At BusinessDesk, we wanted to cut through the claims, targets and potential greenwashing and look at how New Zealand’s biggest businesses were performing in terms of their emissions reduction.
Soul Capital was quick to see the potential for artificial intelligence-generated sign language. The venture capital company realised Auckland software developers Kara Technologies perfectly fit its i
Andrew Coster has been appointed Secretary for Social Investment and chief executive of the Social Investment Agency, says acting Public Service commissioner Heather Baggott. The Secretary for Socia
Fonterra has promoted two of its leaders to its management team as the co-operative looks at options for its consumer business. Fonterra's president Atlantic, Richard Allen, has been appointed preside
Pathfinder chief executive John Berry says investors need to realise that ESG and ethical investment aren’t the same thing. This week, National Capital released its KiwiSaver Value for Money Report
New Zealand's big bet on fibre has paid off in spades, according to a new report by Deloitte that found the $5.5 billion that government and private companies invested into the super fast internet inf
Mates rates? The Government is upping the director fees for the 22 Crown-owned companies overseen by the Treasury. BusinessDesk understands there has been a lack of interest from the Government’s bu
A select committee has heard that road cones and other traffic management requirements can add significant extra costs to infrastructure projects. Ross Copland, the chief executive of the Infrastructu
Waste Management New Zealand has refunded $5.6 million to residential customers and is working on refunding more customers after a Commerce Commission investigation found it had likely breached the F
CBL Corporation's managing director, Peter Harris, says he will not take on any management or director positions at any public company or licensed insurer in New Zealand after admitting to breaching s
Several years ago, four Scion staff threw a mattress off a cliff and jumped after it, as they tell it. That gamble appears to be paying off. Cetogenix is among three NZ cleantech firms named in the to
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The government has placed the failed Du Val property development group into statutory management. It follows 64 Du Val companies and the group’s founders, Charlotte and Kenyon Clarke, being put into
JP Morgan Asset Management and Craigs Investment Partners announced a strategic partnership with a multi-year memorandum of understanding. The partnership aims to leverage the strengths of both organi
Estate planning and investment firm Perpetual Guardian Group has acquired Castle Point Funds Management for an undisclosed sum to expand its retail market presence. Signed Tuesday, the acquisition of.
Online sharetrading platform Sharesies has acquired Orchestra, an Auckland start-up providing private companies with investor solutions. Orchestra launched in 2020 after crowdfunding platform Snowball
Online sharetrading platform Sharesies has acquired Orchestra, an Auckland start-up providing private companies with investor solutions. Orchestra launched in 2020 after crowdfunding platform Snowball
Welcome to My Net Worth, our regular column on the lives and motivations of our country’s top business, legal and political people in their own words. Carmen Vicelich is the founder of two global
By Sophie Boot Sept. 27 (BusinessDesk) - Investment advisory firm Saturn Portfolio Management has lost a court battle with pension provider i-Select after a judge rejected its allegations of a conspi
The government watchdog wants to see more transparency with regards to the $74.1 billion in funding "set aside" for the covid response and recovery fund. Auditor general John Ryan said current legisla
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 thro
By Paul McBeth March 7 (BusinessDesk) - Insight Venture Capital's US$624 million takeover bid for Diligent Corp represents fair value for the software developer's shareholders, according to the inde
Nearly one in two infrastructure projects being delivered by government agencies are experiencing delays and transport dominates future spending intentions, a new monitoring report says. Treasury rele
By Fiona Rotherham April 13 (BusinessDesk) - Shareholders of New York-based Diligent Corp have voted in favour of a takeover by venture capital firm Insight Venture Partners at a special shareholde
The New Zealand Transport Agency started early works on the Hawke’s Bay expressway before considering or approving an investment case for the first stage of the project. Transport Minister Simeon Br
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