Upcoming events
Please find below the events that Ekos are attending during the year.
ASPIRE 2025
Ekos will be running a stand at the ASPIRE 2025 conference.
“Aspire 2025 brings together local business leaders, entrepreneurs, politicians and industry experts to showcase practical applications of innovation across various sectors. The conference emphasizes that innovation isn't just about technology—it's about cultivating a mindset that embraces change, encourages creative problem-solving, and values continuous improvement.”
Get tickets here: https://www.commerce.org.nz/event/aspire-2025
Carbon Forestry Conference
This event covers key issues of interest to local and international forest managers and investors. Industry leaders and government will discuss government policy, ETS regulation, markets and certification and voluntary carbon markets.
CEP Conference
Gui Berringer, Team Leader Carbon Management, Ekos, will be presenting on the 27th of May together with Tonkin and Taylor.
“The need to address climate change has never been greater.
As we continue to head towards critical dates such as 2030 and 2050, it seems the actions we’ll need to take to curb warming are becoming more pronounced as well as more urgent. Almost every day, we see examples of the impact of warming temperatures from around the world, whether it be rising sea levels, melting ice, droughts, floods or hurricanes. Of course, New Zealand is not immune, as we have seen.
Climate change remains a critical business risk. Whether it’s customer demands, the threat of carbon border adjustments or pressure from investors, reducing emissions is now a critical business issue and is pushing back through the supply chain.
With climate change now back at the top of corporate agendas, the CEP conference continues to grow in influence. It has become the primary event for practitioners and influencers to hone their knowledge and maintain their understanding of what’s out there to help them do their critical and ever more influential jobs better. We encourage attendance by keeping delegate fees low and, with our growing reputation, we are able to select only the best papers for inclusion. The influence of the event is now such that we have to decline over half the papers submitted. The result is a conference without peer, highly satisfied delegates in a learning atmosphere where people are open to new ideas, products and ways of doing things. Year on year we hear our conference is the best and the best value for delegates, sponsors and exhibitors. That is something we are striving to maintain in 2025.
2025 will see the Conference return to Auckland for the first time since 2018 and we’re looking forward to our biggest city furnishing a record attendance. We will be hosting the event at the Grand Millennium on 27th and 28th May.“
Register here https://forumpoint2.eventsair.com/cep-2025/register-now
New Technologies for Farms Forum
Motueka Catchment Collective invites farmers and other rural landowners and residents to a forum about demonstrating new technologies that can be used by farmers to improve environmental outcomes, improve productivity and help with economic outcomes.
When: Thursday 17th April, 9.30am – 3.30pm
Where: Moutere Hills Community Centre, 1539 Moutere Highway, Upper Moutere.
There will be a combination of presentations and key speakers as well as stands sharing useful information on the following topics:
Pest Management, particularly innovative trapping methods or new trap technologies
Irrigation and pumps, including new advancements in these areas
Farm Data Management (such as Resolution Farming, Farmenviro, Overseer, Farm IQ, cow collars)
Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)
Solar Farms, Hemp Cropping, etc.
Support with Farming Plans
Lunch will be provided and this event will be a great chance to meet other farmers and rural landowners.
Mastering Emissions Factors for Carbon Reporting
Expert carbon auditors with over 50 years of combined experience - Andrew Douglas, May Stewart, Lewis Foster, and Jeska McHugh - will share their insights on these topics:
- Emission factor quality and uncertainty
- Spend-based vs. custom/model-based factors
- Product, well-to-tank (WTT), and market-based factors.
The webinar is designed for those responsible for greenhouse gas reporting and everyone wanting to sharpen their skills in selecting the right emission factors. All attendees will receive a free workbook summarising the key takeaways.
Green Drinks Queenstown
Hosted by Sustainable Queenstown.
“To celebrate Slow Fashion Month our March Green Drinks is something special for those who LOVE to get OUTSIDE - and save stuff from going to landfill!
Back by popular demand, our most requested Green Drinks event is back for 2025!
Come along for a clothes swap with a twist - this time we are only swapping clothes for your next outdoor adventure. That means hiking clothes, ski and snowboard gear, boots, packs, you name it as long as it's for getting out for an adventure!
Our friends at Patagonia Clothing and Equipment are hosting us for the night and the good people at Altitude Brewing will have some beers for everyone to keep the swap lubricated.”
Toitū Envirocare Climate Action Kōrero | Whats in store for 2025
New rules, rising expectations—climate action is now a priority for organisations to decrease risks, save costs, and protect New Zealand’s products and services. Inaction? Too costly to ignore.
Join experts from Toitū Envirocare, DETA Consulting, and Ekos as we break down what’s ahead:
- Climate policy direction and what it means for Aotearoa businesses
- International market access requirements and its implications for Kiwi exporters
- Evolving climate disclosure requirements
- Decarbonisation’s role in transition planning
Climate Action Marlborough
Hosted by Think Business.
Their Mission
“Climate Action Marlborough is dedicated to driving climate action and impact in the Marlborough region by fostering collaboration, promoting education, and inspiring actionable change within the business community. We aim to create a resilient and thriving future for our community through innovative climate solutions and regenerating practices.”
Their Vision
“Our vision is a Marlborough where businesses lead the way in climate stewardship, contributing to a healthy environment, a vibrant economy, and a high quality of life. We envision a future where positive environmental practices are integral to business operations, where environmental consciousness is a core value, and where the community is united in the effort to combat climate change and protect our natural resources.”
“Climate Action Week launched in February 2023 to bring the Marlborough business community together to create awareness, enhance education and take action through the exploration of topics including carbon, water, waste, bio-diversity, innovation, land use and many other topics to support our transition to a low carbon emissions but highly thriving and productive community.”
“We have brought together over 600 businesses from Marlborough, Nelson Tasman and Canterbury to listen, learn, share, discover and grow into this space collectively, knowing that the learning journey is all relatively new for many of us. These businesses have represented forestry, viticulture, horticulture, agriculture, farming, finance, accounting, insurance, associations, nutrition, food, fashion, aquaculture, fisheries and aviation. “
“From listed companies to sole traders and every one in between.”
Sustainability and Climate Reporting Conference
The Framework for Reporting Climate-related Financial Disclosures has been in force for a
year, and now provides a great opportunity to learn from this.
The 3rd Annual Sustainability & Climate Reporting Conference will dive into the technical aspects of transparent sustainability and climate reporting; supporting you to develop the systems and processes required to produce consistent and comparable information.
While climate and carbon remain key, the event will explore all ESG dimensions, including biodiversity and social impact.
Corporate Investments into Forestry & Biodiversity
Sean Weaver, Chief Executive Officer of Ekos is hosting a breakout room session on day 2 of the conference. The breakout room session is co-hosted with Keith Bohannon, Cheif Executive Officer of Plan Vivo. The session will discuss ‘Investing in High-Integrity Nature Based Solutions - for people, nature and climate’.
See the full agenda for the conference here.
Carbon Forestry Conference
Ekos are a sponsor of the Carbon Forestry Conference.
Sean Weaver, Chief Executive Officer of Ekos, is chairing and presenting at the Carbon Forestry Conference in Rotorua 2024.
Charing (day 1) in Session 1: Strategic matters in carbon forestry & government policy
Presenting (day 2) in Session 4: Case Studies: Natural Carbon Solutions and The Role of Voluntary Carbon Markets. Sean will be speaking on ‘Integrating Voluntary and Compliance Markets for a Common Climate Action Purpose’.
Check out the full carbon forestry conference programme here.
Emissions Reduction Plan Webinar
The Government has released its second draft Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP) for public consultation.
Experts are coming together to talk about their submissions and the impacts the new ERP will have on business.
During this webinar the panel will discuss:
An overview of the second ERP.
How it supports New Zealand’s ability to meet the global effort under the Paris Agreement to limit the global average temperature increase to 1.5°C.
How the consultation period works and how you can have a voice. + A summary of consultation responses from panel organisations. Our panel of industry experts includes:
Belinda Mathers - Toitū Envirocare, Jeff Smit - DETA Consulting, Sean Weaver - Ekos, Mike Burrell - Sustainable Business Council (SBC)
