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Finance
Directors urged to improve understanding of climate change
Company directors are not as aware of climate change challenges as they should be and risk leaving their firms insufficient time to respond, says Karen Silk, deputy chair of the Sustainable Business Council. While some firms are taking strong positions, many others are reactin...
Policy
Risk frameworks need 'fundamental rethink' to cope with climate change
New Zealand’s risk and resilience frameworks need a “fundamental rethink” if communities are going to adapt to the greater potential risks arising from climate change, Local Government New Zealand says. The country is a collection of seaside communities and they have to be bet...
Primary Sector
National Party open to higher methane targets
Methane reduction targets proposed as part of the country’s climate change response should be determined by the Climate Commission, even if that results in higher thresholds than those proposed now, National Party climate change spokesman Scott Simpson says. His party supports...
Policy
Transmission Gully contractor suing NZTA for $352m
Transmission Gully contractor Wellington Gateway Partnership is seeking $352 million from the New Zealand Transport Agency over delays in starting the work. The claim would increase the $850 million construction cost to almost $1.2 billion, amounting to a 41 percent increase....
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Pattrick was judged New Zealand's best overall columnist and business columnist of the year at the Voyager 2021 Media Awards. He has more than 35 years’ experience reporting and working in New Zealand politics and the commercial sector. A former Press Gallery chairman, he is an award-winning journalist and has worked for titles including The Dominion, The Press, Sunday Star-Times and National Business Review. He was the first NZ correspondent for The Australian and co-founded BusinessDesk in 2008.
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