Sustainability: what we do
Welcome to our sustainability web pages
We have moved to web-based sustainability reporting because it enables us to report more comprehensively and put the impacts of our own activities into greater context with our sustainability aims and our research – science for sustainability.
Our sustainability reporting started in 2000, and from 2001 until 2007 it was fully integrated with our Annual Report. Our thinking has continued to evolve, and this year (2008) we adopted a more concise approach to paper-based annual reporting supported by extensive information here on the website.
We continue to see sustainability as a journey and look forward to progressing that journey through these web pages. We expect web-reporting to be more dynamic, allowing more timely response to emerging issues; and we will use it to make stronger connections between our own performance and our research, science and technology.
The “Voices for Sustainability” section is a place for invited voices to reflect on issues of sustainability. In 2007 we invited seven people, prominent in their own fields in New Zealand, to write about the challenge of achieving a “Sustainable New Zealand”. One of the seven was the New Zealand Prime Minister, who had issued the challenge earlier that year. We will continue to invite contributions to the Voice for Sustainability section as a means of challenging both our own thinking and that of others.
The first addition to Voices is from one of our own Māori staff, Garth Harmsworth. Landcare Research has a strong history of engaging with Māori (the indigenous people of New Zealand) in our work and in developing research programmes that help Māori deliver on their aspirations for the environment. The first steps have been developing the frameworks for documenting cultural indicators, which reflect traditional knowledge and values (mātauranga Māori) in ways that are recognisable in the governance, management, and interactions of many organisations.
One of the new opportunities is to develop a robust cultural dimension to sustainability reporting.
We look forward to adding more material relating to this issue in the near future.
Feedback
We are keen to get feedback on our sustainability pages from all stakeholders, and encourage readers to provide comments: feedback@landcareresearch.co.nz
For general enquiries, please refer to our contacts section.
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Voices for sustainability
Our sustainability aims
Our sustainability progress
Science for sustainability