Environmental business practices
Responsible businesses, big and small are developing sustainable business practices to minimise damage to our precious natural environment. Every individual and business can make a real difference by creating an environmentally sustainable workplace and reducing the environmental impact of your business. This is an introduction to environmental business practices.
Making your business environmentally friendly could give you an edge over your competitors. Envirostep is a free online tool to assess and improve the environmental performance of your business. Complete the questionnaire to receive an environmental rating, recommendations for improvement and an action plan with practical information to enhance your environmental performance.
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A simple ‘how to’ guide with a range of ideas and actions you can take to reduce the environmental impact of your day-to-day activities, and make your business and workplace more environmentally sustainable.
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Click through the animated model to find facts and information about building sustainable and commercially sound processes into your business.
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ISO 14000 helps you to comply with environmental legislation, achieve best practice in environmental performance, demonstrate sound environmental practices, and your commitment to New Zealand’s ‘clean green image’.
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A guide for New Zealand businesses to help reduce their energy bills by providing practical guidance and assistance. The first section of this guide provides an introduction to energy management – why it is important, how the Kyoto Protocol will affect energy and fuel prices, and the opportunities available for taking action in energy management. The second section of the guide contains advice on specific areas of energy usage. (PDF, 19 pages, 1.1MB.)
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Emprove is a management tool to help businesses cut energy costs. It shows how to use an energy management plan to control the amount of energy you use.
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A simple guide to help businesses make environmentally friendly choices about the paper they use. It includes a list of sustainable papers available in New Zealand and a quick checklist to use when you’re selecting paper. (PDF, 6 pages, 619KB.)
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Do you know how much energy your business uses? Reducing your energy consumption will save your business money and it’s better for the environment. Find out how to analyse your energy consumption, track energy usage, negotiate the best price from your energy supplier, and calculate your savings.
This information is brought to you by Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority