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Kiwi sustainable fleet financing and advisory business, Carbn, has acquired electric mobility company Zilch, with the aim of helping businesses reimagine how they manage their transportation. Carbn CEO Shaun Drylie (pictured) says the acquisition is a big step forward, linking the innovative financing and sustainability advice services of Carbn with the car-sharing technology and state-of-the-art fleet management services of Zilch. “This is a powerful combination that will speed up our shared purpose of transitioning New Zealand to low-carbon transport and greater optimisation, efficiencies, and reduced corporate and government fleet sizes,” he says. “As well as providing fleet technology, advice, and financing, we can now also provide EV car sharing services, making us a one stop shop for organisations looking to

A low-carbon Auckland building is set to be one of the largest retrofit office projects to achieve a world-leading sustainability standard. The $54 million five-storey building at 105 Carlton Gore Road, in Auckland’s Newmarket is one of the first developed for the post-pandemic working environment to open. Experts say a global trend towards greener buildings is driving interest from multinational corporations and environmentally conscious millennial workers in moving into this segment of New Zealand’s commercial real estate sector. Saatyesh Bhana, Argosy Property’s head of sustainability, says the development has diverted more than 300 tonnes of construction waste from landfill, the equivalent volume of waste generated from 60 new house builds.[1] He says the property sector is a significant contributor to

FABALI has invested in Marlborough-based startup SmartMachine, citing its work as a significant operational step change for viticulture.