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Spicers Helps Sovereign Achieve Environmental First

  A unique collaboration between two of New Zealand’s environmentally responsible companies has helped Sovereign, NZ’s largest life insurer become the first New Zealand recipient of a printed product certified carbon neutral under the new PAS 2050 life-cycle standard.   Sovereign’s 2012 adviser diaries set a new standard in ... keep reading

Written by Celsias last month, about awards, carbon certification, Consumerism, Industry & Business, Sustainability

A New Take on that Christmas Tree

Want to start a new Christmas tree tradition without the pineneedles all through the house? Want to do something different this Christmas. Why chop down a pine tree to decorate, then leave it to  die in a couple of weeks?  Environmental charity Greenfleet wants you to think about starting  a ... keep reading

Written by Celsias in November 2011, about carbon certification, Carbon Sequestration, Children and Families, Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Forestry

Kiwi home design and build company goes carbon neutral

Kiwi company ebode is all about building architecturally designed passive solar sustainable homes. And now its has upped its eco credentials a little more by becoming the first carbon neutral-certified home design and build company in New Zealand, achieving carboNZeroCert certification. Achieving the certification required ebode to measure its greenhouse ... keep reading

Written by Design Daily Team in June 2011, about Architecture, carbon certification, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape (1 comment)

Pass the bubbles and check out the royal carbon

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)

FTSE 100 put in a poor carbon reduction performance

A study released by carbon offsetting company Carbon Retirement has described the volume of voluntary offsetting as a percentage of FTSE 100 emissions as “pitifully low”. The FTSE 100, or “footsie”, is an index of the 100 most highly capitalised UK companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.  According to ... keep reading

Written by Celsias Team in April 2011, about carbon certification, Carbon Sequestration, Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Emissions

carboNZero breaks the shackles of government and goes corporate

The growth in the global adoption of carboNZero certification and CEMARS (Certified Emissions Measurement And Reduction Scheme), is the main factor behind the decision to make the carboNZero programme a standalone corporate business. The prorgramme was previously a business unit of the Government’s Landcare Research.  Graham Carter will take ... keep reading

Written by Celsias Team in April 2011, about Appointments, carbon certification (1 comment)

Design agency achieves industry-first

A commitment to environmental responsibility has seen small Auckland-based strategy and design agency Black Robin Design become the first business in its sector to achieve carboNZero ‘small enterprise’ certification.   Since its 2005 inception, the agency behind last year’s Hubbards rebrand has been implementing sustainability initiatives, working towards the goal ... keep reading

Written by Celsias Team in December 2010, about Accreditation, Agriculture & Food, Branding, carbon certification, Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Design

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