This Climate Business – Live!
‘This Climate Business’ will be broadcast in front of a live audience as a keynote event during the Auckland Climate Festival. Come down to KPMG and be part of the show!
The panel will feature four experienced climate leaders discussing how they have crossed the chasm from intention to action. Confirmed speakers include:
- Sophie Hansford – School Strike 4 Climate founder and Kapiti Councillor
- Hon. James Shaw – Minister of Climate Change
A light lunch is provided. Thanks to KPMG this event is free.
Register here to attend This Climate Business – Live!
Friday 29th Sep 2023, 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm NZDT at KPMG Auckland
Greening the Commercial Property Sector: Scott McKenzie, PMG Funds
Commercial property is more polluting that you might imagine. Twenty percent of New Zealand’s carbon emissions come from the property sector. What will it take to reduce those emissions? Scott McKenzie, CEO of Tauranga-based property investment firm PMG Funds, has a plan.
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Are we there yet? Andrew Caseley of EECA on sustainable energy
Andrew Caseley is the outgoing CEO of EECA, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority. He arrived in 2017 to launch a refreshed strategy and resigns as that piece of work concludes. Back then Judith Collins was Minster of Energy, there were 6000 EVs on the road and Bruno Mars was top of the pops. What’s changed since then, how is New Zealand progressing towards a renewable energy system, and how many points of 10 does Andrew give himself for his time as CEO?
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Innovative Forces: Unravelling Canterbury’s Tech Secrets
Paul Spain is joined by Louisa Taylor, General Manager of Canterbury Tech, as they discuss the Canterbury Tech Summit, which marked the start of Innovate Ōtautahi Week, along with the upcoming Innovation Expo and Aerospace Summit. Louisa shares about some of the great Tech companies in Canterbury including Lumin, Matomo, Ministry of Awesome, oVRcome, Grid Share, Dawn Aerospace and many more, plus what goes into making a successful Tech event. Tune in to discover the factors that have contributed to the remarkable culture of innovation and vision in Christchurch’s Tech community.
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Mātauranga and climate change: Cornell Tukiri
Cornell Tukiri is the senior Māori advisor for Tataki Auckland United and also for Climate Connect Aotearoa – a climate action accelerator by Tataki Auckland Unlimited. Cornell recently launched He Kete Mātauranga, a resource for climate and community leaders to learn more about Māori approaches to climate change and regenerative practices. A photojournalist and highly competent interviewer himself, Cornell was in the hot seat to talk about his work and the kaupapa of He Kete Mātauranga.
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Climate + Business: Antonia Burbidge & Rebecca Lowe
Next month is the biggest event on the corporate climate calendar, the Climate Change + Business Conference by Environmental Defence Society, the Sustainable Business Council and Climate Leaders Coalition. You could say it’s the CCBC by the EDS and SBC and the CLC. On the agenda are the ETS, the TCFD and of course IPCC by UNFCCC. To explain all those Cs, I’m joined by Rebecca Lowe, head of communications at SBC and Antonia Burbidge head of climate and nature.
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Brianne West: from shampoo to fizzy drinks with no water (not much anyways)
In Aotearoa New Zealand, we throw away a staggering 97 million single-use plastic drinks containers each year, with less than 7% of those ever getting recycled. Seems dumb especially when most of that drink is water. Brianne West is the founder of Ethique, the eco-beauty products business that took water out of cosmetics and saved millions of tons of plastic, water and emissions in the process. Ethique exports to more than 20 countries and was sold in 2020. Brianne is turning that success in beauty to fizzy drinks – called Incrediballs – and she joins Vincent.
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Acquisitions, AI Cocktails and Galactic Thrills
In this episode host Paul Spain is joined by Harry Flett, Product Lead at Tracksuit, to discuss Microsoft’s recent clearance to acquire Activision, One NZ’s violation of the Fair Trading Act resulting in a $3.675 million fine, Supermarket chatbot’s deadly recipes. They also discuss 2degrees satellite trials and Virgin Galactic’s first space tourists. Plus insights into the fast growing SaaS startup Tracksuit, and the importance of investing in brand to create future demand.
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Koparepare Wines – Samantha White & Josh Barclay
Kōparepare is produced and bottled by Whitehaven, and for every bottle sold a donation is made to LegaSea, helping to protect and restore New Zealand’s marine environment.
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Tim Bourne – Escarpment Winery
Tim Bourne is the Senior Winemaker at Escarpment Winery in Martinborough. From his first vintage in Marlborough to short stints in Central Otago and Waipara, along with a vintage in Western Australia, this led Tim to eventually taking up the opportunity to work with Larry McKenna.
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Larry McKenna – Escarpment Winery
Widely regarded as the Prince of Pinot Noir in New Zealand, Larry has been in the wine industry for over 40 years which includes founding Escarpment Winery in Martinborough.
NZ Wine Podcast Caro Jensen – NZ Rose Day
Caro first arrived in New Zealand from Germany to complete a thesis on NZ Wine and went on to work in the wine industry with boutique and larger wineries both here in NZ and overseas. Eventually co-founding Sip NZ who were instrumental in establishing NZ Rose Day. You can find Caro now at www.caroha.com