Business Breakdown: Government urged to action on climate change ahead of Paris conference

Business Breakdown: Government urged to action on climate change ahead of Paris conference
By Fiona Rotherham July 7 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand businesses want the government to show greater leadership around carbon, waste and water issues, a University of Waikato study has found. The study’s findings are important for the government as it prepares for the COP21 United Nations climate change talks in Paris later this year, said report co-authors Associate Professor Eva Collins and Professor Juliet Roper from the University’s Waikato Management School. Collins said there is a general consensus that New Zealand’s ‘clean and...