New Zealand Post

Targets and Measures

The New Zealand Post Group is committed to action on corporate responsibility and holds itself accountable for constantly achieving improvements in how we operate. A key way to ensure continuing progress is to set concrete targets and measures and report on progress against these targets.

Corporate responsibility implementation across the
New Zealand Post Group

At a company level we are reporting our overall corporate responsibility using the St James Ethics Centre Corporate Responsibility Index (CRI) methodology. We've committed to this until 2012. The CRI is a standardised reporting tool that has been developed in the UK and allows us to benchmark ourselves against other large organisations globally. The CRI evaluates us on four main areas:

  1. The corporate responsibility strategy of the business
  2. How the strategy is implemented across the business
  3. The management of corporate responsibility within the business
  4. The performance of a range of social and environmental impact areas.

The CRI is the only voluntary non-prescriptive framework for corporate responsibility in Australia and New Zealand, enabling companies to identify their non-financial risk, as well as to develop and improve corporate responsibility in line with their business strategy.

  • Corporate Responsibility Index score: Our target is to increase New Zealand Post Group's rating from 58% in 2008, to 70% for 2009, to 80% in 2010 and to 85% in 2011. The Group's score in 2008 was 68.12%*.

*To see our 2008 results in the corporate responsibility index, please check out our latest Annual Report (.pdf - 8,109kb, page 54, 2009).

Environment

  • Greenhouse Gas (GHG/CO2) emissions: To reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 12% between 2008 and 2012.
  • Fuel consumption: Our aim is to reduce fuel consumption (measured in litres per kilometre) by a total of 8% by 2010 from our baseline result of June 2008. We're currently tracking at around 3%.
  • Vehicle emissions: Express Couriers Ltd aims to have its entire heavy vehicle fleet at Euro 4 Engine Standard by 2015 and its entire fork hoist fleet fitted with emission filters by 2013.
  • Energy consumption: By 2011 the New Zealand Post Group is looking to have reduced its energy consumption by 15% against its baseline year set in 2007/2008.
  • Waste: In 2009 - 2010 the New Zealand Post Group aims to reduce its waste to landfill by 29% against its baseline set in 2008/2009. We also aim to recycle 59% of our total waste generated.
  • Paper: Establish a baseline for the use of office copy paper across the New Zealand Post Group for the 2008/2009 year.

Community

  • Corporate Responsibility Index score for community management: Our aim to reach a score of 70% in the 2009 CRI.
  • Corporate Responsibility Index score for community investment: Our aim to reach a score of 60% in the 2009 CRI.
  • Value of community contribution: In 2009 - 2010 we will quantify, in order to benchmark, the amount invested in community initiatives using the London Benchmarking Group framework.

Workplace

We have set targets for our workplace performance that are outlined in our Statement of Intent. An overview of our key workplace priorities is also provided.