The Warehouse has partnered with Emirates Team New Zealand to offset the team’s carbon emissions for its 36th America’s
Cup campaign.
The partnership will see Emirates Team New Zealand become the first America’s Cup syndicate to have a Toitū carbonzero
certified campaign.
The team’s emissions will be measured from July 2017 to the end of their campaign in 2021 and offset through investing
in permanent native New Zealand forestry projects, in partnership with Toitū Envirocare’s carbonzero programme.
Further to this, the partnership has supported tree planting programmes with Trees that Count around the Firth of
Thames, to help restore local waterways and native flora and fauna.
The Warehouse founder and Sustainability Champion, Sir Stephen Tindall says the combination of The Warehouse and
Emirates Team New Zealand working together to play a part in combatting climate change is a good example of business and
sport coming together to tackle such an important issue.
“The Warehouse and Emirates Team New Zealand are dear to my heart and it gives me great pride in seeing these two iconic
Kiwi organisations taking action on climate change.”
“Both organisations have calculated their carbon footprints and will continue on a journey to not only offset these in
the short term, but will use technology and innovation to further reduce carbon and CO2 dramatically over the next
decade.”
“We hope other Kiwi businesses and sports organisations will join us, as it is not as difficult as it may seem.”
The Warehouse is part of the wider The Warehouse Group, which is taking responsibility for its impact on the
environment. In 2019 the Group, also compromising Warehouse Stationery, Noel Leeming, TheMarket.com, 1-day.co.nz and Torpedo7 - became the first large organisation in the country and third major retailer in the world, to go carbon
zero.
Chief Executive Nick Grayston says it is a privilege to support Emirates Team New Zealand with its environmental
efforts.
“We believe that good businesses need good societies and environments to function successfully.
“As a large New Zealand retailer with millions of customers through our doors every year, we are doing all we can to
take responsibility for our impact on the environment and to help New Zealanders address climate change.
“Alongside Emirates Team New Zealand, we hope to encourage more action in this area and continue to do our part for the
ongoing health of Kiwis, and the planet.”
Emirates Team New Zealand Chief Executive Grant Dalton says the team is pleased
to take this step to measure and take responsibility for its emissions with a long-term view of carbon reduction for New
Zealand’s natural environment.
“As a team that spends so much of its time on the water, we have always been conscious of our environment and doing what
we can to minimise our impact on it as best we can.
“We are first to say we aren’t perfect by any stretch, but we are prepared to measure our emissions. This is a step in
taking responsibility for the carbon footprint we create by becoming carbonzero certified.”
“To be able to work with The Warehouse as well as Toitū Envirocare to help us measure and offset our emissions is
something that means a lot to everyone in the team.”
The carbon neutrality status will be achieved through Toitū’s carbonzero event certification programme. Toitū, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, has based the carbonzero event programme on ISO 14064-1 and PAS
2050 principles. The campaign’s footprint has been calculated, fully offset with high quality PFSI carbon credits and
independently certified as Toitū carbonzero event operations.
Toitū Envirocare Chief Executive Becky Lloyd commends Emirates Team New Zealand for their leadership.
“We expect world-leading innovations from Emirates Team New Zealand, so it’s only fitting they are also taking
world-leading climate action. It’s a privilege to support Kiwi icons like The Warehouse and Emirates Team New Zealand to
take science-based, meaningful climate action. Together we can show New Zealanders and the world that our net zero
future is achievable.”
The scope of the certification includes all emissions associated with Emirates Team New Zealand campaign related to the
preparation for the 36th America’s Cup Match (to be held in Auckland between the 6th to the 21st of March 2021). The
estimated embodied emissions of the race boats are included in the scope. The offsetting does not include any emissions
associated with the broader America’s Cup event organisers or attendees but exclusively emissions associated with
Emirates Team New Zealand’s campaign.