The Sustainable Business Council exists to mobilise New Zealand’s most ambitious businesses to build a thriving and sustainable future for all.
SBC is a membership organisation that connects businesses, partners, and sectors to create impact that no single business could achieve alone. We work with executives and sustainability professionals to maximise their positive impact for shareholders, communities and the environment. We hold our members to account by asking them to fulfil member commitments. We deliver impact by championing our members to be at the leading-edge of sustainability and in doing so inspire other businesses to take action.
Our work
LEADERSHIP IN SUSTAINABILITY
Supporting members to be ambitious on sustainability
and encouraging other businesses to go further.
ACTION ON CLIMATE AND NATURE
Accelerating the transition to a future that is zero emissions, resilient, and nature regenerative.
THRIVING PEOPLE
Members are contributing to a just transition and acting on the most material issues facing society.
SUSTAINABILITY
Making sustainability mainstream within New Zealand businesses
CLIMATE LEADERS COALITION
Uniting businesses and accelerating our transition to a zero carbon future
Our members
Useful resources
Annual Plan 2023-24
Annual Plan 2023-24
SBC's Annual Plan outlines our work programme and focus areas for 2023/2024.
Better Futures 2024
Kiwi consumers believe business action is falling short of business responsibility, both in terms of climate change and environmental issues and community and social challenges.
Sustainability fundamentals
Sustainability fundamentals
Practical, actionable guidelines and tools designed to support members get the fundamentals of sustainability in place.
SBC Talks Tools with CarbonEES®
SBC Talks Tools with CarbonEES®
Latest news
Pānui news – 2 May
In this edition of Pānui, we share a final reminder to feed into SBC/CLC's submission to the CCC Pathways, we share new offerings in our Leadership in Sustainability work programme, Mike offers his...
Pānui news – 24 April
In this edition of Pānui, we call for feedback on our draft submission to the CCC Pathways Consultation, we announce a new community of practice around sustainability during a recession, Robert...
Pānui news – 18 April
In this week's edition of Pānui, Air New Zealand inks its largest SAF deal and announces its Mission Next Gen airports, MfE releases a snapshot of NZ's GHG Inventory 1990-2022, SBC steps up the...
Pānui news – 11 April
In this week's edition of Pānui, the Climate Change Commission's Pathways consultation opens, AgriZeroNZ brings on new shareholders including SBC member ASB, MfE releases its 'Our land 2024' report,...