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Our Communities - Ō Tātau Hapori - Q3 2020

Our Communities - Ō Tātau Hapori - Q3 2020

Kei roto mātau i te nuinga o ngā hapori puta noa i Aotearoa e mahi ana, he tuku ratonga me te whakahere whakaurunga ratonga para, ā-taiao hoki. Mahi ai ō mātau rōpū i roto i aua hapori, e tautoko ana i te ōhanga me te tuku i ngā ratonga waiwai.

We operate in nearly every community across New Zealand, providing services and managing waste and environmental services facilities. Our teams work within those communities, supporting the economy and providing essential services.

Goal 1: Improve Stakeholder Understanding

Key Actions

Develop and implement an improved proactive engagement approach with our stakeholders on key issues.

Quarter 3 Update

A Stakeholder engagement plan has been created and reviewed by our Executive Management Team. It will be presented to the Sustainability Advisory Board in October.

Goal 2: Improve Community Understanding Of Waste Issues

Key Actions

  1. Increase tours at our landfills to help the community understand where their waste goes.
  2. Support education programmes around waste minimisation with New Zealand kids.
  3. Use social media to engage with wider New Zealand community beyond our customers.

Quarter 3 Update

  1. We have entered a partnership with the Replay Project in Taranaki to support a community scheme that collects and redistributes new and used sports gear to kids and families.
  2. Community tours on hold due to COVID-19 until 2021.
  3. 9,655 social media followers

Goal 3: Expand Engagement With Local Communities

Key Actions

Use volunteering to increase our contribution to the communities in which we operate.

Quarter 3 Update

Volunteering policy has been drafted and is awaiting final review.