WHAT’S
COMING UP
THIS YEAR
The New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers’
Association says it has gained support
from the Government’s Provincial
Growth Fund and the Ministry of
Social Development to employ a
labour coordinator to try to alleviate
an expected staff shortage of around
1200 vacancies in the Bay of Plenty
alone in 2019
More than $2.5 million from the
Provincial Growth Fund to help expand
marine farming in three major projects
at Opotiki will transform its economy,
develop significant employment and
improve the region’s standard of living;
with the local Whakatohea iwi (with
interests in forestry, dairy farming,
kiwifruit and fisheries) partnering with
the Government to undertake the
work.
NZ Yarn, a world-leading producer of
New Zealand wool yarns for the global
soft flooring market, has announced
major new strategic shareholder and
business partner Hemp New Zealand
will install a hemp fibre processing
factory in Christchurch this year
A 28 year old woman has been
charged with making a false complaint
in relation to a report made to police
late last year regarding a needle found
in a strawberry in Timaru, and will
reappear in court early this year
Restaurant Brands - which already
operates the KFC, Pizza Hut and
Carl’s Junior franchises - is going to
build more than 60 Taco Bell stores on
both sides of the Tasman – some as
early as this year – with chief executive
Russel Creedy saying the move
aligns with its strategy of focusing on
markets it understands.
Spreadmark, New Zealand’s only
fertiliser spreading certification
scheme, has gained international
recognition from the Joint
Accreditation System of Australia and
New Zealand; meaning that certified
farmers and growers will add value
to their product that food processing
companies need.
Food and Nutrition Guidelines, endorsed by
the New Zealand Nutrition Foundation. This
is working towards a target of 75% by 2020,
and 100% by 2025.
• A process that has previously taken hours
can now be done in minutes – 92% of
Fonterra’s products are totally electronically
traceable, on the way to a target of 100% by
2020.
• Farmers who supply Fonterra milk in New
Zealand have among the lowest greenhouse
gas emissions per litre of milk collected in the
world (0.87 per kg CO2-e/kg FPCM).
• Fonterra farmers have fenced 99.6% of
permanent waterways and installed bridges
or culverts at 99.9% of regular crossings.
• Since 2003, Fonterra has achieved a 19.3%
reduction in energy intensity in New Zealand
manufacturing against a target of 20% by
2020.
• At Brightwater, the site’s boiler has been
converted to co-fire with wood biomass. The
conversion cuts carbon emissions at the site
by around 2400 tonnes a year – roughly the
same as taking 530 cars off the road.
• A recent water recycling innovation at
Fonterra’s Pahiatua manufacturing site will
save about half a million litres of water a day
this season.
• The year also marked the half-way point of
Fonterra’s 10-year Living Water partnership
with the Department of Conservation,
focusing on five freshwater catchments.
Fonterra has committed to help restore
another 50 catchments as part of its
ambitious water plan. Working with
community stakeholders, these catchments
have been identified and action planning is
underway.
• A total of $10.3 billion was returned to New
Zealand farmers for the 2017/18 season.
• Fonterra launched its addressing family
violence initiative in New Zealand and
Australia.
• 2018 awards included the Deloitte Top 200
Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Award
and Top Graduate Employer Award in New
Zealand.
• Fonterra halved its gender pay gap in New
Zealand from 4% to 2%, against a national
average of 9.2%.
• Fonterra Milk for Schools celebrated its fifth
year and delivered its 100 millionth portion
of milk. It is helping more than 140,000 Kiwi
kids every school day.
• The KickStart Start Breakfast programme
– which Fonterra delivers in partnership
with Sanitarium and the New Zealand
Government – grew to 976 breakfast clubs
and served more than 125,000 breakfasts
every school week.
• A total of 696 community initiatives were
supported through the Fonterra Grass Roots
Fund in New Zealand, Australia and Sri
Lanka.
The full report is available at www.fonterra.
com/sustainabilityreport2018
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