Sustainability on ice: Why NZ's corporates are slowing down

Sustainability on ice: Why NZ's corporates are slowing down
Rachel Brown, centre, giving an award for the night to Lodestone Energy. (Image: Dileepa Fonseka/BusinessDesk)
Dileepa Fonseka
The sustainability conversation within boardrooms and Government has changed for the worse, according to Sustainable Business Network chief executive Rachel Brown.“For a lot of big corporates, there’s been a handbraking of their sustainability work this year; they’re all saying it’s economically driven," Brown said.A recent BusinessDesk analysis of the climate-related disclosures of NZX50 companies found a range of results, with 12 firms having increased their direct emissions since their last reporting year and fiv...

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