Once upon a time, New Zealand was the cleanest nation in the world with (even further back) a bright economic outlook.
Today we’re quietly slipping down rankings on just about every environmental and economic performance indicator. New Zealand’s environmental performance was ranked first out of 146 countries in 2006.
Last year we came in 15th. GDP is a sad 20% below average OECD countries. Australia is 20% above average. New Zealand’s GDP ranks 57th in the world, behind Nigeria and Kazakhstan.
Green is our competitive advantage, but there’s work ahead to claim it.
View Sir Paul Callaghan’s speech at StrategyNZ: Mapping our Future – March ’11