Mitre 10 New Zealand Ltd has released its first sustainability report, providing insight into the co-operative’s strategy and work programmes making real and sustainable impact on our environment and our local communities.
The report brings ‘transparency and accountability to Mitre 10’s progress on its journey to sustainability, with a level of detail that sets it apart in the home improvement and building supplies categories’. In developing its sustainability strategy, Mitre 10 talked to a range of stakeholders to understand the issues that matter most to them.
“We’re certainly not alone on this journey and achieving net-zero will require sector-wide solutions that we’re committed to being part of. A key part of our process is working with our stakeholders to find projects we can collaborate on to make a greater difference for New Zealand,” says Mitre 10 New Zealand CEO Andrea Scown.
A key example of this is Mitre 10’s product stewardship schemes, which have proved popular with sustainably-minded customers, diverting many tonnes of waste from landfills around the country over the past year:
Mitre 10 has also worked with others, including councils, waste management providers, not-for-profit organisations and trade partners, to support the wider building and construction sector to better manage building waste.