NZX50 Carbon Insight: What the data tells us

NZX50 Carbon Insight: What the data tells us
The dairy and aviation sectors are major emitters. (Image: NZME)
Murray Jones
Ambitious grandstanding about sustainability has become so commonplace in corporate communications that it often now elicits as much cynicism as it does support.At BusinessDesk, we wanted to cut through the claims, targets and potential greenwashing and look at how New Zealand’s biggest businesses are performing in terms of their emissions reduction.In advance of mandatory reporting requirements for the 2024 financial year, many companies have been publishing their figures for a number of years.As part of the NZX50 Carbon Insight project,...

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