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Resene paint gets even greener, 21°

A Resene project in New Zealand

Updated in May

Resene’s latest ceiling paint has provided another two steps forward in sustainability for the New Zealand based paint manufacturer. The formulation of the Environmental Choice approved Earthsense ceiling paint includes a special renewable extender pigment. This means a fifth of the volume of the final product comes from renewable ...

Premium project about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Clean Technologies, Design, Industry & Business, Smart Growth

Make your company carbon neutral, 54°

A HB Media project in New Zealand

Updated in April

We have completed the CEMARS process by Landcare and have won certification for the entire company - yay, the first publishing company to do so - and we have got carboNZero certification for three of our products: Idealog magazine, Good magazine and Celsias. We started on the journey with Good magazine http ...

Premium project about Carbon Trading, Clean Technologies, Computing, Economics, Finance & Money, Industry & Business

How dirty are New Zealand cars?, 31°

A Honda New Zealand Ltd project in New Zealand

Updated in April

LTNZ estimates the average age of any given car on New Zealand roads is 11 years. We estimate that this 11 year old car is emitting between 2.0 û 5.0 grams of HC (Hydrocarbon, or soot) and NOx (Nitrous Oxide) per km. This is a huge amount of ...

Premium project about Air Quality, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Emissions, Energy Saving, Green energy, Health, Industry & Business, Pollution, Transport, Travel

Green washing: How to avoid it, 36°

An AJ Park project in New Zealand

Updated in April

By Corinne Blumsky 05 March 2009 Feeling green? Want to promote your greenishness? Beware. The Commerce Commission is coming down hard on try-hards and greenwashers. Corrine Blumskey of AJ Park has some sage advice for the good guys out there. GREEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS Businesses making ‘green’ claims in their advertising ...

Premium project about Clean Technologies, Consumerism, Industry & Business, marketing, Media

Honda Treefund, 45°

A Honda New Zealand Ltd project in New Zealand

Updated in April

For every new car sold, Honda funds the planting of ten native trees. In 2004, Honda New Zealand initiated the TreeFund, which funds the planting of 10 native trees for every new car sold, and individual Honda agents fund a further three trees. The funded native trees are planted locally ...

Premium project about Clean Technologies, Deforestation, Electric vehicles, Environment & Wildlife, Industry & Business, Logging, Smart Growth

Gore Library , 26°

An InterfaceNZ project in New Zealand

Updated in April

The public library in Gore needed to re-carpet on a tight budget without shutting down or hassling customers. The library also had ceramic areas which needed to be carpeted with an easy make-good. Most challenging of all, much of the carpet was still in great condition whereas the trafficked areas ...

Premium project about Architecture, Clean Technologies, Design, Industry & Business, Smart Growth, Transition Towns

3M, 36°

An InterfaceNZ project in New Zealand

Updated in April

3M’s tradition of innovation is legendary. So when it was time to move premises, 3M ensured the new environment encouraged creativity and sustainability. It chose to create a NZGBC Greenstar building adopting innovative building and interior materials. InterfaceNZ carpet tiles were chosen as the flooring, providing an innovative modular ...

Premium project about Architecture, Clean Technologies, Design, Industry & Business, Smart Growth

Jasmax, 41°

An InterfaceNZ project in New Zealand

Updated in April

Jasmax, an architectural practice, needed a building that not just worked for them as a business but improved Auckland’s urban environment. Objectives included being a good neighbour, setting environmental benchmarks, balancing client work and creative endeavour and reflecting its New Zealand heritage. Using a compilation of Cubic Colours, the ...

Premium project about Architecture, Clean Technologies, Design, Industry & Business, Smart Growth

NextPlays, 49°

A FISCHE° project in New Zealand

Updated in August 2009

NextPlays is a platform for business transformation and sustainable outcomes. NextPlays helps you identify, plan and build the best way forward for your business. The centrepiece of the programme is the NextPLays Lab, a concentrated workshop that delivers an action plan for new opportunities, new customer value and new profit ...

Premium project about Design, Economics, Industry & Business, Smart Growth

Resene Paintwise, 26°

A Resene project in New Zealand

Updated in August 2009

Painting the town greener Resene is painting the town greener with the extension of the Resene PaintWise paint and paint packaging recovery program, the first comprehensive New Zealand product stewardship program for home decorators. Following nearly five years of development, the Resene PaintWise paint and paint packaging product stewardship programme ...

Premium project about Architecture, Industry & Business, Recycling

Ethical Investment Trust, 20°

Christchurch, New Zealand

Updated last month

How a little investment can bring big change. Over the past five years Trade Aid has been growing fast! We have been extending fair trade to thousands of artisans, farmers and their families every year. But all this growth requires finance. You can play a vital role in supporting this ...

Project about Consumerism, Finance & Money, Food, Industry & Business, Organic, Retail

Good Shopping Handbook, 70°

New Zealand

Updated in May

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

Food for Change, 54°

Global, New Zealand

Updated in November 2009

Causing global change one meal at a time. What we eat locally makes a difference globally. Our mouth is about as local as it gets, so that seems like a good place to start climate changing. Maybe leadership begins with what goes into our mouths, not with what comes out ...

Project about Agriculture & Food, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Consumerism, Deforestation, Economics, Education, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Genetic Modification, Green energy, Health, Industry & Business, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Recycling, Transport, Water

Only use Wellington Combined Taxi's when visiting the captial , 40°

Wellington , New Zealand

Updated in November 2009

Join a growing number of businesses and government departments who have updated their procurement policy to only used Wellington Combined Taxi’s when visiting the capital when walking or alternative transport is not appropriate. Wellington Combined Taxis Ltd currently operates 442 modern vehicles combined with 600 uniformed drivers. It also ...

Project about Climate Change, Consumerism, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Energy Saving, Finance & Money, Food, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Transport

Spicers Moves to Greener Pastures, 45°

Auckland, New Zealand

Updated in September 2009

In recent times Spicers Paper moved to greener pastures, where their new premises provided proof of the company's commitment to the environment and sustainability. The new office space is located in Highbrook office park in East Tamaki, just south of Auckland city. The building was developed by the Goodman ...

Project about Architecture, Climate Change, Deforestation, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Industry & Business, Recycling, Solar, Water

CEMARS - Certified Emissions Measurement And Reduction Scheme, 36°

Lincoln, New Zealand

Updated in September 2009

CEMARS is the first 2 steps of the carboNZero programme. It recognises the actions of businesses who measure their greenhouse gas emissions, understand their carbon liabilities, and put in place management plans to reduce emissions in their organisation and more widely through their supply chain. CEMARS has been developed for ...

Project about Industry & Business

World's first places a 'line in the sand' between the carboNZero programme and its' competitors, 52°

Lincoln, New Zealand

Updated in September 2009

Landcare Research's carboNZero programme has become the first greenhouse gas certification scheme in the world to receive international accreditation. The international accreditation has been made by the Joint Accreditation System – Australia and New Zealand (JAS-ANZ) which is an international accreditation body established by a treaty between the New Zealand ...

Project about Industry & Business

Greening marketing in NZ, 15°

Auckland, New Zealand

Updated in August 2009

I'm on a mission to do what I can to help NZ marketers and advertisers catch-up on the journey to sustainability. The first thing I'm doing is teaching a 1-day Auckland Uni course on How to Market Sustainability on Oct 16th 09. The aim of the course is ...

Project about Consumerism, Events, Industry & Business

GNS Sustainability Working Group, 30°

Wellington, New Zealand

Updated in December 2008

Comprising around 80 staff members, scientists, technicians, IT people and support staff at GNS Science, we're motivated to reduce inefficient and wasteful individual and business practices in the company, across the 3 sites and to increase awareness among staff of the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling.

Project about Energy Saving, Industry & Business

Intersect - Young professionals networking for sustainability, 87°

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

Datamail - GoGreen Case Study, 93°

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

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