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Airline’s poo-powered plan to make fuel from human waste
Biofuel company says not to 'pooh-pooh' the use of this abundant, low-cost resource.

Cooking the Books: What’s the cost of sustainable investing?
For the last few years, sin was not in.

Solar firm Lodestone completes $55m capital raise
Purpose Capital consortium has increased its investment in the solar specialist.

Trade Aid to close stores: Business to focus on import, wholesale and online sales
The company's finances have taken a hit during cost-of-living crisis and low sales.

News in brief: Judging the region's savviest farmer for 2024
News briefs from around the region,

Paku co-founder on introducing future generations to Matauranga Māori
Co-founder James Prier says the team launched their second product last year.

Christopher Niesche: Lithium bloodbath hits billionaires
OPINION: Lithium producer Liontown's share price shows what can go wrong.

Machu Picchu open to additional 700 a day after year of protests
The raising of the cap on visitors has received mixed reactions from tour operators.

Kiwi family giving away $2m Costa Rica dream for $81
Start the new year with a new life in Costa Rica - all for less than a day’s surfing.

Watchdog: Fonterra must show farmers bang for buck on emissions demand
Rationale and returns for farmers under scrutiny as target sinks in.

Tried and tested: Surf trip inspires natural sunscreen brand
She's no longer making sunscreen in her kitchen.

Three Kiwi sustainable swimwear brands to watch, including the world’s first zero-waste label
The fashion industry has been known as the second-biggest polluter in the world.

The Kiwi shoe company using cactus leather
Entrepreneur on taking his family's Kiwi footwear legacy from Lower Hutt to California.

Editorial: As airline traffic reaches pre-pandemic levels, so does pollution from planes
OPINION: The flip side of the recovery story is more emissions.

Our climate and nature response: the imperative and opportunity
Our relationship with nature is not ‘just another corporate sustainability issue’.

Sustainable Business and Finance: Solutions for the big problems
TNC sits at the place where climate and biodiversity meet.

NZ on the line in Dubai for COP28
New Zealand political leaders have talked a big game on climate change.

Jo Kelly: A bold vision for our future
OPINION: Jo Kelly looks out into 2035 with a timely thought experiment.

Pressure growing on businesses to cut emissions
Risk for investors putting money into businesses that have negative climate impact.

Kirsten Patterson: Climate governance hots up
Climate dinosaurs are almost extinct and directors’ focus is turning to good governance.

Infratil’s global reach in a renewable energy future
NZ is well-advised to adopt an incentive scheme to speed up alternate green power.