Our environmental footprint and commitment to being a sustainable business

We support the country’s target of net zero emissions by 2050 and we are committed to managing our operational emissions.

Toitū certification and emissions reduction

We have measured our Scope 1, Scope 2 and material Scope 3 emissions since 2018. Since then we, initially, maintained Toitū's carbon reduce certification, and since 2023 have met the requirements of Toitū net carbonzero certification.

Certification involves measuring, managing, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in line with ISO 14064-1:2018 and Toitū requirements, and offsetting remaining emissions to achieve net carbonzero.

Since our 2017–18 base year, we have achieved a 56% verified reduction in absolute emissions (tCO₂e). While emission levels have varied in recent years, the focus remains on embedding sustainable practices and identifying further opportunities to manage and mitigate our operational emissions.

Read our Toitū net carbon zero certification summary

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Our ongoing focus is to embed the practices that have led to the reductions we’ve experienced since our base year, while continually identifying where further savings can be achieved.
Greer Fredricson, Community Director

Our memberships

Sustainable Business Network

We are proud to be a member of the Sustainable Business Network (SBN). We are committed to improving our sustainability performance, working together to empower business so people and nature prosper, and supporting the restoration of New Zealand’s waterways through our membership contribution to Million Metres.

Sustainable Business Council

As part of the firm’s commitment, we have joined the Sustainable Business Council. We’ve been working towards developing and implementing a sustainability plan, which means we will aim to reduce our carbon footprint and drive sustainability through our supply chain.

The Aotearoa Circle

We are partners of The Aotearoa Circle, a leadership organisation, bringing more than 50 public and private New Zealand organisations together to restore our natural capital for future generations.

We have worked on five pro bono projects for The Aotearoa Circle, including its Sustainable Finance Forum’s interim report, which sets out why we need to shift to a sustainable economy, an expert legal opinion on whether company directors and fund (scheme) managers must consider climate change in their decision-making, a toolkit for directors intending to make climate risk manageable for boards, a legal advisory opinion on director duties to manage nature-related risk, and a report enabling government and businesses to recognise key trends that are shifting the global operating environment and pin-point specific regulations that may affect them.