Zero waste policies in place...

roducts From New Zealand.com, it's founding leader, Kristina Cope, and her staff are committed to the following:

In March 2002 the 'Ministry for the Environment', New Zealand, released the National Waste Strategy: 'Towards Zero Waste and a Sustainable New Zealand'.
This document was created with input from a wide range of people involved in New Zealand's waste industry.

New Zealand is the first country in the world to have formally adopted Zero Waste.

The business case for waste minimisation is simple:

• Waste is a cost, and cost reductions enhance the bottom line.
• Becoming more efficient makes good business sense.
• Waste equals lost profits.

When cardboard is mixed with other materials and sent to landfill it ends up costing a business about USD$200 per tonne, but when it is recycled it will only cost the business USD$20 per tonne.
It costs around USD$500 to dump a tonne of screwed up paper (in rubbish bags), compared with USD$20-30 per tonne to recycle flat paper.

Embracing sustainability also means that Products From New Zealand.com Ltd will:

• Be a responsible employer, ensuring we attract a committed workforce
• Build community, supplier and regulatory relationships
• Increase competitiveness through innovation

Triple Bottom Line...

This approach to business is often referred to as the 'Triple Bottom Line' or Sustainable Development Reporting (SDR).
(World Business Council for Sustainable Development).
It recognises that a better quality of life, for everyone, is dependent upon economic progress that is not harmful to the natural environment and the social fabric of society. As a foundation member of the 'Sustainable Business Network' (whose motto is 'Enabling business to flourish through sustainable practice') Products From New Zealand.com is absolutely committed to these values and policies.

All packaging material is recycled...

To that end, you will typically find that the bubble-wrap / foam chips / polyethylene foam / packing peanuts etc that we ship our products carefully wrapped in is 'second-hand'. We take great pride in working with local importers to collect their packaging material, and then reuse it to send products from New Zealand to you.

We encourage you to try and recycle the packaging you receive from us.

We also recycle the endless number of laser printer cartridges, plastic bags/cling wrap that are used to ensure you get your item safely and in one piece!.

All of our electricity and heating needs are generated by the sun...

Products From New Zealand.com extensively uses energy efficient lamps throughout the office and all electrical power for our office is generated by the sun, using photovoltaic modules on the roof of our premises in a utility grid intertie setup. If we generate more electricity than we are currently using, our power meter spins backwards and gives us a credit to then use at night time, or when the day is cloudy and overcast.. This means we do not have environmentally un-sound batteries to maintain.

All our hot water needs are also provided by the sun, with hotwater radiators scattered throughout the office to provide a warm and toasty environment during those cold winter months...

This means that our office uses on average about 2kWh of electricity a day to run, whereas the average office of similar size and number of computers/printers/servers etc would use around 5 times this much per day to operate.

All new computer monitors purchased are LCD display, and all machines are powered down every night to save power, and reduce 'phantom loading'.

Interested in visiting us to see our energy efficient set up?...

We have a regular stream of visitors to our office and home (over a 1300 people a year visit to see our 'Solar Energy Premises' because of these energy efficient methods of generating and using energy, so if you are coming to New Zealand, or already live here, and want to have a look, then please contact us to make a suitable time to view the Products From New Zealand.com solar powered premises.

Can We Carefully Select, Pack and Ship A Gift To You Or A Loved One - No Matter Where In The World You Are?
We have listed some of out top items regularly purchased to get you going:

Authentic Native New Zealand Maori artifacts

Classic New Zealand food / candy items

Cosmetics that "smell nearly good enough to eat!" from New Zealand

Music & scenic NZ DVD's showing off New Zealand

Hand crafted wooden items made from native NZ wood

Possum wool clothes: unbeatable for warmth!

Bee Venom to ease your aches & pains!

And 1000's of other Kiwi made items for you to choose from...