Fire and Emergency’s climate response earns finalist nod 

Fire and Emergency’s climate response has been recognised after the organisation was a finalist at the Toitū Brighter Future Awards. 

Fire and Emergency was one of five finalists for Climate Action (biggest reduction) in the Large Organisation category. Since 2018/19, Fire and Emergency has reduced its emissions by 19.5%, including another drop in emissions in the last financial year. 

Sistema Plastics Limited took out the award, with University of Canterbury, Douglas Pharmaceuticals and the Auckland District Health Board also finalists.

Toitū Envirocare runs the awards and is subsidiary of Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, a Government-owned Crown Research Institute. Its aim is to help companies and Government agencies reduce their environmental footprint. 

Fire and Emergency has been able to reduce its carbon emissions in each of the last three years, but the work is far from over and the organisation recently launched its first Climate Response Strategy (2022-2030). 

The Strategy is Fire and Emergency’s strategic road map that describes the organisation’s focus areas to respond to climate change. 

The Strategy is available on both our external website(external link) and the Portal.  

If you would like to know more or be involved in the mahi supporting the Strategy, you can visit the Sustainabiltiy Portal page or contact the Sustainability team: sustainability@fireandemergency.nz