“Go Well Consulting started supporting Awanui in 2023 and quickly got up to speed with our unique business in pathology services. We have been really blessed with the quality of their work, in particular preparation for the annual Carbon Reduce audit.
There have been some great wins for the business in reducing our carbon emissions and doing this in a sustainable way. Go Well has been instrumental in helping identify and measure the key sources. There has also been some great work from Go Well to raise awareness of the overall sustainability cause. They understand when to engage with subject matter experts and how to focus the client on the big hitting items, which have delivered positive outcomes for our business. I highly recommend working with Go Well.”
– GRAHAM MAYLAM, NATIONAL PROCUREMENT MANAGER, AWANUI
Awanui (formerly APHG) reached out to us in 2021, after being asked by their shareholders (NZ Super Fund, Te Pūia Tāpapa, and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan) to map their organisational emissions and develop a reduction plan aligned with that of the shareholders. Since we began working with them in July 2021, we have supported annually in achieving thier Toitū Carbon Reduce certification.
Awanui employs over 2,000 people across Aotearoa to provide pathology services on behalf of District Health Boards for both hospital and communities – more scientific staff and pathologists than any other laboratory provider in the country. Every year they collect, analyse, and report over seven million patient results, and during the pandemic they were delivering around 40% of all COVID-19 testing in the country, the largest of any single service provider.
At the time they began working with us, Awanui had no sustainability or emissions expertise in their organisation and were facing the daunting task of collecting the data required of them to meet the Toitū certification requirements. Following some initial meetings, an internal team was set up to retrieve the required information, supported by regular weekly hours from our Emissions Consultant.
Awanui has a base year of FY19 and we have supported them in mapping their emissions from their base year all the way to FY25. We have also guided them in setting targets to reduce their emissions.
As a result of the emissions mapping work, Awanui have not only set themselves reduction targets in line with their shareholders ambitions, but they have used their emissions data to inform significant business decisions, including: swapping their fleet vehicles for hybrid alternatives, implementing vehicle tracking technology to identify inefficient driving styles, and engaging with an energy auditor to identify areas of electricity consumption that can be reduced, such as replacing all incandescent or fluorescent light bulbs with LEDs.
In addition, Awanui are now investigating the installation of solar panels and have begun a project to measure and minimise the volume of materials being sent to landfill. Watch this space…
If you’re interested in mapping your emissions and/or creating an emissions reduction plan, get in touch.
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