1999 - 2000 Sustainability Report
"Making a difference for a truly clean green New Zealand"
Index
Contents:
Guide to the Sustainability Report
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Guiding Philosophy; Introduction from
the Chairman;
Chief Executive's Report,
About Manaaki Whenua
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What we do for others:
Partnerships for sustainability
Toward a truly clean, green New Zealand0
Focusing
on outcomes;
Applying our science;Policy development
Research examples
Minimising poisons in the environment;
Native vegetation 'waste' used for restoring mine sites;
Protecting native birds from predators
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Research examples cont...
Converting pasture to pine forests affects water
resources;
China : Guizhou integrated land use systems
Client satisfaction & Social responsibility
Treaty of Waitangi partnership; Raising awareness
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What we do ourselves:
Sustainability of our own activities
Environmental policy
Environmental performance
Animals in research;
Animal bycatch in the field
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The Eco-balance project
Resource use and waste production;
Non-renewable
fuel use;
The sustainability cost of carbon emission
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Our sustainability as a research organisation (Good employer),
Going forward : summary of initiatives
for 1999/2001,
Verification report, Directory, Feedback,
Glossary & Acronyms
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Related Websites:
- The Global Reporting Initiative was established in 1997 by CERES (Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies) to design globally applicable guidelines for sustainability reports.
- The International Corporate Environmental Reporting site contains information about corporate reporting and access to reports.
- The Association of Chartered Certtified Accountants in the UK gives awards annually for the best UK and European environmental and social reports.
- The New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development is made up of companies committed to a business leadership role as a catalyst for change towards sustainable development. Members have committed to sustainability reporting and are initiating programme, for example, in triple-bottom line reporting, climate change, successful schools.
- The Natural Step is a science-based framework for sustainability which is being used by organisations in several countries.
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