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“The gym” features in many New Year’s resolutions, but fitness centres themselves are being asked to shape up for 2012. It could even result in having a workout that charges your cellphone! The country’s eco-labelling organisation is calling for gyms to look at their environmental impact. Environmental Choice ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Accreditation, Chemicals, Consumerism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Design, Health
This morning in Auckland 150 original art prints made from a little blue penguin killed by the Rena disaster appeared along Auckland’s Khyber Pass Road. The prints are accompanied by the message ‘Rena did this. Deep sea oil drilling could be a thousand times worse.’ keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Accreditation, Action, Protest, & Activism, Advertising, Advertising and regulatory advice
Blue Star Group New Zealand has received the internationally renowned PEFC environmental certification, which means it can now offer customers PEFC-labelled products.Short for the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification, the PEFC labels on its products will mean Blue Star’s customers can show the end user the ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in September 2011, about Accreditation, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment & Wildlife, Forestry, Industry & Business, Sustainability
Greenpeace and te Whānau-ā-Apanui havefiled a judicial review challenging the Government’s decision to issue Brazilian oil giant Petrobras a permit for deep sea oil exploration off the East Cape.This is the first time an oil permit has been challenged in the New Zealand courts on both environmental and ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in September 2011, about Accreditation, Action, Protest, & Activism, Advertising, Advertising and regulatory advice, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Anti-counterfeiting
My word, there was alot of people in Auckland for the Pacific islands Forum.And no, nobody in China or the US cares too much about the Rugby World Cup. Even if Murray McCully really does think the whole world cares ,.My bet, the very large areas around the Pacific ... keep reading
Written by Vicki B in September 2011, about Accreditation, Action, Protest, & Activism, Advertising, Advertising and regulatory advice, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Anti-counterfeiting, Appointments (1 comment)
Animal abuse is a widespread phenomenon from Canada to Mexico to India and back. In fact, it is so widespread that there are no accurate statistics to denounce how many animals suffer at the hand of man. In fact, most abuse or neglect cases go un-reported. This is partially because ... keep reading
Written by Amy Lizee/environment911 in September 2011, about Accreditation, Action, Protest, & Activism, Advertising, Advertising and regulatory advice, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Anti-counterfeiting
Christchurch-based SolarCity is New Zealand’s only all-in-one solar power company, and started working with the carboNZero programme in 2010, in order to achieve the programme’s internationally accredited greenhouse gas certification. It has now become the first solar power company in the world to achieve this specific carboNZero certification ... keep reading
Written by Celsias Team in July 2011, about Accreditation, Solar, Sustainability (2 comments)
An award-winning community initiative aimed at making it easier for the public to support cafes committed to environmentally and socially responsible business practices was launched in Auckland this week. The Conscious Consumers cafe project is a non profit initiative that has been successfully operating in Wellington for the past year ... keep reading
Written by Kate R. in June 2011, about Accreditation, Agriculture & Food, Branding, Children and Families, Consumerism, Fairtrade, Food, Lifestyle & Behavior, Transparency
Every year the Gold Awards celebrate Wellington business excellence in almost every category. And at last week’s awards it was a boutique family-owned coffee company that took home the Green Gold Award, which pays special tribute to businesses with positive sustainable practices and programmes. Celcius Coffee is New Zealand ... keep reading
Written by Celsias Team in May 2011, about Accreditation, Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Fairtrade, Farming, Sustainability, waste
Like most weddings (though admittedly this isn’t a “most weddings scenario”), the big day of the nuptials has arrived very quickly and even the biggest royal scrooges, though they might not admit it, are getting a little excited, or in the very least, a little curious. But with all ... keep reading
Written by Deirdre Robert in April 2011, about Accreditation, carbon certification, Emissions, Recycling, Royal Wedding, Sustainability (1 comment)
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