Climate Change & Business Centre

The Climate Change & Business Centre is a not for profit organisation operating in Australia, New Zealand and the wider region. Its primary objective is to educate and inform business and the public about climate change and the risks and opportunities it presents.
This objective is achieved through a number of activities undertaken by the Centre including:

• Organising and operating workshops, seminars, conferences and other events to profile climate change risks and opportunities
• Commissioning and publishing relevant papers, opinion pieces and other publications

History

The Centre was established by Gary Taylor, Chairman and Executive Director of the New Zealand Environmental Defence Society in 2002 in response to the need for business to be engaged in the climate change debate. Prior to the centre’s establishment, the debate had been focused on debating the science with a small number of businesses calling for government policy to tackle climate change adaptation. There was a perceived need for business interests across the Tasman to communicate on climate change response, in order to increase the awareness of the risk management issue into mainstream business planning.
The Climate Change & Business Centre’s primary activity to date has been the organisation of the Australia – New Zealand Climate Change & Business Conference Series.

Who We Are
 

Staff

• Gary Taylor, Chairman (NZ)
• Elizabeth Edmonds, Executive Director (Aus)
• Fiona Driver, Conference & Events Manager (NZ)
• Sonya Williams, Conference Program Manager (Aus)

Board Members

• Gary Taylor, (Chairman), Environmental Defence Society (NZ)
• Elizabeth Edmonds, Executive Director (Aus)
• Fiona Driver, Director, Driven Events Ltd (NZ)
• Jo Hume, Investment Analyst, CVC Managers (Aus)
• Amanda McCluskey, Head of Sustainability and Responsible Investment, Colonial First State Global Asset Management (Aus)
• Rod Oram, Adjunct Professor, Unitec Business School (NZ)
• Murray Ward, Principal, Global Climate Change Consultancy (GTripleC) (NZ)

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