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Sustainable 60 Awards

MEDIA RELEASE: 3 October, 2011

Sustainable 60 Awards finalists announced

This year’s Sustainable 60 Awards finalists know sustainability isn’t an add-on or achieved with just an annual  tree-planting day.

“More New Zealand businesses are getting the idea of sustainability as a business driver. This is increasingly evident as Sustainable 60 celebrates its third year,” says Unlimited magazine editor Mark Revington.

The 2011 Sustainable 60 Awards, run by Fairfax Media Business Group and PwC, showcase sustainable business practice in New Zealand.

“It’s encouraging to see more companies understanding the strategic benefits of sustainable business practices, from supply chain through to customers,” says PwC partner Julia Hoare.

The Sustainable 60 Awards finalists are:

Strategy and Governance: Anguillid Consulting, Auckland Airport, Beca, BNZ, Soar Printing

Marketplace: Anguillid Consulting, Auckland Airport, Beca, Cityhop, Jasmax, LanzaTech, Ziptrek Ecotours

Workplace: Auckland Airport, Beca, BNZ, NZ Sugar Company, OMEGA, Soar Printing

nvironment: 3R Group, All Good Organics, Antarctica NZ, Auckland Airport, Beca, Soar Printing

Community: 3R Group, Anguillid Consulting, Auckland Airport, BNZ, Mana Recovery Incorporated, Meridian Energy

Overall – Small Business: Anguillid Consulting, OMEGA, City Hop, Clean Planet

Overall – Medium Business: 3R, Soar Printing

Overall – Large Business: Auckland Airport, Beca, BNZ, NZ Sugar Company

“We started the Sustainable 60 Awards to encourage New Zealand companies to embrace sustainability right across the board, rather than see it as a green add-on or just an energy audit,” says Mark Revington.

The winners will be announced at the Sustainable 60 Awards evening in Auckland on 30 November, 2011. For more information, visit www.sustainable60.co.nz.

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