‘Providing business leadership as a catalyst for change toward sustainable development, and promoting eco-efficiency, innovation and responsible entrepreneurship’ NZBCSD Aims • Business Leadership • Demonstrate Best Practice • Policy Development • Global Outreach 1 NZBCSD Members 3M New Zealand Ltd Port of Tauranga Ltd BOC Gases New Zealand Ltd PricewaterhouseCoopers BP Oil New Zealand Ltd Richmond Ltd City Care Ltd Sanford Ltd Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Shell New Zealand Ltd Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd Simpson Grierson Hubbard Foods Ltd Telecom New Zealand Ltd Interface Agencies Ltd The Boston Consulting Group Landcare Research The Warehouse Group Ltd Living Earth Ltd Toyota New Zealand Ltd Meridian Energy Ltd Transfield Services (NZ) Limited Mighty River Power Ltd Transpower New Zealand Ltd Milburn New Zealand Ltd Minter Ellison Rudd Watts Trust Power Ltd Money Matters (NZ) Ltd Urgent Couriers Ltd Morel & Co URS New Zealand Ltd Natural Gas Corporation Holdings Ltd Waimangu Volcanic Valley Ltd NIWA Waste Management NZ Ltd Palliser Estate Wines of Martinborough Ltd Watercare Services Ltd Current NZBCSD Projects • Sustainable Development Reporting • Climate Change • Zero Waste • Sustainable Consumption • Youth Employment 2 Zero Waste Project Methodology • Project Consultant – Waste Not Ltd • Consultant works with participating member companies to identify: -The business case -Waste reduction opportunities • Communicate findings 3 Zero Waste – Continuous Improvement 1. CEO is Key 2. Waste Audit 3. Identify Opportunities 4. Develop Solutions 5. Low Hanging Fruit 1st 6. Maintain Momentum 4 Five Keys to Zero Waste 1. Take Direct Action 2. Change the Rules 3. Foster New Ideas 4. Communicate and Educate 5. Monitor and Feedback Key 1. Take Direct Action ‘send the message, to customers and employees, that we walk the talk’ e.g. The Warehouse: in-store material separation, and regional recycling centers. 3M NZ: solvent recovery facility reduces VOC emissions. 5 Key 2. Change the Rules ‘change company culture using through policies, procedures, and financial incentives’ e.g. The Warehouse: buyers have packaging reduction targets. Living Earth: developed a ‘code of practice’ with Wellington City Council to improve biosolids quality for composting. Key 3. Foster New Ideas ‘create the mechanisms, which will help to develop new solutions’ e.g. The Warehouse: R&D into a ‘plastic timber’ plant for processing mixed plastics. WaterCare Services: feasibility studies into the reuse of treated industrial effluent. 6 Key 4. Communicate & Educate ‘pass on the Zero Waste bug’ e.g. Living Earth: creative marketing aims to help customers see the value of organic waste. URS: the office waste system is introduced to each staff member individually by the waste minimisation champion. Key 5. Monitor & Feedback ‘assess your success’ e.g.3M NZ: continuous monitoring, quarterly reports and targets. 7 8 For more information visit our website www.nzbcsd.org.nz 9 DEDICATED TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE Industry Guide to Zero Waste Towards Zero Waste and a sustainable New Zealand AUGUST 2002 Introduction – Dedicated to making a difference Dedicated to Making a Difference WHAT IS THE NZBCSD? OUR AIMS Members The New Zealand Business Council for Our objectives and strategic directions, 3M New Zealand Ltd Sustainable Development (NZBCSD), based on this mission include: BOC Gases New Zealand Ltd established in May 1999, is a coalition BP Oil New Zealand Ltd of leading businesses united by a City Care Ltd Business Leadership – To be the leading Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu shared commitment to sustainable business advocate on issues connected Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd development via the three pillars of with sustainable development; Hubbard Foods Ltd economic growth, environmental Interface Agencies Ltd Landcare Research protection and social progress. Policy Development – To participate in Living Earth Ltd Meridian Energy Ltd policy development in order to create Mighty River Power Ltd The NZBCSD is a partner organisation a framework that allows business to Milburn New Zealand Ltd to the World Business Council for Minter Ellison Rudd Watts contribute effectively to sustainable Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Money Matters (NZ) Ltd development; Morel & Co a coalition of 150 international Natural Gas Corporation Holdings Ltd companies with members drawn from NIWA Best Practice – To demonstrate business more than 30 countries and 20 major Palliser Estate Wines of Martinborough Ltd progress in environmental and resource Port of Tauranga Ltd industrial sectors. We also benefit from PricewaterhouseCoopers management and corporate social the WBCSD’s global network of 30 Richmond Ltd responsibility and to share leading-edge national and regional business councils Sanford Ltd practices among our members; and Shell New Zealand Ltd and partner organisations, involving Simpson Grierson some 700 business leaders globally. Telecom New Zealand Ltd Global Outreach – To contribute to The Boston Consulting Group The Warehouse Group Ltd a sustainable future for developing OUR MISSION Toyota New Zealand Ltd nations and nations in transition. Transfield Services (New Zealand) Ltd Transpower New Zealand Ltd To provide business leadership as a TrustPower Ltd Contact Urgent Couriers Ltd catalyst for change towards sustainable URS New Zealand Ltd development, and to promote Dr Rodger Spiller, Executive Director Vodafone New Zealand Ltd eco-efficiency, innovation, and Waimangu Volcanic Valley Ltd Ph 09 363 3308 Waste Management NZ Ltd responsible entrepreneurship. E-mail [email protected] Watercare Services Ltd www.nzbcsd.org.nz NZBCSD – Industry Guide to Zero Waste Contents Introduction Message from the Chairman 2 Foreword 3 What is Zero Waste? 4 The Business Case for Zero Waste 5 Chapter 1 Participating Companies 8 Chapter 2 Steps Towards Zero Waste 17 What to Do: Five Keys to Zero Waste 18 Case Studies – the Five Keys in Action Key Area 1 – Take Direct Action 19 Key Area 2 – Change the Rules 22 Key Area 3 – Foster New Ideas 24 Key Area 4 – Communicate and Educate 26 Key Area 5 – Monitor and Feedback 28 Business Opportunities from Resource Recovery 30 Join the Zero Waste journey 31 Resources 35 Message from the Chairman Introducing the NZBCSD Zero Waste Project Message from the of declining resources, toxic leachate and greenhouse gas emissions. Chairman The Guide tells some great stories about Stephen Tindall, Chairman, New Zealand We’ve written this Industry Guide to 8 NZBCSD companies and their people Business Council for Zero Waste to show businesses how that follow Zero Waste. The Guide is Sustainable Development (NZBCSD) and founder to capture the significant benefits of not a technical manual but a roadmap of The Warehouse eliminating waste. for the Zero Waste journey that starts with 5 key steps: The NZBCSD is dedicated We hope all businesses will rise to this to making a difference challenge and sign up to Zero Waste. 1. Take Direct Action in creating a sustainable 2. Change the Rules The business case for waste 3. Foster New Ideas New Zealand. minimisation is simple: “Waste is a cost and cost reductions enhance the 4. Communicate and Educate New Zealand’s positioning bottom line”. 5. Monitor and Feedback as a clean and green country is important for trade and We are a wasteful country. Annually we I challenge New Zealand businesses dump around 7 million tonnes into our to commit to the Zero Waste journey. tourism as well as the landfills and cleanfills. That’s around Experience shows it will pay a dividend. 2 tonnes of lost resources for every quality of life of current New Zealander. This is a cost to us and and future generations. our children who live with our legacy Stephen Tindall 2 NZBCSD – Industry Guide to Zero Waste Foreword On behalf of the NZBCSD I wish to acknowledge all those who have participated in this project. In 2000, the WBCSD launched the The leadership example of the eight report “Eco-efficiency: creating more participating members deserves special Dr Rodger Spiller, value with less impact”. This report thanks. These pioneering businesses Executive Director, New Zealand Business demonstrates waste reduction are 3M New Zealand, Living Earth, Council for Sustainable Development (NZBCSD) or eco-efficiency opportunities within Palliser Estate Wines of Martinborough, almost every aspect of business Port of Tauranga, The Warehouse operations including: Businesses throughout the Group, URS New Zealand, Waste Management New Zealand, and world have found that ■ Re-engineering processes; Watercare Services. As the Project Consultants, Waste Not have reducing waste reduces costs ■ Re-valorizing by-products; demonstrated great commitment and and increases profits. ■ Re-designing products; and expertise on how businesses can embark on the Zero Waste journey. ■ Re-thinking markets. The World Business Council Thanks also to the Project Champions, for Sustainable Development Rob Fenwick, James Marshall, Kim Ellis This Zero Waste Guide is a practical and Stephen Tindall and to my guide to embarking on the (WBCSD) has encouraged colleagues on the NZBCSD Executive eco-efficiency journey. It demonstrates Team for their substantial contributions this through “eco-efficiency” how many New Zealand companies to this initiative. which, in its simplest terms, have already started and encourages all businesses to take advantage This report and further information means creating more goods of the opportunities that lie within are available on the NZBCSD website waste reduction.