Sustainability

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

Our commitments to a sustainable future

We will act to reduce our customers’ carbon intensity by helping New Zealanders reduce their use of fossil fuels

We believe that climate change is real and the products we sell contribute to accelerating climate change. While no one person or organisation can fix this problem, we are uniquely placed to make a difference and demonstrate leadership. We will do this by working with other organisations and investing in new technologies; and by researching and commercialising alternative fuels we reckon we can also help our customers reduce their own impacts.

We will use less and waste less

Ensuring that our own operations are efficient is a meaningful contribution in its own right to the future of New Zealand and New Zealanders while helping assure a future for Z.

We will do what matters for people and communities

We are a New Zealand company for the benefit of all New Zealanders. By listening to the needs of our staff, our customers and the neighbourhoods we operate in, we will support and invest in things that matter to them. We will be a visible face in our local communities; building relationships and understanding better the world that we all operate in. We will invest in our people, providing them with opportunities to develop themselves in their professional and personal lives.

We will do business in a way that supports New Zealand

We believe that being from New Zealand and operating in New Zealand comes with some special responsibilities. Part of the way we feel this responsibility means we will support and invest in New Zealand. We will go out of our way to purchase from within our shores and support other Kiwi businesses.

We will be straight up

Sustainability means different things to different people and there is often no single clear solution. Realising we will not get everything right we will share openly what we have done and listen to people’s views on what we should be doing. To demonstrate this commitment to transparency we will measure our performance, report this annually and have this audited by an independent third party