Sustainability at the Ministry for the Environment
MfE is committed to operating sustainably. We aim to minimise our environmental footprint, operate within our baseline and walk the talk on sustainability matters.
See our Sustainability strategy for 2020-2022 [PDF, 1.4 MB]
We are measuring and reporting our organisation’s emissions from the following areas.
- Transportation (domestic air travel, international air travel, rental cars, taxis, reimbursed mileage, buses, ferries and trains)
- Electricity consumption
- Waste to landfill
- Paper consumption
We have committed to achieve many targets by July 2022 such as the following:
- Reduce our emissions by 26 per cent from our 2017/18 baseline
- Reduce our waste to landfill from our head office by 50 per cent from our 2017/18 baseline
- Reduce our paper use by 50 per cent rom our 2017/18 baseline.
Our Sustainability strategy covers a broad range of longer-term goals and short-term targets. These cover three categories: Tangata – Our People, Taiao – Our Environment, and Pūtea – Our Finances.