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Member-led Projects
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COUNCIL PROJECTS
Procurement Guide Price in the past has been the single most important factor in public sector procurement. Now social and environmental factors are also becoming deciders in awarding contracts here and offshore.
It’s about cutting costs by buying more efficiently and getting best value for money.
This guide reports on the shift to sustainable procurement by central and local government in New Zealand. It outlines the "new opportunities for business". more »
Better performing homes for New Zealanders: Making it happen
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A Best Use Solution for New Zealand's water problems
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Emissions Guide
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Climate Change Policy more »
Paper Buying Guide
How to Buy Sustainable paper (and make the right choices for the environment and your business) This exclusive Business Council “First Steps To Sustainability Series” guide to buying paper is an easy-to-follow but very comprehensive guide to helping make a choice: To take care of business - AND others
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Maori Enterprise Development
The Treaty of Waitangi claims process is currently focused on the pre-settlement phase. However, once settlement is reached, tribal groups face a series of new issues for which there is little guidance: What governance structure should be put in place to manage the settlement assets? How can the tribe's social, cultural, environmental and commercial objectives be achieved? How should the expectations of beneficiaries be managed and delivered upon? To date, efforts in this area have been well intentioned, but not necessarily successful.
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Energy 2050
To work collaboratively and go beyond current thinking to develop an understanding of the energy options for New Zealand out to 2050 which would be sustainable . The project will provide a number of scenarios which will allow Government, companies and people to make informed choices about what they want to happen and will provide future generations with comparable or greater options than we have today.
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Incentivising Greener Fleet Vehicles This “Incentivising greener vehicle fleets” project forms the first tier of a three-staged approach to green New Zealand’s vehicle fleet. The project aims to identify options for economic incentives that could be implemented by Government to encourage businesses to purchase or lease low emission and fuel-efficient vehicles. The recommended incentives will be those that can be implemented relatively easily and quickly, and will offer short-term gains in cleaning up New Zealand’s air. The project also places emphasis on the need for Government to show leadership by committing to greening their own fleets. more »
Energy Efficiency: Guide for SMEs
Reducing your energy costs makes great business sense, and has a direct positive impact on the environment. Energy efficiency measures have always been win-win options, and represented some of the best return on investment with low risk that you can find. With New Zealand signing the Kyoto Protocol, the high level of energy insecurity at home and internationally, and environmental awareness continuing to impact trade and domestic regulations, it makes more sense than ever to take action.
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Sustainable Supply Chain
There is probably not a single NZ business that is not both a supplier and a customer. Every business’s sustainability is to some extent dependant on the sustainability of its supply chain. This project will explore the "why" and the "how" for supply chain sustainability.
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Youth Employment Guide
New technologies and the globalisation of markets are making human labour more productive, but as productivity rises, so to does the risk of leaving many young people unemployed. Young people without jobs are more likely to participate in crime, drug abuse and vandalism. These people are also unable to contribute to society, which looses potential productivity and value creation. The New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development has joined with the Mayors Taskforce to work towards eliminating youth unemployment in New Zealand.
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Successful Business and School Partnerships Guide
Investing in education provides substantial returns. Our Successful Business and School Partnerships initiative seeks to promote this investment by New Zealand businesses to create a win-win for business and society. As a country we want to earn more and to do this we all need to learn more. To help this dream become reality the NZBCSD produced a guide. This guide encourages NZBCSD members and other businesses to become involved in school partnerships.
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Sustainable Development Reporting Guide
Sustainable Development Reporting is a key tool for businesses committed to achieving a triple bottom line of environmental and social as well as economic performance. The NZBCSD seeks to provide business leadership in this area and all NZBCSD members have committed to producing a sustainable development report within three years of becoming a member.
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Zero Waste Guide
New Zealand currently generates around 3.4 million tonnes of waste per annum. Waste contaminates natural eco-systems, reducing their ability to provide essential life sustaining resources such as soil, clean air and water. To counteract this problem, businesses need to concentrate on creating goods and services, while reducing resources and waste. This is resource efficiency – maximising product per unit of raw material.
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Economic Incentives for Sustainable Development
The New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development (NZBCSD) has launched this project to influence the political, policy and public debate on the use of economic instruments and price signals to stimulate more sustainable human activity.
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Resource Management Act (RMA) The RMA has one overriding principle: to promote the sustainable management of natural and physical resources. The NZBCSD fully endorses the purpose of the RMA and this project sought to find opportunities to gain in process efficiency without disenfranchising any of the stakeholders in the sustainable management of our nature and physical resources. more »
Extended Producer Responsibility / Product Stewardship The Business Council was informed last year that the issue of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation will be moving quickly up the agenda and details announced after the elections. This was brought forward and a discussion paper on this issue was released at the beginning of July. The document called "Product Stewardship and Water Efficiency Labelling - New Tools to Reduce Waste" was released on July 7th 2005 with a request for responses by August 31st 2005. The Government sought business input to enable it to make decisions about product stewardship, the legislation and how to support the development of product stewardship schemes and water efficiency labelling. more »
Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Reporting Guide
Climate change, caused by the release of greenhouse gases, is arguably the biggest challenge to sustainable development. Climate change has potentially serious environmental, social and economic consequences for New Zealand and the world as a whole. The NZBCSD is in a strong position to provide business leadership, to inform the debate and influence policy development around climate change
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MEMBER-LED AND INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC PROJECTS
TRANSPORT IN 2050: Achieving Efficiency, Growth and Productivity To work collaboratively and go beyond current thinking to develop a sustainable approach toward transport planning and delivery in New Zealand. The project will outline a number of steps to aid the transition from current approaches toward an improved framework to manage freight and passenger mobility, while realising significant efficiency gains across new and existing infrastructure and systems. The work will provide a considered and well researched business view on how sustainable transport could become a reality in New Zealand by 2050. more »
Project Green In January 2001 a project was initiated to develop a minimum (voluntary) New Zealand standard for sustainable production on sheep, beef, deer, and goat farms.
This standard for 'sustainability- based’ supply builds on conventional farm assurance requirements. more »
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