Sustainable Business

Venture Southland has released a draft version of the region’s updated energy strategy on www.southlandnz.com/energy, and is seeking public comments.

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Venture Southland, in partnership with SolarCity, is pleased to announce the launch of the Southland Solar Pilot project.

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Southland businesses will now be able to get helpful hints on how to become sustainable with the click of a mouse.

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The hard work really is about to begin with sustainable business practices in Southland.

That’s the message to come out of the Venture Southland-managed sustainable business strategy, which has just been launched, six months after the Southland-wide project began.

Venture Southland’s enterprise project coordinator, Karyn Owen, said the strategy aimed to show the way forward for sustainable practices for all Southland businesses, which seem desperate for more knowledge and advice.

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Over half of Southland businesses want to adopt more sustainable practices, a survey by Venture Southland has found.

“But only 40% of businesses were aware of any form of assistance available to help them,” project coordinator, Karyn Owen, said. “There is a range of assistance available, from advice through to funding.’’

The survey also showed that many businesses were doing well in minimizing resource and material use (74%), energy efficiency (73%), recycling (71%) and getting involved in community programmes (70%).

“It’s encouraging that almost 84% of businesses are already looking after the health and wellbeing of staff,’’ Ms Owen added.

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