Aug 26, 2019 | Katherine Rich Comments
Confidence surveys show that after a positive start to the year, many businesses are struggling to deal with a combination of factors that are driving down their confidence to invest further in their own business, such as upgrading equipment or innovating. Two bank...
Aug 14, 2019 | Latest News
One of New Zealand’s biggest honey producers and exporters, Arataki Honey, has announced two major sustainability initiatives involving power use and packaging. It has installed 250 solar panels at its production plant in Hawke’s Bay that it hopes will halve its...
Aug 12, 2019 | Katherine Rich Comments
Environmental sustainability has become a big part of most companies’ thinking and planning, and those in food and grocery are doing some of the ground-breaking work on this. Starting with the supermarket chains, everyone’s aware of their bans on the use of single-use...
Aug 5, 2019 | Latest News
FGC is one of five organisations to receive a grant from ACC to develop projects to help reduce injuries in the workplace. The $1.5 million grant is part of a $22 million injury prevention programme by ACC that includes the forestry and construction industries and...
Aug 5, 2019 | Health & Safety
FGC is forming a special group to help tackle injuries in the retail and supply chain parts of the FMCG sector. Using a $1.5 million grant from ACC, part of a $22 million injury prevention programme that includes the forestry and construction industries and three...