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A Ricoh New Zealand project in Auckland, New Zealand 
Updated in July 2008
On the morning of Sunday March 9, 2008, a team of over 100 Ricoh volunteers set out from downtown Auckland by ferry to Motuihe Island. Ricoh employees were joined by their families and friends for the day out, and even a couple of families from our Hamilton branch made the ...
Project about Deforestation, Environment & Wildlife
(a good idea here, is a good idea anywhere), New Zealand
Updated in November 2009
We have been trying to drum up support for the concept of carbon neutral supermarket sections. This would then give organisations a market imperative to measure, offset and reduce their carbon emissions. It is part of a bigger picture of in regards to a concept of carbon accounting that we ...
Project about Agriculture & Food, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Consumerism, Emissions, Food, Lifestyle & Behavior
Auckland, New Zealand
Updated in July 2008
Ricoh Eco Action Day, June 5 2008 Ricoh’s Eco Action Day is an annual practice across all our operations around the world, coinciding with World Environment Day. This year it was the perfect opportunity to launch an idea Ricoh New Zealand is aiming to spread across its branches – a ...
Project about Energy Saving, Events
New Zealand
Updated in February 2010
In 2006 the Grove Mill winery in Marlborough became the first certified carbon neutral winery in the world. Its owners, the New Zealand Wine Company (NZWC), achieved Landcare Research’s carboNZeroCert TM certification for their vineyards and production of wines at Grove Mill, and for freight of the wine to ...
Project about Agriculture & Food, Art & Culture, Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior
christchurch, New Zealand
Updated in September 2009
Help save energy
Project about Green energy
A TelstraClear project in New Zealand
Updated in February 2011
Our aim: TelstraClear aims to recognise the contribution that communications services makes to peoples lives, community wellbeing and local economic advancement. We believe in using our technology to enhance peoples lives, and maximising the value and reach of our technology to ensure access for everyone. Our commitment to making communications ...
Premium project about Children and Families, Computing, Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Infrastructure, Innovation, Lifestyle & Behavior, Population, Technology
A TelstraClear project in New Zealand
Updated in February 2011
Our aim: We know for parents and carers, the safety of their children is their number one priority – in the playground, at home and online. As a trusted ISP, TelstraClear has recognised the need to protect Kiwi kids from the darker side of the internet, in terms of cyber-bullying and ...
Premium project about Children and Families, Computing, Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Education, Innovation, Lifestyle & Behavior, Sustainability, Technology
Opotiki, New Zealand
Updated in March 2011
The green benefits of forming fish growing reefs close to boat launching areas are many: Fishermen use significantly less petrol getting to where fish are. Simpler near shore fishing boats can be used. The fishing is action packed, fun and produces a greater diversity of species. Smaller catches can be ...
Project about Agriculture & Food, biological farming, Business & Biodiversity, Carbon Sequestration, Corporate Social Responsibility, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Health, Ocean, Organic, Poverty & Development, Science, Sustainability, Tourism, Transition Towns, Water
Petone, New Zealand
Updated in July 2008
Datamail is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the New Zealand Post Group. THE SITUATION Recognising the importance of sustainability – for its business and its clients – the Datamail Group knew it needed to lift its game. Its Petone site already had a number of recycling facilities for cardboard, plastic wrap and toner ...
Project about Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Media, Recycling
A Ricoh New Zealand project in National, New Zealand
Updated in July 2008
Launched in May, Trees for Schools is a Ricoh New Zealand programme where we work with schools around the country to establish schemes for community fundraising selling native plants, in place of other options often high in sugar and fat. We are sourcing New Zealand native seedlings, and subsidising the ...
Project about Education, Environment & Wildlife
Wellington, New Zealand
Updated in July 2008
We are a group of young professionals with a passion for sustainability and we want to intersect with other passionate people. Intersect is focussed on nurturing our leadership capabilities. We believe that leaders are the doers not just the talkers, so we are looking for practical solutions to the problems ...
Project about Consumerism, Industry & Business, Philosophy & Religion, Recycling
New Zealand
Updated in October 2008
www.noplasticbags.org.nz is a new grass roots website dedicated to a New Zealand free from plastic carry bags. Around the world more and more countries are banning or taxing plastic bags and it is time for New Zealand to wake up and do the same. This is about ...
Project about Consumerism, Recycling
New Zealand
Updated in August 2009
Introducing MegaCity, BMW's new electric vehicle. The BMW group will soon to announce more details of a fully-electric, ‘zero-emission’ production car, having now partnered with SB LiMotive as the supplier of state-of-the-art lithium-ion storage technology. BMW Group is currently field-testing a fully-electric car, the MINI E, in the US ...
Project about Air Quality, Clean Technologies, Design, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Pollution, Transport, Travel
New Zealand, New Zealand
Updated in July 2008
A National Climate Change Innovation Award. This is essentially a Eco 'Dragon's Den' - where promising innovations are awarded with development funding and investment. A Wellington based TV production company have plans to make a TV series around the challenge which will ensure it gets maximum coverage. There are two ...
Project about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Events, Recycling, Water
Auckland, New Zealand
Updated in July 2009
Good magazine, with the support of GreenWorks, is donating $9 of every subscription to EnviroSchools. You can subscribe here: www.good.net.nz/subs. Your donation is automatically deducted. EnviroSchools is an amazing programme run largely by teachers in 671 primary and secondary schools. They do a whole range of ...
Project about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Education, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government
Kapiti, New Zealand
Updated in June 2012
We built a Lo-Grid home in the form of that classic Kiwi Villa in mid 2010. We insulated by exceeding NZ standards, out hot water comes from that big yellow round thing in the sky, backed up by a woodburner supplied by those tall things that grow out of the ...
Project about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Green energy, Pollution, Recycling, Solar, Water
New Zealand
Updated in May 2010
Good magazine started a Kiwi shopping guide for everyone seeking green, ethical or sustainable products - from grocery and fashion products to travel and footwear.
Project about Agriculture & Food, Consumerism, Finance & Money, Food, Health, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, marketing, Media, Organic, Water
A TelstraClear project in New Zealand
Updated in November 2010
Our aim: With our customers, employees and operations spanning the country, TelstraClear is truly a part of community life. Connecting people and communities in a safe and protected way is what we are about, and enabling the establishment of Crimestoppers in New Zealand plays a big part in helping the ...
Premium project about Children and Families, Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Education, Industry & Business, Innovation, Law, Lifestyle & Behavior, Population, Technology
Marlborough, New Zealand
Updated in April 2008
Queen Charlotte Wilderness Park is an isolated peninsula in the Marlborough Sounds. Originally a large sheep station the property is now dedicated to “the business of saving our environment”. Ron Marriott of Queen Charlotte Wilderness Park says, “We have two goals – the first is to work with landowners to encourage ...
Project about Agriculture & Food, Carbon Sequestration, Consumerism, Environment & Wildlife
New Zealand, New Zealand
Updated in September 2009
Love trees? Cut one down! A controversial statement sure, but did you know that the paper industry is one of the most sustainable on the planet and for every tree cut down to make timber and paper products, at least three more are planted in its place? The newly launched ...
Project about Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Logging, Recycling, Water
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A Spicers Paper project in New Zealand, New Zealand
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