Downer is the largest provider of integrated services in New Zealand and employs more than 10,000 people from Kaitaia to Invercargill.
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Learn moreWe understand the importance of having a responsible and forward-thinking approach to sustainability.
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Learn moreOur environmental sustainability governance strategy underpins our approach to protecting the environment and is integrated within our business strategy, which aims to shift investment toward lower-carbon activities.
Our priority is to achieve outcomes aligned with government and international sustainability initiatives. This includes actions that support the NZ Government’s broader outcomes and zero carbon bill. We are also a signatory to the Climate Leaders Coalition and align our corporate sustainability approach to the United Nations (UN) Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs).
We carried out materiality assessments based on global reporting initiative (GRI) standards, to identify the sustainability issues that have the most impact for our business and the customers and communities we serve.
Downer considers climate change to be one of its priority areas of focus and has responded to the recommendations of the taskforce on climate-related financial disclosures (TCFD).
We have been measuring our GHG emissions since 2009 and have established Science-Based Targets to reduce our GHG emission reductions and decarbonise our organisation. Our GHG reduction targets are considerable and include:
To monitor and measure our performance against these GHG emission reduction targets, we use the following Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), set for FY21 and with stretch targets through to FY26 that focus GHG emissions reduction efforts:
In New Zealand, we participate in communities of knowledge to ensure that our environmental sustainability efforts are purposeful and aligned to national and international best practice and approaches: