Existing Business Capability Efforts
46. In order to capitalise on opportunities for using environmental integrity for economic advantage, businesses will need to be able to access different capability or eco-verification programmes according to their particular needs. These will vary depending on the business they are in and which particular market they wish to access.
47. There is already a wide range of existing programmes, provided by a variety of government agencies and NGOs, designed to assist New Zealand businesses to become more sustainable (see summary in Annex 1).
48. Many of these are under-utilised. Part of the reason for this is that businesses are unaware of the range and scope of the services available or simply find them confusing. Exacerbating this is the fact that these services largely sit outside mainstream business channels, can be poorly targeted at market outcomes, and suffer from a lack of investment and co-ordination. There is significant scope to improve the quality, relevance and accessibility of these services.
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