Top NZ companies in environmental industry form partnership

Two Top NZ companies in environmental industry form partnership

carboNZero Holdings and Energy & Technical Services Limited (ETSL) form Strategic Partnership

Synergistic alliance delivers enhanced products, services and boasts energy consumption savings up to 15 percent

Auckland, New Zealand – July, 24, 2012 – carboNZero Holdings and Energy & Technical Services Limited (ETSL) today announced that they have formed a strategic partnership that will deliver more streamlined carbon emission factors reporting along with the advantage of an industry-proven energy and utilities management software. The complementary nature of each company’s technologies and services will provide clients greater cost effectiveness, resource efficiencies and enhanced credibility.

“Our partnership with ETSL clearly gives our clients the option of having a systematic way for any organisation to implement an effective energy and utility management program,” said carboNZero Holdings CEO, Graham Carter. “We are looking forward to build on each other’s products and services to deliver the best in the market today.”

According to Geoff Bennett, ETSL Director and CEO, “Having carboNZero Holdings’ certification will ensure our clients know that our e-Bench system has been verified under the most highly regarded programme in the world, recognised by the Carbon Disclosure Project which represents around $70 trillion of investments worldwide.”

The partnership unites the services of carboNZero Holdings, the world leader in greenhouse gas (GHG) certification and ETSL, a leading international provider of energy and utility management services. It will enable carboNZero clients utilising ETSL’s e-Bench™ system and Monitoring and Tracking (M&T) procedures, to more effectively manage their energy consumption, resulting in annual savings or avoided costs up to 15 percent with improved accuracy and consistency in reporting.

Likewise, ETSL clients will benefit from carboNZero’s world-class greenhouse gas (GHG) compatibility standards and potential certification which has become a mark of credibility in organisations’ sustainability claims and market positioning around the globe.

About carboNZero Holdings

Based in Auckland, New Zealand, carboNZero Holdings provides robust tools for individuals, organisations and events with internationally recognised standards in carbon management for the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or carbon footprint. carboNZero helps its clients achieve their environmental objectives with the highest level of integrity by ensuring consistency of emissions measurement, credibility of reduction and offsetting activity, and assurance of market claims. The company was established in 2001 by Landcare Research New Zealand Limited, one of New Zealand’s leading Crown Research Institutes, owned by the New Zealand government. carboNZero Holdings draws on over a decade of research on climate change, GHG measurement, and carbon monitoring. carboNZero has provided certification from small to global organisations like Toyota New Zealand, Deloitte UK, Scottish Southern Energy, BMW New Zealand Limited and Financial Services, Giesen Wines, etc. For more information, visit www.carbonzero.co.nz.

About Energy and Technical Services Limited

Based in Wellington, New Zealand, Energy & Technical Services (ETSL) is an international provider of energy and utility management services. ETSL offers a full range of energy and utility management services that are suitable for all types of organizations, from those who may have never before considered energy and utility management, to those who may have quite advanced and sophisticated programmes. The range of services offered include energy & utility management advice and consultancy, energy auditing, energy contract procurement, carbon emission tracking & reporting and our own in-house energy & utility software management, e-Bench™, arguably the most sophisticated and advanced system available of its kind in the world. ETSL was established in 2000 and practices a business philosophy based on a partnering approach, where the company takes the time to understand the client’s needs and uses this knowledge to deliver results in a way that is important and useful to them. ETSL has, and continues to assist small to large organisations like Parliamentary Services, New Zealand Defence Force, Wellington City Council, New Plymouth District Council, University of Canterbury, Bupa, Two Degrees Mobile, etc. For more information, visit www.energyts.com and www.e-Bench.com

CEMARS™ is a wholly owned and registered trademark of carboNZero Holdings.

e-Bench™ is a wholly owned and registered trademark of Energy and Technology Services Limited.
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