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New Zealand’s Climate And Biodiversity Solution Presented To The World At COP28

Sunday, 10 December 2023, 7:44 am | Pure Advantage

Recloaking Papatūānuku is a nature-based solution to strategically restore and enhance 2.1 million hectares of diverse Indigenous forest across Aotearoa New Zealand over the next decade. It was officially presented by Pure Advantage and WWF-New Zealand ... More >>

Recloaking Papatūānuku: The Largest Nature-based Solution Ever Proposed For Aotearoa NZ

Tuesday, 28 November 2023, 2:48 pm | Pure Advantage

Recloaking Papatūānuku is a nature-based solution to strategically restore and enhance 2.1 million hectares of diverse Indigenous forest across Aotearoa New Zealand over the next decade. Today, Pure Advantage released a report on Recloaking Papatūānuku ... More >>

Recloaking Papatūānuku: The Largest Nature-based Solution Ever Proposed For Aotearoa NZ

Tuesday, 28 November 2023, 12:50 pm | Pure Advantage

Recloaking Papatūānuku is a nature-based solution to strategically restore and enhance 2.1 million hectares of diverse Indigenous forest across Aotearoa New Zealand over the next decade. Today, Pure Advantage released a report on Recloaking Papatūānuku ... More >>

Pure Advantage Calls For A Complete Pause In Govt Incentives For Exotic Tree Planting

Thursday, 23 February 2023, 1:12 pm | Pure Advantage

On the back of the Prime Minister’s enquiry into plantation slash, Pure Advantage is calling for a complete pause in all Government incentives for exotic tree planting in Aotearoa. Pure Advantage Chair Rob Morrison says we have seen horrific damage ... More >>

Pure Advantage Calls For Urgent Enquiry Into Management Of Exotic Plantations

Tuesday, 17 January 2023, 12:12 pm | Pure Advantage

Poor forestry management practices again lead to extensive damage in Tairāwhiti “At this rate of loss and damage there will be no future in the Waiapu Valley and the wider East Coast for our tamariki and mokopuna. We are failing in our roles as ... More >>

Radical Change In Thinking Required To Meet Ambitious Native Forest Targets

Thursday, 25 March 2021, 6:05 pm | Pure Advantage

Pure Advantage and Tāne’s Tree Trust are calling for a major shift in thinking and practice regarding native forests if New Zealand is to meet its climate change targets. In January the Climate Change Commission proposed 300,000 hectares of new ... More >>

New Speaker Series Reveals The Good, The Bad, And The Opportunity In Regenerative Agriculture

Monday, 18 May 2020, 11:38 am | Pure Advantage

Tuesday May 12, 2020: A six-part online speaker series for farmers and growers will explore the nuts and bolts of regenerative agriculture (regen ag), from international trade opportunities in the wake of Covid-19 to how often animals should be moved ... More >>

Victoria Ransom and Katherine Corich bring a global view

Thursday, 2 June 2016, 10:34 am | Pure Advantage

Internationally successful kiwi entrepreneurs Victoria Ransom and Katherine Corich were today announced as new trustees for Pure Advantage, the business-led green growth organisation. Ransom, the co-founder of social marketing software firm Wildfire, ... More >>

“Biodiversity Advantage” to be led by Fonterra and DOC

Monday, 26 May 2014, 12:00 pm | Pure Advantage

Pure Advantage, the not-for-profit organisation promoting green growth, today announced that Fonterra and the Department of Conservation (DOC) will be the corporate leaders for its ‘Biodiversity Advantage’. More >>

Pure Advantage to Deliver Affordable Housing for NZ

Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 2:05 pm | Pure Advantage

Pure Advantage announced today that it is issuing a Request for Expressions of Interest for an at-scale pilot project to deliver high performance, affordable residential housing using off-site manufacturing techniques. More >>

Kiwibank & Z Energy Step up for Green Growth

Monday, 11 November 2013, 10:58 am | Pure Advantage

Kiwibank & Z Energy Step up for Green Growth Auckland – 6 November 2013 – Pure Advantage today announced that the first two of its seven green growth work streams are now underway, backed by major financial institution Kiwibank and Z Energy, ... More >>

Pure Advantage Launches New Zealand into Global Green Race

Thursday, 15 November 2012, 10:11 am | Pure Advantage

Pure Advantage today launched a significant new independent report called 'Green Growth: Opportunities for New Zealand’ , prepared by internationally renowned economists Vivid Economics of London in conjunction with the University of Auckland Business ... More >>

UK Economy Could Add An Extra £20 Billion By 2014

Wednesday, 18 July 2012, 4:10 pm | Pure Advantage

UK Economy Could Add An Extra £20 Billion By 2014 If It Gets Its Green Growth Strategy Right Says The Confederation Of British Industry More >>

NZ Lagging Behind in Global Green Race, Says New Report

Monday, 11 June 2012, 9:43 am | Pure Advantage

Pure Advantage highlights New Zealand's position in the global green race and begins the discussion on how we can become a greener, wealthier nation More >>

Pure Advantage And Mark Solomon Champion Green Growth

Monday, 23 April 2012, 11:58 am | Pure Advantage

Media Release Pure Advantage And Mark Solomon Champion Green Growth Christchurch and Auckland, 23 April 2012 - Pure Advantage, the organisation developing the business case for green growth, welcomes Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Kaiwhakahaere (Chairman) ... More >>

Government’s Green Growth Report a Useful Start

Wednesday, 7 March 2012, 10:30 am | Pure Advantage

Government’s Green Growth Report a Useful Start Auckland, 7 March 2012 – Pure Advantage says that the 26 policy recommendations to the Government in a report released by the Green Growth Advisory Group (GGAG) in the weekend are a positive start despite ... More >>

Biofuel Industry Critical to New Zealand's Energy Future

Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 12:02 pm | Pure Advantage

The charitable trust campaigning for a green economy, Pure Advantage, are endorsing the Government’s support of the biofuels industry, saying New Zealand’s potential to lead in the industry cannot be underestimated with the abundance of readily available ... More >>

Denniston Mining Not the Green Growth New Zealand Needs

Tuesday, 6 December 2011, 12:20 pm | Pure Advantage

MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Denniston Mining Not the Green Growth New Zealand Needs Auckland, 6 December 2011 - Pure Advantage, the organisation championing a green growth paradigm shift for New Zealand has joined Forest & Bird in questioning ... More >>

Kiwis Want Urgent Action to Secure $6 Trillion Trade

Friday, 25 November 2011, 3:26 pm | Pure Advantage

Green Growth seen as delivering a better future, more new jobs and a better reputation for NZ More >>

Kiwis Want Urgent Action to Secure $6 Trillion Opportunity

Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 2:11 pm | Pure Advantage

Pure Advantage, the organisation championing a move to a green growth economy, says polling by independent research company Horizon shows there is widespread public support for New Zealand to secure its share of the $6 trillion global opportunity ... More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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