by Chris Hargreaves | Oct 7, 2022 | Carbon Neutral, Energy, Sustainable Business
With prevailing energy market conditions causing sharp price hikes that show no signs of abating – what can you do and who do you turn to for advice and viable solutions? Since the beginning of 2021, negotiated contract pricing for large commercial customers has...
by Jonathan Gardiner | Aug 19, 2022 | New Zealand Energy Certificates, NZ-ECs, Sustainable Business
Total Utilities Management Group is excited to announce our registration on the ‘New Zealand Energy Certificate System (NZECS)’ – enabling our clients to support renewable generation and reduce their reportable emissions. Administered and developed by Certified...
by Chris Hargreaves | Jun 22, 2022 | Carbon Neutral, COP26, Sustainable Business
The release of New Zealand’s first Emissions Reduction Plan sets new urgency around our country’s transition to a carbon-zero future and means slashing 11.5 million tonnes of carbon equivalent off our emissions by 2025. The plan reveals how the Government will meet...
by Chris Hargreaves | May 26, 2022 | Carbon Neutral, Solar plan, solar power, Sustainable Business
It’s cheap, it’s reliable and it’s not running out anytime soon. So the burning question remains – why isn’t commercial solar as hot as… well, the sun? Today, the business case for solar is becoming more and more compelling when it comes to commercial use. It’s...
by DavidSpratt | May 3, 2022 | Carbon Neutral, COP26, Energy, IoT, Sustainable Business
A recent Microsoft report on New Zealand’s sustainability performance shows that more than three quarters of NZ businesses now have carbon reduction plans and policies. But that’s where the green wave crashes into a wall – and uncertainty about costs is a major...
by DavidSpratt | Apr 21, 2022 | Analytics, Planet Spratt, Sustainable Business
Part Three of Planet Spratt’s Journey to Sustainability The tragedy of the commons is an economic problem in which every individual has an incentive to consume a resource, but at the expense of every other individual—with no way to exclude anyone from consuming....
