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Asia Pacific design, engineering & advisory company, Aurecon, has partnered with thinkstep-anz and the Sustainable Business Network (SBN) to map emissions and waste across New Zealand's advanced manufacturing sector and its seven sub-sectors.
In 2023, New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) commissioned a series of research initiatives looking at how Aotearoa New Zealand can reduce emissions and lift the value derived from our biological resources. This program of work included six components, with the most recent results from the 'Mapping Emissions and Waste Stream Profiles, and Opportunities for Achieving Net-Zero Circular Advanced Manufacturing' report.
This report was launched by the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Minister for Small Business and Manufacturing, and Minister of Statistics, Andrew Bayly, at a recent event hosted by the Sustainable Business Network on 29 July 2024.
As the Minister noted, “Manufacturing is a sleeping giant for New Zealand’s economy; with the right tools and support, manufacturing has the potential to supercharge our economic growth. The manufacturing sector accounts for 10 per cent of GDP, 60% of our exports, and employs 230,000 people. A lesser-known fact is that approximately a quarter of all of New Zealand’s business-led research and development comes from the manufacturing sector, meaning it is a key driver of innovation.”
"We know manufacturers are always looking for places to innovate and grow and we’re looking forward to partnering with them."
Waning Chua, Director, Sustainability – New Zealand, Aurecon
In this report, the partners developed a baseline dataset using data from 2019 (the last pre-Covid year with robust data). A combination of ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ approaches provided broad and detailed views together with potential opportunities. The specific goals were to:
At the report’s launch, MBIE Programme Director Andrew Hume commented that, from a manufacturing perspective, the report’s detailed level of analysis easily helps businesses and policy makers think about ways to increase their resource efficiency, reduce their emissions and help make Aotearoa New Zealand more circular.
Waning Chua, Director, Sustainability, New Zealand, says “This report is just the beginning for us, we know that Aotearoa New Zealand’s manufacturing sector has a lot to offer. It helps us to look closely at practices and operations, to identify efficiencies as well as opportunities to really move the dial on waste and emissions. We know manufacturers are always looking for places to innovate and grow and we’re looking forward to partnering with them.”
For more information, visit the MBIE report page. Minister Bayly’s press release is also available at https://www.beehive.govt.nz.
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