Sustainability

NZ Biodiesel Grants Scheme Extended

NZ Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee extended the existing biodiesel grant to include blends up to 100% biodiesel, signaling the NZ government’s commitment to funding growth of biodiesel production Read More...
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Social Entrepreneurs Make Business Sense

New Zealander of the Year Ray AveryNew Zealander of the year Ray Avery shows that working for the greater good does make business sense
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NZ Environment 2007 - Draft conclusion released

With NZ tourism relying on the '100% pure' image to promote the country overseas, this recently release conclusion chapter of Environment New Zealand 2007 highlights pressures on the environment arising from intensified land use. Read More...
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Is methane at the heat of New Zealands 'carbon' footprint?

New Zealand benefits from having an abundance of renewable energy supplies and boasts some of the most efficient and sustainable farming methods in the world, leveraging from extensive outdoor open spaces and a temperate climate for which to breed and farm livestock.

How do the emissions of large amounts of methane produced by the country's many herds of livestock add up to total New Zealand's carbon footprint?
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IT and The challenge of Global Warming - A Question or an Answer?

IT provides enormous potential to deliver greater efficiencies which could greatly aid the combat of global warming, but at the same time with ever increasing energy consumption becomes a larger and larger part of the problem. Read More...
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