Coinciding with
Green Carbon's one year anniversary (which also happens to be St Patrick's Day) since the official launch of Green Carbon,
March 17th was the perfect opportunity to bring together current customers,
potential customers and business partners. The event was aptly named "Carbon
Friendly Drinks", as the estimated carbon emissions of the attendees travelling
to and from the event are offset, thus minimising the impact of the event on the
environment.
The event was a
great success made possible not only because of the fantastic venue, but also
the panel of guest speakers. The Wharf which is one of several venues owned by
The Orange Group who are a client of Green Carbon, is located at Northcote Point
on the North Shore with a breath taking view of the Auckland Harbour bridge. It was the
perfect setting for 'green minded' people to mingle and share their experiences
of their carbon journey or sustainable business endeavours.
Amongst
the businesses who attended included:
- Clarkson
Electrical, a nationwide electrical services and support company (www.clarkson.co.nz)
- Eventfinder,
online nationwide events web portal provider (www.eventfinder.co.nz) -
Insurer Services, insurance brokers (www.i-s.co.nz) - URS, global
environmental engineers & consultants (www.urscorp.co.nz)
- NZ Fresh Cuts,
sustainable & innovative fresh foods (www.nzfreshcuts.co.nz)
- Idealog, NZ
Business innovation and ideas magazine (www.idealog.co.nz)
just to name a few.
It simply reflects the diversity across industry sectors who are taking a serious look at what they can
do about climate change.
The guest speakers
included Stephen Dench, Managing Director of NZ Fresh Cuts, sharing
with the audience their sustainability and carbon journey over the last year.
Providing illustrations of projects they have undertaken and showing real
business value they have gained. Not only in reduction of carbon emissions, but
increased productivity, efficiency and ultimately the bottom line. It is clear
that they are leading the way for the fresh food & salad industry not only here in New
Zealand but also abroad.
And of course,
Dr Russel Norman, Co-leader of the Green Party for his passionate view
on what is required to invigorate New Zealand not only during these tough
economic times but beyond. Along the lines of needing a 'Green New Deal', where
investments are made towards sustainable 'infrastructure'. Not referring to
roads which is often synonymous with that term but things like public transport,
fresh water delivery, renewable power generation, sustainable farming
solutions. Green Carbon believes that now is the time to take action and are poised to help businesses, large and small on their journey. |
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