Te Pae Christchurch wins Gold Sustainable Tourism Business Award from Qualmark, performing well under economic and environment and culture topics. Photo Credit: Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre
Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre takes another giant step
forward in its green agenda with the Gold Sustainable Tourism Business
Award from Qualmark. The award builds on the centre’s earlier
achievement of Toitū enviromark gold certification.
Qualmark criteria covers sector-specific concerns under economic,
environment and culture, social/people and health and safety topics.
Across the 26 criteria, Te Pae Christchurch represented best practices
in six of them, and performed particularly well under the economic and
environment and culture topics.
“Very early on in our journey at Te Pae Christchurch we set a
standard for how we want to operate and work with clients, suppliers and
our industry. Sustainability and strong focus on customer service are
key pillars for us and it’s humbling to see our efforts recognised with
gold by the Qualmark team,” said General Manager Ross Steele.
Te Pae Christchurch’s commitment to sustainability warranted special
mention from Qualmark, particularly its waste management efforts to
minimise, recycle and measure every possible substance, along with
sector-leading initiatives such as the eWater system and GAIA dehydrator
to handle food waste.
Gold is the highest of three levels awarded by Qualmark. It
recognises the best sustainable tourism businesses in New Zealand that
serve as role models in in elevating New Zealand’s status as a
world-class sustainable destination.