I only take on roles that I'm passionate about. Life is too short to do things that you're not happy with.

We need a lot of thinking and ideas. We need all the innovators, particularly with the new sustainable technologies - how do we get them to affordability so that people can generate clean energy?

Equity, dignity, happiness, sustainability - these are all fundamental to our lives but absent in the GDP.

I'm not into power for the sake of it.

As New Zealanders, we've been in on the United Nations from the very beginning, played a role in the drafting of the charter - it means a lot to us that those processes are followed.

Although biodiversity loss continues globally, many countries are significantly slowing the rate of loss by shoring up protected natural areas and the services they provide, and in expanding national park systems with tighter management and more secure funding.

Business can talk itself into a blue funk.