Who: Sophie Punte, Executive Director of the Smart Freight Centre.  Ms Punte will address attendees on the role of collaboration referencing global examples of best practice, some of the levers and trends that have enabled this and look at what can be applied in our country.

What: EECA and Sustainable Business Council seminar about how we can create a low emissions freight sector for New Zealand.

Where: Auckland Beca auditorium, Ground Floor, 21 Pitt St

When: 11.55am – 12.30pm, Wednesday 5 October

About Sophie PunteSophie Punte is the Executive Director of the Smart Freight Centre she founded in 2013 as a mission-driven organisation to catalyse more efficient and environmentally sustainable freight on a global scale.  Previously, as Executive Director of Clean Air Asia, Sophie played a lead role in putting green freight on the agenda of Asian governments and establishing the China Green Freight Initiative and Green Freight Asia.  Sophie also worked at the United Nations, KPMG, the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment and Opus International Consultants on environmental management and corporate sustainability. She holds a Master of Science (Biology) and a Master of Environmental Management from the Netherlands.