Abbie Reynolds

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Abbie Reynolds is a New Zealand climate change and sustainability advocate.

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Early life and education

While at secondary school, Reynolds started a paper recycling scheme when the effects of climate change were not well-known. [1] She has a law degree from the University of Auckland.

Career

Reynolds was previously head of sustainability at Vodafone and headed the Vodafone Foundation. [2] Prior to this she was Head of Corporate Responsibility at Telecom (now Spark).

Reynolds was executive director of the Sustainable Business Council from 2016 to 2019. The membership of the Sustainable Business Council doubled within this time to represent 30% of New Zealand businesses [1] with Business NZ Chief Executive Kirk Hope praising her contribution. [3]

In 2018, she co-founded the New Zealand Leaders' Climate Coalition with Mike Bennetts, chief executive of Z Energy. New Zealand Climate Change Minister James Shaw praised her and Bennetts's work launching the Coalition and reaching a membership of 100 organisations. [4] She attended the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) meeting in Geneva in 2018. [5]

Her other roles have included being part of the New Zealand Government's Electric Vehicle Leadership Group and a member of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor's Rethinking Plastics Panel. [6] Reynolds has been a board member of VOYCE Whakarongo Mai since January 2017. [6] In a 2017 article in the New Zealand online magazine The Spinoff , Reynolds wrote:

Climate change can be an opportunity for New Zealand. Not only can we do our bit to reduce global emissions, we can be an innovation leader and better everyone’s lives. [7]

Reynolds presented to the United Nations in July 2019 as part of a panel demonstrating New Zealand's progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. [8]

She was interviewed on the Entrepreneurial Women with Purpose podcast in 2020. [9]

Reynolds was appointed as Chief Executive Officer for Predator Free 2050 in September 2020. [10]

Recognition

Reynolds won the Board and Management Award in the 2019 New Zealand Women of Influence Awards. [3] Her outward focus and willingness to help organisations achieve their sustainability goals won praise from the judges. [6] In 2020, she sat on the judging panel together with Dame Silvia Cartwright, Sir John Kirwan, Vanisa Dhiru, Sinead Boucher and Gina Dellabarca. [11]

Personal life

Reynolds lives in Auckland and is married to Daren Grover, the general manager of Project Jonah. [12] After meeting in the United Kingdom in 2003, she and Grover travelled through 26 countries on their journey to New Zealand and blogged about their travels. [13]

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  2. ↑ "Beyond Green Cleaning – Sustainability in 2018". CleanNZ Expo. 2018. Archived from the original on 25 January 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Abbie Reynolds award important for business and sustainability". BusinessNZ. 25 October 2019. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Shaw, Hon. James (24 June 2019). "Congratulations on Climate Leaders Coalition milestone". The Beehive. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  5. ↑ Reynolds, Abbie (11 June 2018). "How New Zealand companies are stacking up in the business of sustainability". Idealog. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 "2019 Winners". Women of Influence. Stuff. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  7. ↑ Reynolds, Abbie (6 December 2017). "Why climate change could be the biggest driver of innovation since World War II". The Spinoff. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "Abbie Reynolds' remarks to the United Nations". Sustainable Business Council. 18 July 2019. Archived from the original on 22 January 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "Entrepreneurial Women with Purpose - Abbie Reynolds, former ED Sustainable Business Council by Entrepreneurial Women with Purpose • A podcast on Anchor". Anchor. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  10. ↑ "Abbie Reynolds to head Predator Free 2050 Limited : Predator Free 2050 Limited". pf2050.co.nz. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "Judges". Women of Influence. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  12. ↑ Catherall, Sarah (25 January 2020). "Abbie and Daren: The couple that saves whales together". Stuff. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  13. ↑ "Dal and Ab | Daren Grover & Abbie Reynolds | Travel Blog". www.travelblog.org. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
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