A new biodiversity credit - Sean Weaver and Helen Hughes

In June, the government announced nine pilots to trial a voluntary nature credits scheme - the closest so far to a biodiversity credit. Led by Act MP and Associate Minister for the Environment Andrew Hoggard, the government says it wants to establish ‘a market that is durable, measurable and transparent to help farmers, landowners, iwi, and conservation groups unlock new income streams for looking after nature on their land.’ One of the nine is the Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari Biodiversity Credit project an international trade-ready biodiversity credits scheme developed by advisory firm Ekos. It launched officially launch on 24th of June and Vincent is joined by Ekos found Sean Weaver and Sancturary Mountain CEO Helen Hughes. Government announcement here Ekos & Sanctuary Mountain media release here

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A new biodiversity credit - Sean Weaver and Helen Hughes is an episode from This Climate Business by Podcasts NZ / Vincent Heeringa.

This episode is 43:53 long.

This episode was published on Jun 26, 2025.

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