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New Zealand's Sustainability and Climate Change Plan

New Zealand has been developing a coordinated plan for implementing sustainability in relation to climate change. The Sustainability Package is composed of 6 initiatives: Helping Households towards Sustainability; Business partnerships for sustainability; Eco-verification: demonstrating sustainability of goods and services; Government to buy sustainable goods and services; Public service takes lead in becoming carbon neutral ; Towards zero waste. Work on the six initiatives sits alongside much existing work to promote sustainability, including: The New Zealand Energy Strategy; New Zealand Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy; New Zealand Transport Strategy; New Zealand Waste Strategy; Climate Change action plan.

Posted on August 20, 2008 4:18 PM |

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