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Sustainability
In February 2007, announced six sustainability initiatives. These initiatives were part of a broader cross-government work programme to lead New Zealand towards greater sustainability in our resource use and way of life.
The six initiatives were:
- Helping households towards sustainability
- Business partnerships for sustainability
- Eco-verification: demonstrating sustainability of goods and services
- Government to buy sustainable goods and services
- Public service takes lead in becoming carbon neutral
- Towards zero waste.
Links
- Cabinet papers
- The Government’s work on climate change
- The Ministry’s work on waste management and minimisation
- The Ministry’s work on government procurement
- Sustainability.govt.nz
- Sustainable practices in government departments
- Sustainable industry
- Sustainability reporting
- New Zealand Sustainable Development Programme of Action
Other useful resources on sustainable development include:
- Sustainable Programme of Action
- Sustainable development publications
- Reports on sustainable development in New Zealand
- World Summit on Sustainable Development
- United Nations Division for Sustainable Development
- United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development
- Sustainable Development ONLINE (SDO) - Web Portal on Environment and Sustainable Development featuring numerous websites.
Last updated: 12 June 2009
