Celebrating our collective impact | E-MS Awards 2019

Enviro-Mark Solutions is delighted to announce our upcoming awards – a celebration of climate action success and our collective impact.

We believe a sustainable, low-carbon future will become a reality. While we need more organisations to step up and act, there are proactive organisations already leading the way in climate change mitigation and environmental action. We are delighted to celebrate the leadership shown by organisations from our client-base and our collective impact towards the transition to a low carbon economy.

About the awards

The Enviro-Mark Solutions Awards are a biennial celebration of success stories in measurable action from the family of businesses certified under our carboNZero^CertTM, CEMARS® and Enviro-Mark® programmes.

The Awards recognise the top carbon reducers and organisations who have shown exceptional leadership in environmental management over the past year. The ceremony is an opportunity to celebrate our clients’ collective achievement in reducing our carbon emissions and impact on our planet.

“The Awards are a way in which we recognise the collective of inspiring organisations we work with and celebrate their amazing work in environmental sustainability,” says Enviro-Mark Solutions CEO, Dr Ann Smith.

“These are organisations leading the way to a low carbon economy, and we are proud to be supporting them on this journey.”

This years’ award categories and nominees are:

1. Excellence in Climate Action (small organisation)
   • Hall McMaster and Associates
   • Low Impact
   • Lowndes
   • Otamatea Kauri and Pioneer Museum Trust
   • Soar Printing Company

   Criteria: With a carbon footprint of less than 200 tCO₂e, the organisations must be certified for at least 3 years and have achieved a minimum of 20% absolute reduction in carbon emissions. From there, performance is judged based on actual tonnes reduced.

2. Excellence in Climate Action (medium organisation)
   • Auckland War Memorial Museum
   • Brother International (NZ)
   • Curious Limited
   • Kapiti Coast District Council
   • Tahbilk Winery (a division of Tahbilk Pty Limited)

   Criteria: With a carbon footprint between 200-500 tCO₂e, the organisations must be certified for at least 3 years and have achieved a minimum of 20% absolute reduction in carbon emissions. From there, performance is judged based on actual tonnes reduced.

3. Excellence in Climate Action (large organisation)
   • Antarctica New Zealand
   • Auckland District Health Board
   • Auckland International Airport
   • Canterbury District Health Board

   Criteria: With a carbon footprint higher than 5000 tCO₂e, the organisations must be certified for at least 3 years and have achieved a minimum of 20% absolute reduction in carbon emissions. From there, performance is judged based on actual tonnes reduced.

4. Excellence in Climate Action (product carbon footprint)
   • Snowberry New Zealand Limited
   • Tahbilk Winery (a division of Tahbilk Pty Limited)
   • Urgent Couriers Limited
   • Yealands Estate Wines Limited

   Criteria: The products must be certified for at least 3 years and achieve any level of reduction (product carbon intensity). Winners will be based on actual reductions to their product carbon intensity (kgCO₂e/unit of product).

5. Excellence in Environmental Management

• Booker Spalding
• Dexion New Zealand
• Fonterra Brands
• Logan Brown

  Criteria: Based on the recommendations from our expert Technical Team. Organisations in this category must be certified for at least 3 years and hold a minimum of Gold level Enviro-Mark certification.

For a preview of what’s to come, have a read through our 2017 Awards evening wrap.

We're currently at full capacity with registrations so get in touch if you’d like to be on the waitlist.