carboNZero certified small enterprises
Small enterprises with annual GHG emissions less than 50 tCO2e have recognised the benefits of early adopter market advantage of carboNZero certification.
Formal details of certified companies are provided in this list of certified organisations 
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Suspended and withdrawn clients are separately listed.
carboNZero certified small enterprises include:
- Business Applications Limited
- Celcius Coffee
- Central Otago Copiers Ltd
- Conference Innovators Ltd
- Evolu NZ Ltd
- Flare Lighting
- Freight on Board (NZ) Ltd
- Hall McMaster and Associates
- Hawkes Bay Document Technology Limited
- Lowndes Associates
- New Zealand Artisan Honey
- Northland Document Solutions Limited
- Oceania Printing Technologies Ltd
- PaintPlus Colour Systems Ltd
- Peru Cafe Ltd
- Project Litefoot Trust
- Southland Copier Company Ltd
- Springload
- STA New Zealand Ltd
- TaxiCharge New Zealand Ltd
- The Copier Company Ltd
- The Copier Company (Marlborough) Ltd
- The Research Agency
- Timaru Copier Company
- Venture Taranaki Trust
- Vertigo Design
carboNZero certified small enterprises have measured their GHG emissions through the use of an online calculator, prepared an emissions management plan and undergone a third-party verification to verify the information that they have entered is accurate. To complete certification small enterprises mitigated their GHG emissions through cancelling of carbon credits equal to the amount that was measured.
carboNZero participant organisations - As 0f 2008, participant option is no longer available.
Business Applications Ltd
Business Applications Ltd's directors and staff all wished to be involved in a full company review of our operations and in light of our environmental footprint, as a result we have impliemented improvement programmes with significant first year results. We set a realistic initial energy reduction of 5% per year over four years. Within our first year we have achieved a 22% reduction. While we are extremely satisfied with this result we will continue to strive for further reductions and to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills, electricity used by our office and the introduction of our recycling project. The long term effect is to help the world however the shorter term effect has seen lower company overheads which is an immediate advantage to our company financially.
Celcius Coffee (Pure Coffee Ltd)
We are a artisan coffee roasting company based in Lower Hutt, Wellington. We are fast developing a reputation as an exceptional coffee roaster who provides coffee with a social and environmental conscience. Our reputation has been heightened recently by triumphs at the New Zealand Coffee Awards and being named Regional Finalist in the 2008 Sustainable Business Awards and winner of the Hutt Business Excellence Sustainable Business Award for 2008. We are committed to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions and this was evidenced when we reduced our emissions by 29% from our first year of participation in the carboNZero Programme. Our first involvement in the carboNZero programme started in 2007 when we became the first coffee company in New Zealand to participate in the programme. This year we are completing the small business certification programme. Our certification will start from 1 April 2008 and run through to 31 March 2009. Our main source of emissions are our business vehicles. They produced 71% of our total emissions. Last year we reduced our emissions by purchasing a smaller more economic vehicle. This year we may reduce the size of our vehicle again and report and monitor our petrol consumption identifying areas where we can further reduce. To offset any emissions we produce we authorise Landcare Research to source and cancel carbon credits from the regeneration of native forests.
Central Otago Copiers Ltd
Central Otago Copier Company is an Exclusive Authorised Ricoh Dealership that specialises in document printing and management solutions in the Central Otago area. Based on the requirements of Landcare Research’s carboNZero programme, Central Otago Copier Company has identified and prioritised cost effective opportunities for the ongoing reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in our business.
Conference Innovators Ltd
Conference Innovators is jointly owned by Directors Megan O'Brien and (Mr) Tracey Thomas. Established in 1994 Conference Innovators manages large and complex conferences and events, specialising in, but not limited to, medical, legal, scientific, and government arenas. The Directors and staff are committed to managing their share of the world's resources in a sustainable way. Although the emissions relating to our business are relatively small we are committed to reduction and more importantly to assisting our clients to substantially reduce the emissions created by their particular events.
Evolu NZ Ltd
Natural balance for healthy skin is the ethos of the evolu brand. Inspired by founder Kati Kasza’s personal philosophy, this principle of balance also guides her company’s focus on sustainability. As a strongly ethical company Evolu believes in balancing environment-conscious thinking with actions that are practical and measurable. Evolu is motivated by the mantra ‘act globally, think locally’, and seeks to make values-based choices that help make a contribution to addressing climate change. As a result Evolu has highly efficient and streamlined operations, which help minimise its emissions, and Evolu’s ongoing commitment is to apply the discipline of carboNZero certification to the areas of its business where further genuine differences can be made.
Flare Lighting Ltd
Flare Lighting and it's subsidiary Energy Light are a 100% NZ owned lighting wholesale and distribution business who as a company committed to reducing GHG emissions have developed an energy efficient light fitting for commercial use. This product gives substantial energy savings. Our goal is to lead the way with sound environmental practices with regards to our lighting solutions. By responsible design our lighting systems will reduce waste to landfill, save energy, reduce consumption of raw materials particularly copper, iron and steel and most importantly reduce lead and mercury deposited into the environment. Our offices and warehouse have been fitted with lighting controls that measure daylight, reducing light levels as the natural light levels increase alongside controllers that are occupancy controlled eliminating the need to remember to "Switch Off". We already have these measures in place for our entire base year measurement period. We have based our measurement period from 1 April2008 to 31 March 2009 and have established this as our base year. We have identified that our main emission sources are shipping freight, business vehicles, electricity and air travel. Our annual emission is 54.34t. The main actions we are taking are recycling everything that is possible to recycle, turning off everything possible at night to reduce electricity use, purchasing more energy efficient motor vehicles, making every trip count including asking ourselves is the flight really necessary and creating a sustainable culture within the organisation. We intend to offset any unavoidable emissions by purchasing carbon credits through the carboNZero programme.
Freight on Board (NZ) Ltd
Freight on Board (NZ) Ltd is a 100% New Zealand owned Customs Broker and International Freight Forwarder. Although being based in Ellerslie, Auckland, we are able to handle consignments-import and export through any port in New Zealand. We can also handle your freight to or from any port in the world through our extensive network of agents. As a company that looks to the future, we see the importance of taking note of our emissions and doing what we can to reduce them for the generations ahead. We have based our year from 1 January to 31 December and have established 2008 as our base year. Our sources of emissions are the fundamental business requirements of electricity and vehicles plus the unavoidable (in this industry) air travel emissions. Our total GHG emissions for 2008 are 9.2 tonnes of CO2e. In order to reduce these emissions we are immediately introducing area targeted call cycles for our sales team and controlling temperatures by way of thermostats and ensuring all computers are turned off when appropriate. For the year ended 31 December 2008, we have measured our emissions, put in place reduction initiatives and cancelled 10 carbon credits to become carbon neutral.
Hall McMaster and Associates
HMA is a team of professional human service teachers and practitioners operating throughout New Zealand and Australia. We work as trainers, programme developers, supervisors and writers in the area of human service work. Much of our work occurs in the areas of consultation in criminal justice work, social work with men, family violence prevention training programmes, child protection, the interviewing of children experiencing trauma, abuse issues, and psychological assessment and therapy. Our commitment to sustainable growth is a principle that sits behind our companies aims of 'Working with passion and integrity to bring out the best in people'. Maintaining our position as a good corporate citizen is also important to us - seeking carboNZero certification is one way to contribute to this aim.
Hawkes Bay Document Technology Limited
Hawkes Bay Document Technology Ltd (HBDT) is an exclusive authorised Ricoh Dealership that specialises in document printing and management solutions in the Hawkes Bay area and is committed to achieving and maintaining carboNZero certification. Some of the reasons why HBDT is undertaking the carboNZero small enterprise certification include; achieve bottom line cost savings, reduce GHG emissions, setting targets and systems for ongoing monitoring and to reflect Ricoh Group’s global commitment to environmental sustainability.
Lowndes Associates
Lowndes Associates are corporate and commercial law specialists. The firm has an extensive international practice and exclusively represents in New Zealand one of the largest international networks of law firms. The firm provides specialist expertise and experience in a wide range of practice areas, its team working from Lowndes Associates House in Auckland’s CBD. The rapidly expanding body of evidence about climate change means companies need to take action, partner Mark Lowndes said. “Our firm’s decision to be carbon neutral is not just for the ‘feel good’ factor; in fact, it’s fundamentally a business decision. Consumers are demanding that companies demonstrate responsibility, and in a global marketplace, New Zealand firms across all industries face a real risk of being left behind unless they show decisiveness in modifying their practices.” As part of attaining carboNZero certification, Lowndes Associates measured all activities causing greenhouse gas emissions and implemented reduction programmes to address the biggest sources of emissions. Lowndes Associates is currently assessing its supply chain and researching environmentally friendly suppliers.
New Zealand Artisan Honey
Jeremy Friend Limited, trading as New Zealand Artisan Honey, produces a boutique range of single flower organic honeys sourced from New Zealand’s diverse landscape. Working with passionate artisan beekeepers, New Zealand Artisan Honey claim to source the best single flower honey from some of the country’s most spectacular native plants and settings - from the vibrant red Pohutukawa trees on the beautiful coastal Coromandel Peninsula to ancient Manuka forests on the isolated West Coast to the untamed fields of fragrant wild Thyme in rugged Central Otago. The certified organic status of New Zealand Artisan Honey products is vitally important as it ensures the purity and sustainability of the product and the processes that are used to bring the honey from the hive to the plate. It is important that it's honey stays pure throughout the entire process and being certified organic guarantees this. New Zealand Artisan Honey is also committed to reducing its negative impact on the environment and ensuring the planet’s future survival for generations to come. This is why New Zealand Artisan Honey is participating in the carboNZero cert™ small enterprise certification programme, which involves measuring and managing (reducing) the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of its organisation and then purchasing high quality carbon credits to offset the remaining emissions it cannot avoid.
Northland Document Solutions Ltd
Northland Document Solutions Limited is an Exclusive Authorised Ricoh Dealership that specialises in document printing and management solutions in the Northland area. Based on the requirements of Landcare Research’s carboNZero programme, Northland Document Solutions Limited has identified and prioritised cost effective opportunities for the ongoing reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in the business. This plan includes initiatives aimed at directly reducing emissions, as well as intentions to develop relevant plans for future implementation, and plans directed at raising awareness and assisting culture change. For Northland Document Solutions Limited, taking responsibility for the impacts its business has on the environment is central to the way it conducts its business. This GHG reduction plan, as with the carboNZero programme, is fully supported by directors and managers of Northland Document Solutions Limited.
Oceania Printing Technologies Ltd
Oceania Printing Technologies Ltd (OPTL) is an Exclusive Authorised Ricoh Dealership that specailises in document printing and management solutions throughout New Zealand and the South Pacific. The carboNZero programme has thus assisted OPTL in identifying and prioritising cost effective opportunities for ongoing reductions in GHG emissions in the business. By engaging with the carboNZero programme, OPTL has developed initiatives aimed at directly reducing emissions, as well as intentions to develop relevant plans for future implementation, and plans directed at raising awareness and embedding a culture of environmental sustainability amongst its staff and clients. This includes practicable steps to reduce or mitigate the effects of vehicle fuel consumption, electricity usage and air travel. For OPTL, accepting responsibility for the impacts of its business upon the environment is of central to its everyday business activities.
PaintPlus Colour Systems Ltd
Architectural coatings manufacturer PaintPlus has been committed to sustainable manufacturing from its inception in 1997. PaintPlus has been committed to eco-friendly practices since its inception. carboNZero certification was a natural next step after all PaintPlus products received Environmental Choice approval from the NZ Ecolabelling Trust. Embarking on a carbon emissions reduction programme is a logical extension to this commitment. The company measured all carbon emissions from 1 April 2007 to 30 April 2008. It was found that most of their greenhouse gas emissions came from shipping freight and business vehicle travel. PaintPlus has committed to reducing electricity and all fuel consumption by 5%, improve shipping efficiency by 10% and reducing waste to landfill by 50% over the next year. The company mitigated the full 48.8 tCO2e through purchasing and cancelling carbon credits. This high-quality manufacturer is the only paint company in the world that has achieved ecolabelling for all its products as well as carbon neutral certification for the company itself.
Peru Cafe Ltd
Peru Café Ltd, trading mainly as Inca-Fe and Icoco, is committed to process and sell only certified organic coffee. The company is fully BioGro certified. The company is also the only roaster certified to import FairTrade coffee. Peru Café Ltd started roasting in earnest through their 100% subsidiary Inca-Fe in New Plymouth early 2007. In 2008 the established Icoco Coffee Company joined Peru Cafe. Peru Cafe operates as a family owned, large-capacity boutique coffee roaster using coffee sourced primarily from Peru, where the company has a large network of affiliates. The company's founders have a good understanding of coffee growing practices and an appreciation of the impact coffee growing can have on the often fragile ecosystems where it is cultivated. The company is determined to demonstrate that some of the best coffees are organic, that organic production in general is feasible on large scale; and that organic agriculture is truly sustainable in the long term. The company sees that organic farming, being a lot more labour intense, could be an important source of employment in developing countries: employment in return for quality foods. The carboNZero certification is considered an integral element of our commitment to organics and supporting our goal of achieving a truly sustainable business model. Our motto is where we have a choice to make things better at a little effort, lets do it. Inca-Fe currently offers private coffee connoisseurs the two flavours of Inca Gold (a sweet full-bodied blend with wine-toned fruit notes and dark chocolate) and Siesta (a lively complex blend with chocolate and raisin tones) available in filter or bean. Inca-Fe coffee can be purchased online, at locations such as New World and other New Zealand supermarkets, and leading cafes, restaurants, specialty organic and deli stores.
Project Litefoot Trust
Project Litefoot is a charitable trust dedicated to raising awareness and inspiring action for a more environmentally sustainable New Zealand. Project Litefoot is led by seven high profile New Zealand athletes. Each of these 'Ambassadors' is undertaking a personal 'Rapid Revolution' in order to reduce their personal impact upon the environment. The initiatives taken are being recorded at www.projectlitefoot.org. Project Litefoot's ambition is to inspire other New Zealanders to follow Ambassadors' lead. Project Litefoot's estimated emissions from 01 April 2008 to 31 March 2009 is 18tonnes. This is predominantly from flying. As Project Litefoot is an initiative that is growing rapidly we will be unable to reduce the absolute value of emissions from flying. However we do plan to reduce intensity of emissions from flying by setting up our own cap and trade initiative amongst employees. Our ground transportation and electricity usage makes up a small proportion of our total emissions. Despite that we plan to reduce emissions intensity in these areas by 50% over the next 12 months.
Southland Copier Company Ltd
Southland Copier Company Ltd is an Exclusive Authorised Ricoh Dealership that specialises in document printing and management solutions in the Southland area. Based on the requirements of Landcare Research’s carboNZero programme, Southland Copier Company Ltd has identified and prioritised cost effective opportunities for the ongoing reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in the business. This plan includes initiatives aimed at directly reducing emissions, as well as intentions to develop relevant plans for future implementation, and plans directed at raising awareness and assisting culture change. For Southland Copier Company Ltd, taking responsibility for the impacts its business has on the environment is central to the way it conducts its business. This GHG reduction plan, as with the carboNZero programme, is fully supported by directors and managers of Southland Copier Company Ltd.
Springload
Springload is passionate about creating great websites. Our focus is always on the end users and we aim to produce the very best experience we can for them. So being conscious about the environment and our impact on it is a natural extension to this approach. Many of us spend as much spare time as we can enjoying the great outdoors and we are just as passionate about taking care of it for future generations. As part of achieving carboNZero certification, some of our emissions management goals include:
- Recycling everything we can.
- Reducing paper use by emailing instead of posting.
- Buying fair trade organic coffee and a great espresso machine so people don't have to waste paper cups on take out coffees.
- Encouraging walking, biking or taking public transport to work and providing safe facilities to store bikes.
- Reducing electricity usage by through closing down computers, turning off monitors and photocopiers.
- Reducing aeroplane journeys and using video conference calls instead.
We have then offset the remaining, unavoidable emissions by purchasing and cancelling credible carbon credits.
STA New Zealand Ltd
STA New Zealand Limited organises and markets a number of initiatives in the business support sector, namely the Bizzone Business Expos, the Excellence in Business Support Awards, the Bizzone magazine and the Bizzone Online Business Expo and Community. It holds a significant database of business owners gathered from these initiatives, who are proactive in growing their business. Our vision is to build a global business support brand to include a global database of proactive business owners by connecting business owners with sustainable business support. As part of our overall journey towards a sustainable business model, we have aimed to “measure”, “manage” and “mitigate” our greenhouse gas emissions across all of our initiatives. The carboNZero programme provides the framework for us to minimise our environmental impact. All emissions for the Business Expos were measured, including staff travel and exhibitor site transport. An extensive national communications campaign advises exhibitors and attendees as to how to manage their travel and transport to reduce their carbon emissions. We work closely with the Expos venues to ensure energy efficient systems are in place for the Expos. Expert speakers, mentors and services are available at the Expos to provide realistic steps for the attendee to integrate sustainable strategies into their normal business practices.
TaxiCharge New Zealand Ltd
TaxiCharge offers a complete billing and expense management solution provider for taxi spend. TaxiCharge provides billing and reporting services to more than 16,300 account holders in New Zealand. On receipt of card and voucher transactions, TaxiCharge processes information and provides reporting and billing information to the customer and payment to the driver. TaxiCharge has recognised the need for change and is encouraging its 21 partners to provide a sustainable solution to taxi users. TaxiCharge will support its partners by embracing the carboNZero Small Enterprise Certification programme. TaxiCharge produced 32 tonnes of GHG in 2007/08 where the main sources of GHG's are company vehicles and domestic air travel. TaxiCharge is committed to reducing its GHG emissions by 10% in the first year by replacing existing vehicles with hybrid vehicles.
The Copier Company Ltd
The Copier Company Ltd is one of the largest providers of Multifunctional Devices & Printers in the Nelson, Tasman and West Coast area and as such we are proud to also be the first photocopier company to achieve carboNZero certification, in conjunction with Ricoh NZ. The Copier Company Ltd is committed to reducing emissions as well as developing plans for future implementation of programs to sustain ongoing reductions. This plan includes initiatives aimed at directly reducing emissions as well as raising awareness & assisting in cultural changes. For The Copier Company Ltd, taking responsibility for the impact its business has on the environment is central to the way it conducts its business.
The Copier Company (Marlborough) Ltd
The Copier Company (Marlborough) Ltd, trading as Busness Systems Marlborough, is the largest provider of Total Office Equipment & Document Solutions in the Marlborough/Kaikoura area and as such we are proud to also be one of the first photocopier/computer company to achieve carboNZero certification, in conjunction with Ricoh NZ. Busness Systems Marlborough is committed to reducing emissions as well as developing plans for future implementation of programs to sustain ongoing reductions. This plan includes initiatives aimed at directly reducing emissions as well as raising awareness & assisting in cultural changes. For Busness Systems Marlborough, taking responsibility for the impact its business has on the environment is central to the way it conducts its business.
The Research Agency
The Research Agency is a full-service, award-winning market research consultancy built out of a passion for research that actually delivers growth to clients. We believe that climate change is serious environmental issue and as such, are committed to reducing our environmental impact. Taking part in a carbon emissions reduction programme is the next step in our commitment. The Research Agency measured all carbon emissions from 1 April 2008 – 1 April 2009, and in doing so identified that domestic air travel, electricity usage and staff commuting are our main sources of emissions. With this in mind we have set goals of reducing our electricity consumption by 10%, reducing fuel consumption as a result of commuting by 5% and we will actively reduce air travel where possible. We will also mitigate the full 12 tonne CO2e through purchasing and cancelling carbon credits.
Timaru Copier Company
Timaru Copier Company is an Exclusive Authorised Ricoh Dealership that specialises in document printing and management solutions in the Mid & South Canterbury area. Based on the requirements of Landcare Research’s carboNZero programme, Timaru Copier Company has identified and prioritised cost effective opportunities for the ongoing reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in our business. This plan includes initiatives aimed at directly reducing emissions, as well as intentions to develop relevant plans for future implementation, and plans directed at raising awareness and assisting culture change. For Timaru Copier Company, taking responsibility for the impacts our business has on the environment is central to the way it conducts its business. This GHG reduction plan, as with the carboNZero programme, is fully supported by directors, management and staff of Timaru Copier Company Ltd.
Venture Taranaki Trust
Venture Taranaki Trust is Taranaki's regional economic development, events attraction and regional tourism agency. The Trusts Statement of Intent was updated in 2007 to recognise a new key development theme of "building a sustainable future". Under this development theme the Trust has actively looked for opportunities to make interventions that support that objective. The Trust has funded a number of sustainability interventions since 2007 including an in-house project aimed at working towards carboNZero certification
Vertigo Design Ltd
Vertigo is a Wellington-based graphic design house with many years of successful graphic design to its credit. Vertigo’s body of work includes the design and production of numerous publications, branding and identities, Internet / Intranet sites and multimedia projects. Vertigo has a vision and culture that is clearly focused on triple bottom line reporting i.e. social, environmental and economic reporting. Over a number of years Vertigo has placed particular emphasis on developing internal and external sustainable management practices. This year Vertigo is seeking to further that commitment on an environmental level by managing and reducing their GHG emissions.
