The winners for the Sustainable 60 Series Awards were announced in Auckland on Wednesday night. The winners were chosen from an exceptional line up of companies who all exemplify commitment across the breadth of sustainable business practices that mean their companies are built to last. These companies have all made strong progress on the path to sustainable businesses that encompass more than just environmental awareness. They have thought carefully about each step they take and how it will affect their culture and profitability
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| The Grand Tearooms at the Heritage Hotel |
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| MC Simon Upton |
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| Left to right: Julie Gill, GM, Fairfax Media Business Group; Allen Williams, CEO, Fairfax Media; Anne-Maree O'Connor, CEO, NZ Super Fund; Julia Hoare, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers |
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| The 200 guests |
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| The handmade cast glass trophies made by glass artist Jenny Smith |
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| Locus Research, winners of overall small exemplar. Left to right: Timothy Allan, Vicky Teinaki, Michele Embling, Managing Partner PwC and Blythe Rees-Jones, Locus Research |
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| Urgent Couriers, joint winners of overall medium exemplar. Left to right: Michele Embling, Managing Partner, PwC; Jamie Ritchie, Steve Bonnici, Deane Tetley and Catherine George, Urgent Couriers |
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| The New Zealand Merino Company, joint winners of overall medium exemplar. Left to right: Peter Floris, John Brakenridge, Nick Aubrey |
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| IAG New Zealand, winners of the overall large exemplar. Top row left to right: Tim Griffin, Miranda Cook, IAG guest, Drazenka Dordevich, Denise Bailey, Amanda Watts. Front row left to right: Mark Robertson, Allan Dornan, Sarah Holden |
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| CarboNZero, winners of Strategy & Governance & Marketplace categories. Left to right: Dr Richard Gordon, Judy Grindell, Jo Brosnahan, Mike Lee |
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| Fonterra/Sanitarium, winners of Community Category. Front left to right: Sarah Risell, Tia Wilson, Kate Kember, all Fonterra. Behind left to right: Fiona Hartley, Fonterra, Mark Roper, Sanitarium, Kim Stirling, Sanitarium, Beatrice Faumuina, KickStart Breakfast Ambassador, Piet de Jong, Fonterra and Linda Freudenberger, Fonterra. |
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| Westpac, winners of special commendation. Left to right: |
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| The S-60 bar |
A special commendation was awarded to Westpac for being the only organisation to become a finalist in all five of the category awards including the overall large exemplar.