Environmental Policy for Community Organisations​

​​Place exists to resource Non Profit Organisations (NPOs) to develop bespoke policies for environmental sustainability. 

Place provides process guidelines for a Environmental Policy and Action Plan for your organistaion, together with personalised consultancy. It also offers a range of other policy templates and resources for specific areas related to your organisation’s environmental impacts.

Emerging space ...
Place is a brand-new website, as of December 2020,
​and still very much under development.
We are calling for contributions
​of resources to be available for the 'public good'
... such as same policies, background papers, and 'comment'.
We are also putting together a team of consultants,
so please be in touch if you are interested to join us!

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New requirements

There is a rapidly growing expectation, particularly from the NZ Government, that businesses and organisations will have environmental policies and plans to mitigate and adjust to climate change. With the declaration of a climate emergency on 2 December 2020 this has become even more important, with the challenge extending through the NZ economy and community. Specifically for NPOs this will impact on funding contracts, as environmental policies become required for national and local government procurement of social services. 
View the NZ Govt Procurement Charter here.

Rule 20 of the NZ Govt Procurement Rules (priority outcome 4): view here
Transitioning to a net zero emissions economy and designing waste out of the system
1. Agencies should:
  a. support the procurement of low-emissions and low-waste goods, services and works.
  b. encourage innovation to significantly reduce emissions and waste impacts from goods and services.
2. For designated contracts, agencies must support the procurement of low-waste and low-emissions goods and services and encourage innovation to significantly reduce emissions and waste impacts from goods and services.
3. Agencies must have regard to guidance published by MBIE on the procurement of low-waste and low-emissions goods and services.
4. Agencies must conduct sufficient monitoring of designated contracts to ensure that commitments made in contracts are delivered and reported on.

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Place Resources

​Place.net.nz will also link to a range of other resources and networks for environmental sustainability, such as:
• The UN Sustainable Development Goals
• Articles and discussion points
• Webinars for training and networking​

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turanga
the place you stand
where you are
whenua, rangi, rohe
know how you impact the places around you,
beneath you, above you

place a challenge
lay a wero
to play your part
to reduce your emissions and waste
to step more lightly on the land

place a baseline
draw a line in the sand
know your carbon footprint
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