Te Awamutu Sustainability Champions 2014/15

WINNER MAY 2015: Z ENERGY

Z Energy was awarded the Sustainability Champion title for embedding the

principle of ‘use less, waste less’ into their operational processes, allowing them

to reduce energy demands and outgoing waste streams. Across their retail

network they have succeeded in using 10 per cent less electricity and 50 per

cent less water, and sending 70 per cent less waste to landfill. Z Energy also has

tools available so staff and customers can help them reduce their carbon dioxide

emissions. In addition to their environmental sustainability initiatives, the

Z Energy in Te Awamutu is also working

within the community and has already

given away $5000 to local charities and

organisations as part of the ‘Good in the

Hood’ programme.

Z Energy is a transport energy company

that is investing in new technologies and

researching alternative fuels.

They can be found at Rosetown, 451

Alexandra Street, phone 07 871 7335 and

Z Te Awamutu, 601 Sloane Street, phone

07 871 2030.

Waipa District Council is located at 101 Bank Street and is available by calling

0800 924 723.

WINNER JUNE 2015: ROADING TEAM, WAIPA DISTRICT COUNCIL

Waipa District Council’s roading team

received the Sustainability Champion

Award after recycling material from

the Alexandra Street Resurfacing

Project. As part of the project

contractors removed 3240 tonnes of

road surface, which was then reused

and reworked to create a temporary

seal on a previously unsealed section

of Jary Road. This project reduced

the unsealed portion of Jary Road

by 10,600m

, thereby providing a

smoother ride for road users and

reducing the rate and effect of the

dust that was accumulating on the

unsealed road.

Sustainability Champion Awards

Left to right is Anna D’Arcy Business and Corporate Sustainability Advisor, Waikato Regional

Council, Mayor Jim Mylchreest, Waipa District Council, Paul Strange, Roading Team,

Waipa District Council and Susan Trodden, CEO, Te Awamutu Chamber of Commerce.

Z Te Awamutu staff member Jamie Taylor, site leader Steve Comber, Susan Trodden, CEO

Te Awamutu Chamber of Commerce, and staff member Ruwai Heke