Business environmental awareness, action and support research
Better for Business’ annual Business Health and Digital Monitor considers the environmental awareness, action and support needs of New Zealand businesses.
Better for Business’ annual Business Health and Digital Monitor considers the environmental awareness, action and support needs of New Zealand businesses.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is the Government’s lead business-facing agency. Our contribution to improving the well-being of New Zealanders is summarised in our purpose, to grow New Zealand for all.
We provide advice and support to help New Zealand businesses get started, grow, innovate and raise their capability. We also work with other agencies to design and deliver services to businesses in better and smarter ways.
We administer the New Zealand Business Number which is a free, globally unique identifier that makes it faster and easier for businesses to connect and interact.
We provide advice and support to businesses to help them grow, be more innovative, raise their capability and do business more easily.
We provide advice to the Minister for Small Business and Manufacturing, lead policy development to support sector resilience and growth, and deliver services that help small businesses and manufacturers to thrive and succeed.
Aiding the New Zealand Artificial Intelligence Strategy to accelerate private sector AI adoption and innovation.
Artificial Intelligence and its uses will continue to evolve, so its important New Zealand businesses connect and collaborate to support responsible approaches.
As an adherent to The Guidelines, New Zealand has a National Contact Point for Responsible Business Conduct (NCP) within the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE).
The Guidelines for multinational enterprises include a mechanism to resolve disputes through a non-judicial complaints process when there are allegations of non-observance.
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