Sustainability & Environment

Precinct Properties is leading an initiative to decarbonise key building materials.

Around 160 delegates are attending the Property Council’s event in Auckland.

Kiwi Property’s build-to-rent scheme Resido has been awarded a 9-star Homestar Built rating from the New Zealand Green Building Council.

Precinct Properties Deloitte Centre, Te Kaha, has been awarded 6 Star Green Star World Leadership certification from the New Zealand Green Building Council.

The government is winding down New Zealand Green Investment Finance, which has made significant investments in solar energy since its establishment in 2019.

Lion New Zealand is installing rooftop solar at its Auckland brewery – the country’s largest – The Pride, where the company can run 160,000 cans and bottles per hour across four production lines.

Rydges Latimer Christchurch has become the first New Zealand hotel to achieve Sustainable Tourism Certification.

Tainui Group Holdings’ Amohia Ake has become the first building in the Waikato to achieve highest rating for energy efficiency.

Kiwi Property Group has launched what it says is the largest lift modernisation project in New Zealand’s history.

Rosewood Hotel Group says the three luxury properties it manages for Robertson Lodges are the first in New Zealand to gain sustainability certification by Bureau Veritas, the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) accreditation body.

Flashpackers LyLo Auckland, Christchurch, and Queenstown have all gained 5-star backpacker accommodation gradings from Qualmark, as well as a Silver Sustainable Tourism Business Award.

Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre has won the Building Sustainability through People accolade at the 2025 New Zealand HR Awards.

Sudima Hotel Kaikōura has achieved 5 star Qualmark status, with Gold sustainable accreditation.

The inaugural Hotel Sector Energy Use Survey shows what type of rooms and which region’s hotels consume the most water and power.

Parliament buildings the Ballantrae Place Building and the Museum Street Building have achieved the highest possible Green Star certification from the New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC).

Meridian Energy has been granted final consent approval by the Environment Court to build its 120 megawatt Ruakākā Solar Farm in Tai Tokerau Northland.

New Zealand industry and households emitted 78,925 kilotonnes of greenhouse gases for the year ended September 2024.

NZ has a great opportunity this year to help build a better, smarter and more sustainable sector, writes NZGBC’s Andrew Eagles.

The government has set New Zealand’s second international climate target under the Paris Agreement to be an emissions reduction of 51% to 55% compared to 2005 levels, by 2035.