ANZ New Zealand's ESG progress at a glance

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Poultry in motion: Tirau Chicken Farmer Goes Electric

With clear financial reasons for going electric, and an increasing number of EV options, chicken farmer Jeff Collings says there’s no reason others can’t also consider making the change.

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Kiwi businesses power ahead with clean transport

Businesses are waking up to the advantages of clean transport options, driving growing popularity of electric vehicles.

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Study helps reveal diet of threatened birds of prey

Dissecting bird vomit may sound a bit gruesome, but a Rotorua charity it doing so to advance our understanding of the diet and health of New Zealand’s birds of prey – including one relatively new arrival.

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Responsible investment - more than just exclusions.

ANZ Investments encourages companies to incorporate environmental, social and governance factors into their decision making.

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Building Back Green – Why We Must ‘Let Nature In’

In a warmer world the risk to infrastructure has increased. That’s why we need to be smart about how and where we re-build after events like floods.

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`NZ’s next hop model’: Huge hop garden set to bolster industry

A former dairy farm in a secluded valley in the South Island is set to become New Zealand’s biggest hop garden.

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Dunedin workshop confronting 'elephant in the room' of textile waste

A small Dunedin charity is helping to highlight the issue of textile waste, calling it “the elephant in the room”, and a burgeoning crisis not only in New Zealand, but around the world.

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Wellington Airport announces $100M sustainability-linked lending

ANZ acts as sole Sustainability Coordinator for Wellington International Airport Limited’s conversion of NZ$100m in lending into sustainability-linked loans.

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Making sustainable finance available for consumers and SMEs

Lorraine Mapu writes that large financial institutions are stepping up to the climate challenge by offering sustainable finance options to customers.

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How research into the humble pāua could change finance

An innovative study is under way to look at pāua populations on the North Island’s south eastern coast.

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ANZ New Zealand’s ESG progress

We're proud of the progress we’ve made when it comes to our social and environmental impact.

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Adapt and thrive – Reducing the cost barrier for a greener world

The new Business Green loan aims to reduce the cost barrier to help businesses become more sustainable and energy efficient.

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Big discounts for businesses as ANZ launches Business Green Loan

ANZ New Zealand has launched a Business Green Loan offering the lowest advertised floating rate in the market for a green loan.

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University of Canterbury engineers a zero-carbon future

Keeping warm is crucial on a cold winter’s morning – but how do you heat hundreds of buildings and thousands of people in a sustainable way?

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ANZ’s Good Energy Home Loan set to power change

ANZ Bank New Zealand has launched a low-interest home loan rate for customers wanting to increase the energy efficiency of their home.

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ANZ and Silver Fern Farms partner to link sustainability targets with financing

ANZ NZ and Silver Fern Farms Ltd establish one of NZ's largest sustainability-linked working capital financing facilities.

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No place to hide: Expert sees growing threat to godwits

As tens of thousands of bar-tailed godwits leave New Zealand for their annual long-distance migration, one expert is warning their habitats – and those of other species – continue to be under threat from human practices.

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Greenhouse gas emissions – four things farmers should know

AgFirst Agribusiness and Environmental Consultant Erica van Reenen outlines four things farmers should know as sector groups urge farmers to prepare for change.

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ANZ backs ambitious sustainability commitment for Tāmaki Makaurau

ANZ and Auckland Council have partnered to create what is believed to be the country’s first sustainability linked lending for a local authority.

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Government emissions reduction plan not ambitious enough

ANZ Managing Director Business Lorraine Mapu writes that Aotearoa needs to accelerate private investment and action on climate change.

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ANZ welcomes Government’s Green Bond move

ANZ welcomes the announcement that the New Zealand Government is planning to issue sovereign green bonds from next year to help raise funds for New Zealand’s low carbon transition.

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Kiwis take backyard trapping to new level through COVID

Data from one of New Zealand’s leading innovators in predator-free technology suggests Kiwis double down on pest control in their backyards when in COVID lockdown, with some impressive results.

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Going above and beyond carbon neutrality

They became carbon zero certified in 2019, but now the team at nationwide property remediation company APS Complete Property Services (APS) is planning to double - even triple - their offsets, to become one of just a handful of New Zealand companies that are carbon positive.

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‘Making a difference and feeling proud’

One of country’s leading tourism operators is looking forward to the return of international visitors, eager to provide a pioneering zero-carbon holiday experience in partnership with other businesses in the Nelson Tasman region. In this article, Brendan Alborn of Alborn Enterprises talks about how he went about making his company carbon neutral.

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Lofty ambitions

Auckland food manufacturer Loft started out wanting to reduce waste, but that goal quickly evolved into a widespread focus on sustainability – now they’re carbon neutral, and have some key tips for other businesses just getting started.

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Real opportunities for banks to shape sustainable future

ANZ NZ CEO Antonia Watson talks about how banks can act as a catalyst for everyone to reduce emissions and preserve our natural environment.

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Challenge to Kiwi farmers to think 100 years ahead

The couple behind one of New Zealand’s most sustainable farms are challenging all Kiwi farmers to think three or four generations into the future when making decisions.

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Summerset in sustainability-linked loan first

New Zealand retirement village operator Summerset Group’s sustainability linked loan sets environmental, social and governance standards for the growing aged care sector.

NZ Community

ANZ Graduate being the change she wants to see

Poppy Brinsley is putting her dreams into action in her role as an Analyst with ANZ’s Sustainable Finance unit.

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Deer to be different: Award-winning farmer’s approach paying off

They’ve spent 20 years building up the largest deer herd in the Gisborne region, and last year won a Federated Farmers’ Farmer of the Year Award. Now, as Malcolm and Caroline Rau begin to see their hard work pay off, they talk about the benefits of stock diversity, what traits to look for in a deer, and how persistence is the key to their success.

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ANZ New Zealand's ESG progress at a glance

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