Andrew.Stewart has been a proud sponsor of the Sustainable 60 Series  from its inception, and Wednesday 16 Dec was the highlight of the process so far; when the winners were announced. 

The winners were chosen from an exceptional line up of companies who all exemplify commitment across the breadth of sustainable business.

Director Alice Andrew took great pleasure in presenting Urgent Couriers the Environment Category award. For a complete list of the winners, click here, or for TVNZ coverage of the event, click here.

We are please to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Pacific Environments Architects NZ who won an award for its design of the Yellow Treehouse Restaurant at Pohuehue, north of Auckland. It was a pleasure working with you on this exciting project.

Aslo congratulations to our friends at Mitchinson Simiona Architects, for taking out the Heritage award for their "eclectic refurbishment" of the listed Hotel Debrett.

After years of successful work in and around the Orakei Basin, we are getting excited that soon the fruits of our labour will be visible. With construction of both the replacement of the gates that impound this 80ha explosion crater and the walk and cycle network scheduled to start early in the new year.

We have also been recentely engaged by Auckland City Council to assist with the developement of a reserve management plan for the Basin and its surrounding reserves. 

To read more about our work on the basin, click here.

The statutory shutdown period observed by councils throughout the country begins on the 20^th December 2009 and extends through to the 10 January 2010.  This period will not count towards statutory timeframes for processing of resource consents, building consents and other such local government permits and certificates, so to avoid delays over the holiday period - get those applications into Council quickly!

ASL will be open throughout Christmas and New Years (except statutory holidays), so please don't hesitate to contact us for any assistance during this period.

Andrew.Stewart extends a warm welcome to  Novasteel and The Howick Golf Club as new clients this month.

Online environmental compliance company CS-VUE has been named New Zealand's 28th fastest growing company in the annual Deloitte/NBR Fast 50 competition. Having achieved growth of 217.77% across the last 12 months, CS-VUE's innovative technology is catering to a niche market and providing clients with an online system that enables organisations to track and manage and report on consent compliance, saving significant time and money.

Carbon  Group: ETS Update: Following on from our October update we have provided further updates on the Climate Change Response (Moderated Emissions Trading) Amendment Bill, which has now been passed into law with the support of the Maori Party.  Of particular interest is providing 5 iwi with the right to plant trees on 35,000 hectares of Crown land and keep the profits from any emission units earned. Click here to read more

Thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter, we hope you have found it both interesting and informative.

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