Tonkin + Taylor is set to join over 800 key industry leaders at Building Nations 2024 this month to revolutionise New Zealand’s infrastructure delivery approach for the future.
New Zealand’s strength as a small nation in an era where smallness is no longer a constraint, is our potential to be agile enough to drive significant change and set a global benchmark for smart, sustainable, and cost-effective infrastructure.
At Tonkin + Taylor we connect people with places with our rich history spanning more than 60 years. We have evolved from a small New Zealand based company into an employee owned and operated multi-disciplinary group, establishing meaningful connections to the communities and environment in which we operate.
Connections drive us, shape us and help us to see a bigger world than the one we live in. When we truly connect with the world around us, we can make a difference, we can create communities and make the places that people care about safer and more resilient. We connect to hope, strength, imagination and integrity.
We can do big things that look small, we can do small things that look big. Building Nations is a time for connection. Let’s never stop looking for opportunities, chances and ways to connect.
International Lessons in Climate Resilience
Our panel session on International Lessons in Climate Resilience will be hosted by Jack Tame, focusing on the importance of sound and structured planning and acting now rather than waiting for perfect data.
As Angelique Dickson, President of Inogen Alliance, aptly says, “Climate resilience is imperative for all of humanity. To be successful in gaining resiliency globally as well as in each impacted community, we must think globally and act locally.”
Richard Reinen-Hamill, Sector Director – Natural Hazard Resilience will also explore the challenges of adapting long-term plans to climate change: “Providing our communities, stakeholders and investors with confidence that there are clear long-term plans that can adapt to climate change is crucial. Having informed strategies for the next 100 years is the key infrastructure and community challenge we must face today.”
Join our panel at Building Nations 2024 as we navigate these dynamic times of change toward a more resilient future.
Angela Young Chair of Session 3B Mitigating Climate Change – Where to From Here?
We’re pleased to share that Angela Young, Group Marketing + Indigenous Director, has been selected as the session chair at the Building Nations Conference.
Angela will facilitate Session 3B: ‘Mitigating Climate Change – Where to From Here?’.
The session opens at 1.20 pm with an address by MP Julie Anne Genter, the Green Party spokesperson for transport. Following this, at 2.00 pm, Angela will guide the discussion on Scaling the Transition to a Zero-Emissions Economy by Connecting Finance and Investment to the People and Projects That Can Make It Happen with Hon James Shaw.
Rounding off the session will be a panel discussion at 2.40 pm on ‘Leveraging Private Capital for Infrastructure Resilience and Decarbonisation’ with Bede Noonan from ACCIONA AU + NZ, Laura Harris from Mafic Partners, and Bank of New Zealand‘s Director of Specialised Finance, James Grant.
We invite those attending to participate in this important climate action dialogue. Together, let’s continue to build a diverse and more resilient infrastructure industry.
