About us
The Climate Change & Business Conference is hosted by:
The Environmental Defence Society (EDS) is a dedicated team of professionals who are committed to improving environmental outcomes for Aotearoa New Zealand.
EDS seeks to protect and restore Aotearoa New Zealand’s outstanding landscapes, freshwater systems, oceans and indigenous biodiversity. We do this through holding business and government to account, strengthening the law when it is found wanting, and supporting good environmental management practice.
EDS combines staunch advocacy with relationship-building to deliver lasting environmental protection.
The Sustainable Business Council (SBC) is a membership organisation with over 130 businesses from all sectors, ambitious for a sustainable New Zealand. Our members represent $118 billion of collective turnover, 33% of GDP, and nearly 190,000 full-time jobs. Our network gives our members unparalleled influence and the ability to take large-scale collective action.
Our businesses believe that we have an opportunity to set New Zealand on the path towards an exciting future, which is prosperous, sustainable, regenerative, zero carbon, and where all New Zealanders thrive. Businesses at the forefront of sustainability are embracing responsible practice, resilience, and regeneration. The regenerative approach aims to enhance the environment and restore the relationship between people and nature.
Formed in 2018, the Climate Leaders Coalition is a CEO-led community of close to 100 organisations leading the response to climate change through collective, transparent and meaningful action on mitigation and adaptation.
Together our signatories represent 34% of GDP, employ more than 210,000 people and have a collective turnover of $126 billion.
We are proud to be a beacon for business action on climate change in the political and public arenas and to be uniting New Zealand businesses to accelerate our transition towards a zero carbon and climate resilient future.
Conference Team
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Conference Director Events Director, EDS Fiona has managed conferences, exhibitions and events for more than 25 years. Originally trained as a Professional Conference Organiser (PCO), she worked for The Conference Company in New Zealand and Tour Hosts (now Arinex) in Sydney on a large number of events for a wide variety of industries and professions. Fiona is responsible for EDS’s two main annual conferences; the annual environmental summit and CCBC. | Alana Douglas Senior Events Manager SBC & CLC Alana has spent the last decade working across the private and public sector, leading events of varying sizes, from large-scale conferences to workshops and tours. She began her event career organising large scale conferences in the education sector, with one of them being the largest Australasian education conference at the time. Prior to joining SBC, Alana spent a number of years working in the public sector, responsible for managing projects, campaigns and events including visits and announcements with Ministers of the Crown and Government Officials. Alana is responsible for managing SBC's and CLC's event offerings as well as CCBC. | Tina Luke Conference Producer As a conference Producer, Tina researches daily with global leading business and government executives, while developing engaging, solution-focused content in the form of large conferences and summits. She manages the complete production cycle of each event: content research, speaker identification and acquisition, onboarding and support, content for marketing and often chairs events. Having run ESG and sustainability focused events in Singapore, Australia and New Zealand Tina understands the strategic & operational challenges and opportunities ahead for NZ Businesses as they align with international and local sustainability best practices and reporting frameworks. |
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