Sustainability
Nature Coast Enterprise has run a 12 month project called Nature Coast Sustainable Business in Action that was funded through the Ministry for the Environment Sustainable Management Fund.
Outcomes of the project included the production of a Sustainable Business Self-Assessment Tool for Kapiti-Horowhenua businesses. Initial launch of the Self-Assessment Tool was through professional development workshops held in Paraparaumu and Levin during April 2009.
The tool is now available to all businesses. For more information about this project contact Helene Judge, Business Development Manager, Tel +64 4 298 6611 or email helene@naturecoast.co.nz
Sustainable Business Self-Assessment Tool
Nature Coast Enterprise has developed a new practical tool to help you understand sustainability in business. The tool includes:
- Introduction to the concept of sustainability in business
- Framework to evaluate current business position on the journey towards sustainability
- Guidance to help decide "where to from here"
- Tips and ideas for taking actions
- Local case studies to showcase what has and can be done
- Links to further information and resources.
By using the Self-Assessment Tool you can work through questions about how your business interacts with the environment and uses resources; where you are now with waste, energy, water, purchasing, people, leadership and your policies and plans; takes you on a walkabout through your business to record the opportunities for sustainablility and provides a template for your own roadmap from a short, medium and long term perspective to become a sustainable business.
Click here to download the Self-Assessment Tool.
Click here to download Handy Tips for Sustainable Business.