Climate Change

Climate change response requires dialogue with business

Slower ETS welcome but not enough

The slower introduction of the full effects of the ETS is welcome but National’s Environment and Climate Change Policy announced today would impose too much additional cost on businesses and households, says BusinessNZ Chief Executive, Phil O’Reilly.

Climate change response requires dialogue with business

Cancun: Success or Failure?

John Carnegie, BusinessNZ’s Manager for Energy, Environment & Infrastructure, is a member of the NZ Government’s official delegation to the international climate change negotiations in Cancun, Mexico where he reports on progress at the Cancun conference.

Climate change response requires dialogue with business

ETS now requires constructive work

BusinessNZ says in light of the Government’s clear decision to proceed with the emissions trading scheme, business should now constructively assist in making the scheme fit for purpose.