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How we can leverage procurement to achieve positive climate impact.

Boards need to take their “treehugging” executive directors very seriously, says UK director, writer, academic and government advisor Sir Jonathon Porritt.

With agriculture creating almost half of New Zealand’s carbon emissions and a government proposal on pricing agricultural emissions just closed for consultation, it is easy to see why emotions are running high.

While the headline outcomes of the recent COP27 climate conference in Egypt didn’t appear to move the climate action dial much, a new focus on farming and food at the event is something New Zealand directors should factor into their thinking.

COP27 ended with calls for greater international co-operation and cohesion. We could start by asking our own politicians for more bipartisanship here in NZ.

Freight and passengers will need to be moved in new ways if New Zealand is to reach the government's net zero carbon target.