Press release: 14 February, 2022 New Zealand has employed “accounting tricks” to create a target for greenhouse gas emissions cuts that looks far more ambitious than it really is.The Climate Action Tracker (CAT) has given the country a “highly insufficient” rating. The net-zero emissions by 2050 target is enshrined in law, but the government’s policies …
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Press release: 29 November 2021 EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN FALLS WELL SHORT ‘The overall emissions budget proposed by the Ministry for the Environment is not nearly ambitious enough,’ says Chair of the Wise Response Society, Prof. Liz Slooten. ‘The IPCC requirement to keep global warming to 1.5ºC by 2030 means a median reduction of 45%. New …
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Wise Response has sent an Open Letter to the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern. The letter is available as a PDF here. Correspondence from Hon Dr David Clark is available as a PDF here.
George Monbiot identifies capitalism as the cancer driving completely unsustainable growth on our damaged finite Planet Earth.
13 November 2021 Anya Satyanand Independent Director of Pathfinder Asset Management Chair of Pathfinder’s Ethics Committee Dear Anya, Wise Response on Pathfinder’s Sustainability Report 2021 Thank you for drawing our attention to Pathfinder’s Sustainability Report 2021. One of the points we made in our earlier review 1 was the lack of reporting about your activity, …
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Wise Response has sent an open letter to the Rt Hon Prime Minister Ardern and the Hon James Shaw, Minister of Climate Change. The letter is available as a PDF here and is reproduced below. 10 October 2021 Rt Hon Prime Minister Ardern and the Hon James Shaw, Minister of Climate Change ParliamentWellington, 6160 Dear …
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The Wise Response Society has sent a letter outlining concerns with Investment Organisations in New Zealand not making sufficiently ethical decisions about investments. The letter is available as a PDF here.
This article first appeared in the Otago Daily Times. Plans for a hydrogen plant in the South are a waste of time and energy, writes Philip Temple. The boosters are at it again, attracting the interest of foreign investors always eager to find a new place to splash their cash and suck the profits offshore. …
B Corporation, Transparency and Validity Dr Robert Howell [1] Certified B Corporations state that they are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose Certified B Corporations achieve a minimum verified score on the B Impact Assessment—a rigorous assessment of a …
The letter is available as a PDF here. Monday, 4 October 2021, 3:13 pmArticle: Wise Response Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern ParliamentWellington, 6160 Email: j.ardern@ministers.govt.nz Dear Prime Minister, Thank you for all you and your team are doing to confront the climate emergency. You may not be aware that investment funds, contrary to their claims, don’t …
