Business coalition marks 3.6m tonne drop in emissions, as the hard work begins

Business coalition marks 3.6m tonne drop in emissions, as the hard work begins
Mike Burrell, chief executive of the Sustainable Business Council. (Image: NZME)
Greg Hurrell
The Climate Leaders Coalition is allowing itself a brief pat on the back for reducing emissions by 3.6 million tonnes since it was set up five years ago. But it acknowledges the work is going to get a lot harder now, as businesses increasingly focus on tackling scope 3 emissions in their supply chains. According to a fifth-anniversary snapshot report, the CLC’s 88 member businesses create around 32% of NZ’s GDP with a collective turnover of $126 billion. While the CLC says it is mostly encouraged by National’s commit...

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