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Otago Polytechnic

Sustainabilty Bins

A Member Since 1990

Otago Polytechnic has been a member of Business South since 1990 (Otago Chamber of Commerce), and sustainability is a huge part of who they are.

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Otago Polytech is committed to minimising their environmental impact and encouraging others to embrace sustainable practices. Here are a couple of their achievements to date:

  • the first NZ tertiary institution to join the Climate Leaders Coalition
  • measure their greenhouse gas emissions and publicly report on them
  • set a public emissions reduction target consistent with keeping within 2 degrees of warming and have committed to being carbon neutral by 2030
  • committed to 100% of their undergraduate programmes directly addressing issues of sustainable practice
  • living campus gardens
  • Pōpopo Wormporium
  • the conversion of coal-fired boilers to wood-fired ones which radically reduced emissions
  • Te Pā Tauira and the award-winning green building erected for student living, this being highly efficient on energy use and built using the most sustainable materials
  • Under construction now is another major piece of building infrastructure following the above principles.
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If you would like to find out more about Otago Polytechnic’s commitment to sustainability or to get in touch, check out their website.