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Employing Māori and Pacific peoples
How well are Māori and Pacific peoples represented in the New Zealand steel industry? This was one of the questions we commissioned economic research agency Berl to answer as part of our focus on better understanding the social, cultural and economic sustainability of our industry. As it turns out, the New Zealand steel industry is an important source of employment and career opportunities for Māori and Pacific peoples. Here’s a snapshot – and you can read the full report here…
Going for Gold, Bronze and Silver
Building your business’ sustainability credentials is a journey, and it’s one that the Sustainable Steel Council helps you make through the SSC Chartered membership process. Part of this process is about helping businesses identify where they are at on the journey and helping them identify what’s needed to move on to the next stage. With that in mind, we’re excited to launch a new three-tier system for our SSC Chartered membership – Gold, Silver and Bronze, designed to better recognise…
Our advice to the Climate Change Commission
The Sustainable Steel Council congratulates the Climate Change Commission (CCC) on its first draft package of advice to Government  We largely support the CCC’s advice on the actions government needs to take to reach net-zero by 2050, and ensure a just transition to a low-emissions, climate resilient and thriving Aotearoa. However, there a some key issues that are not addressed and as outlined in submission, we’re encouraging the CC to consider. One of these is reliance on electricity. New Zealand…
Six reasons why steel is a choice for the future
Steel’s sustainability credentials are under increasing scrutiny. For example, through the New Zealand Government’s tendering process and changes proposed to the Building Code as indicated in the Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment’s Building for Climate Change programme. To assist the steel industry to respond to questions about the sustainability credentials of steel, and proactively promote its benefits we have developed a fact sheet outlining Six reasons to choose steel and six reasons why it’s good for intergenerational wellbeing This…
Sustainability Key Messages – Member Workshop
Have you ever been asked about the sustainability credentials of steel and the steel industry? Or perhaps you’re wanting to develop marketing collateral or a report that provides compelling and credible sustainability information. We know it’s not always easy to be sure that you have all the right information on hand – and that it’s consistent with what else is being said. That is why we are offering a special workshop for our members focused around a set of key…
Government’s Building for Climate Change Programme – nice vision, simplistic approach
The Sustainable Steel Council very much supports the intent of the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment’s proposed Building for Climate Change (BfCC) Programme – to transform the building and construction sector and improve New Zealand’s climate resilience. Great stuff – that’s where we are aligned. We also agree that a systems-change is needed, and that means changes in the attitudes and beliefs of people making the day to day decisions as well as those of the consumers who drive…
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The Aotearoa Transformation Agenda & Plan

The Aotearoa Transformation Agenda & Plan is an industry-wide blue-print to position our industry for a sustainable future.

It’s based on Treasury’s Living Standards Framework, which looks at performance across four capitals:

  • Human capital
  • Social Capital
  • Natural Capital, and
  • Financial Capital.

This is a really important agenda to us, and we’re very passionate about driving its uptake – because we know it’s the right thing to do!

We want to be seen as a forward thinking industry, that directs its own future… rather than an industry dinosaur! We also see this as a key way to engage our tribe of metalheads to innovate successfully and work together for the benefit of our industry overall.

For our member companies, having a document like this gives you a means to promote your contributions to the Living Standards Framework and leverage it in tenders and public relations. It also helps you identify industry priorities for Government support.

We want you to be able to see your own organisation’s contribution to the bigger picture, and create alignment on the important issues across our industry.

View and download The-Aotearoa-Steel-Industry-Transformation-Agenda & Plan

It’s comprised of two documents:

  • The Aotearoa Transformation Agenda – This sets out the goals of where the industry needs to get to in order to be prepared for the future
  • The Aotearoa Transformation Plan – This sets out the actions that we’ll need to undertake in order to achieve the Agenda. Goals and plans to achieve these will be set across three timeframes – immediate (now to 12 months), medium term and long-term.

Click HERE  to view and down the Agenda & Plan

Who is covered?

As this is a voluntary process – our hope is that this Agenda & Plan will cover as much of the steel industry as possible.

Ultimately, those committed will be those who buy into it’s value, and how it can help our industry to work together and have a meaningful impact on the inter-generational wellbeing of Kiwis.

From a materials perspective it covers both carbon and stainless steel, across all steel products and applications. This includes steel roofing, light gauge framing, stainless steel manufacturing, structural steel fabrication and more.

Three categories of participation:

  1. Manufacturer (New Zealand Steel is working on their section now)
  2. Rest of the channel (e.g. rollformers, fabricators, designers etc), and
  3. Industry support organisations (SCNZ, Metals NZ, NZSSDA, MRM, NASH etc).

We’re asking our industry to step up by signing and committing themselves to the Agenda & Plan now.

Be an industry leader and sign and commit to this Agenda and Plan!