By Celsias Team
Posted on Aug. 9, 2010. Listed in:
Businesses interested in sustainable practice and the value it can add to brands and bottom lines might like to find out more by attending the Queenstown Lakes Sustainable Business Programme update this Wednesday.
The update has two major agenda items:
- New information about how people can earn qualifications for their efforts in building sustainable practice in the workplace while they are at work
- An update presentation on the use of biodiesel in Queenstown.
The programme is run by the Otago Polytechnic Centre for Sustainable Practice and has more than 40 local business participants completing a range of actions from implementing biodiesel and energy efficiency to integrated planning.
Centre for Sustainable Practice director Steve Henry says the 41 current and past participants in the Queenstown Lakes Sustainable Business Programme can have their action plans recognised towards a Certificate in Sustainable Practice.
“This is exciting news for businesses that are putting effort into developing and actioning their plans,” says Centre for Sustainable Practice director Steve Henry. “The individuals involved can now be academically recognized for that work and be confident that their work is of a qualification standard.”
The update will also review the use of biodiesel in Queenstown this winter. The community initiative set up in March this year provided New Zealand’s first community biodiesel refueling facility. A healthy 15 Queenstown businesses have signed up for the 12-month pilot programme, with 48 vehicles operating on 20 percent biodiesel mixed with standard diesel (B20).
The biodiesel refuelling facility was set up with full endorsement and funding from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority as well as support from Queenstown Lakes District Council which supplied land and seed funding.
When: August 11, 3.00pm
Where: Chamber Rooms at Queenstown Lakes District Council
