Electric vehicle adopters feature at sustainability awards

Electric vehicles were a big theme at the 2017 Sustainable Business Network Awards, featuring among many winners and finalists.

New Zealand Post’s big electric vehicle fleet of mainly Paxsters gets it the NZI Greatest Contribution to a Sustainable New Zealand (Supreme Award).

Hard work by the Wests gets ChargeNet the Judge’s Commendation as Sustainability Superstars.

Prime minister Jacinda Ardern was among hundreds of guests at the November 30 event on Auckland’s waterfront.

NZI Greatest Contribution to a Sustainable New Zealand (Supreme Award) New Zealand Post, finalist Flip the Fleet.

Sustainability Superstar Bob Burnett, Bob Burnett Architecture, commendation Dee and Steve West of ChargeNet New Zealand, finalist Toni Hogg of Green Cabs.

Communicating for Change, WasteMINZ, commendation Sustainable Winegrowing NZ and NZ Sustainability Dashboard, finalists Ecotricity, Green Cabs, Meridian Energy, Better NZ Trust, Trade Me.

Efficiency Champion, Christchurch International Airport, commendation Foodstuffs

Going Circular, Wishbone Design Studio, finalist Trade Me.

Smarter Transport, Flip the Fleet, commendations Ecotricity and New Zealand Post, finalists Charge Net, Mercury, Mevo, Waste Management, YourDrive.

Revolutionising Energy, Vector, commendation Bayfair Shopping Centre, finalist ChargeNet

Transforming Food, The Common Unity Project Aotearoa.

Restoring Nature, Zealandia, finalist Green Cabs.

Hardwired for Social Good, Bayfair Shopping Centre, finalist My Car Your rental.

Partnering for Good, Auckland Whale & Dolphin Safari, New Zealand Post and NZ Red Cross, finalists ChargeNet and Mevo.

Revolutionising Energy award winners were Ngati Whatua Orakei and Vector.