Sustainability - Year ended 30 June 2024

Priorities and progress

Sustainability vision

‘Te Āraihaumaru as a kaitiaki (guardian) requires us to meet the needs of the present without compromising the resources of future generations’.

Council is mindful and deliberate as we evolve to become an organisation that normalises environmental sustainability in public protection.

Sustainability mission

'Protecting the environment as we carry out our mahi of protecting the public'.

We are committed to minimising Council’s impact on the environment as we carry out our mahi of public protection and will be guided by our organisational values.

Priorities and progress

During the year Council:

·       Defined its environmental sustainability strategy and in doing so making a commitment to operating sustainably by measuring and minimising our impact on the environment as we carry out our public protection role. 

·       Identified our key emissions sources and independently verified of our carbon impact for the year ended 30 June 2024.

·       Our impact was 482 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents (tCO2e).

·       Established and empowered an environmental sustainability working group to prioritise this work.

Toitū carbonreduce certification

Council is delighted to report that in October 2024 we received Toitū carbonreduce programme certification in line with ISO 14064-1:2018 and Toitū requirements.

This is just the beginning of our sustainability journey as we embed these learnings into our procurement and purchasing decisions and work to reduce our carbon impact year-on year. We look forward to reporting progress with you in future reports.