The 2nd KPMG New Zealand Sustainability Survey was conducted during October 2010. It consisted of an on-line questionnaire covering aspects of sustainability relevant to understanding the approach by New Zealand business and the extent of integration into organisational strategy.
Key messages:
• Definitions of sustainability focus on the environment and do not tend to refer to the concepts of “resilience”, “capacity” or “innovation”.
• 69% of respondents are either developing or have developed a sustainability strategy into the core business processes of the organisation – a significant improvement on the 2008 results.
• Whilst sustainability is becoming a strategic priority for respondents, only 19% assessed the governing body with reference to the sustainability performance of the
organisation.
• Customers are a key influencer in respect of how and why respondents are addressing sustainability.
• The majority of respondents have assessed, or are in the process of assessing suppliers in respect of their social or environmental performance.
• Waste and energy are the key environmental areas currently being addressed by respondents but the impacts of climate change are not well understood.
Source: Jamie Sinclair.