Ray Skinner, the indefatigable publisher of Sustainability Matters died on Sunday. Ray was a member of our network since the very beginning, and a loyal supporter of our work. For 24 years Sustainability Matters has been an invaluable round-up of sustainability news from across the globe. He was recognised as a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand in 2016. In his own words, "Ray is an enthusiastic promoter of ‘sustainability’, including the long term survival of humans – everything else would survive if it were not for them!" He will be missed.

Want a friendly and easy way to get your team up to speed on the latest in communications for sustainable business? It's come out as a top area of concern and skills gap in several of our surveys. So, we're offering a unique, group, in person, full day training opportunity, Monday October 14 in Auckland. Bring your crew to join our in-house and network experts for this practical workshop session. (Link in comments, or ask us a question!)

Want to know how to design out waste at every stage of the construction process? Early bird tickets are now on sale for our annual Build out Waste event!

Join us at AUT on October 15 to:
- hear from industry leaders about their real-world challenges and successes
- gain practical insights that you can apply to your projects immediately
- discover cutting-edge technologies and innovative products to design out waste.
- optimise every step of the construction process for sustainability and efficiency.

Let's build better, together.

Thanks to our sponsors Auckland Council, Mitre 10, Environmental Innovation Centre and AUT's School of Future Environments.

Register via link in the comments.

We've been marking the government's Emissions Reduction Plan homework, have you? Find out what we thought in the link below. You can add your name to our submission there too, or go direct to the consultation to have your say. Submissions are open until August 25.

Our new look awards are now open for entries! We're pivoting to prioritise the pioneers driving bold action and groundbreaking innovation.

To focus our minds on what really counts, we're kicking this new approach off with a slimmed down list of just two categories:

Transformational Leadership – visionary leaders (individuals or teams) championing long-term, transformational changes towards a regenerative circular economy.

Disruptive Innovation – groundbreaking products, services, technologies or business models designed with sustainability and circular economy principles at their core.

Does this sound like you, or someone you know?

Entry is free, open to all across Aotearoa New Zealand and closes on Friday 20 September 2024.

The winners will be announced at a celebration in November.

Entry link in the comments.

Massive thanks to our Awards Sponsor NZI!

It's that time of year again! You may have seen this pop up here and there...it started with us. A quick snapshot taken by our communications advisor of a framed snippet from an old newspaper owned by one of our staff. It's travelled the world as a reminder of how long we've known about climate change, and what can be done with a quick photo on a slow afternoon.

This is from a local newspaper letters column...104 YEARS AGO. It makes you wonder why it has taken us so long to move on this...

If we didn't see you at yesterday's Nature and Business Symposium we'd love you to join us next time. Sign up to the newsletter on our website to find out more. We were honoured by the presence and support of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Auckland Council Miraka Limited Westpac NZ Z Energy Ministry for the Environment AUT - Auckland University of Technology and oOh!media, as well as too many talented and expert individuals to name. Massive thank you to everyone! Let's do it again sometime?