Z Energy LimitedSustainability
Does sustainability really mean anything? It certainly does to us.
At Z, sustainability means acting in a way that benefits the future of the neighbourhoods we operate in, the planet that carries us all while at the same time sustaining the long term future of our company.
Things Z Energy holds to be true are:
- Natural resources are scarce and increasingly expensive
- The world has limited capacity to absorb carbon emissions and waste
- The most important resource available to us is people.
Here's what we stand for:
1. Use less waste less for 2015
| Through our embedded operational processes we have reduced our energy demands and outgoing waste streams |
| Z uses 10% less electricity across the retail network |
| Z uses 50% less water in retail network operations |
| Z retail operation waste to landfill has reduced by 70% |
| Z’s head office is a Zero Waste operation because Z people understand the impacts of the waste we generate and play an active role to reduce it |
2. Carbon intensity for 2015
| In the way that we conduct our business and the tools we have provided to our customers we have reduced the carbon emissions of Z and our customers |
| The carbon footprint of Z's head office (already reduced by 25%) is held or reduced further for the next five years |
| In New Zealand, Z has reduced the distance it travels to deliver fuel by an average of 15% for every litre of fuel delivered |
| Delivery emissions are reduced by 25% independent of the reduction of kilometres travelled |
| Z reduces the carbon footprint of our convenience store operations by 10% |
| Z works with 10 significant suppliers to reduce the carbon intensity of our activities together by 25% |
| With Z’s help, customers have reduced their fuel consumption and been rewarded for their efficiency |
3. Fossil fuel reduction for 2015
| By working with other organisations, investing in new technologies and researching and commercialising alternative fuels, Z has reduced New Zealand’s reliance on fossil fuels |
| We are the leading New Zealand supplier of fuel products and services that minimise the environmental impact of our customers’ businesses by: |
| Becoming New Zealand’s leading biofuel supplier by 2014 |
| Using more than 10% biodiesel in our business |
| Becoming the leading implementer of emergent transport energy in New Zealand |
4. Support New Zealand for 2015
| As a business, Z has demonstrated its commitment to New Zealand through its community programmes, sharing its skills and safety culture |
| Every Z employee is trained as a safety at home ambassador |
| Our safety performance is best in class and other New Zealand companies seek us out to improve their own safety performance |
| Z shares 365 skilled worker days, pro bono, with New Zealand every year |
| Z is recognised in New Zealand for developing the skills of our own team and the people we work with |
| Our neighbourhood investment continues to help people who need it in the communities we are connected to |