Outcome Five: Business
Pakihi
Low-emission businesses thrive | Ka ora ai kā pakihi tukuwaro-iti
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Key
2022-2025Year of deliveryAdaptationMitigationBiodiversity and sequestrationOur tourism system is regenerative by 20305.1
Partner with the Regional Tourism Operators to create a Destination Management Plan to achieve regenerative tourism by 2030. The plan takes a whole of system approach and includes:
- Partnership with Kāi Tahu.
- Emissions and waste reduction initiatives and measures across the visitor economy.
- Capability building programmes for businesses, community, and the workforce.
- A marketing model that attracts values-based visitors.
- Visitor mode shift from private vehicles to public and active transport.
- Tools to help visitors to give back e.g. to biodiversity enhancing initiatives.
- Effective targets, data, and monitoring.
- Strong community engagement.
UPDATEUpdate
9 June 2024The Queenstown Lakes' Destination Management plan, "Travel to a thriving future" was launched in Feb 2022 and aims to achieve regenerative tourism and a carbon zero visitor economy by 2030. QLDC is a key partner of the plan and it involved inputs from the Resilience & Climate Action team as well as a wide range of business and community stakeholders. Further information can be found here: https://www.queenstownnz.co.nz/regenerative-tourism-2030
COMPLETE5.2
Implement the actions outlined in the Destination Management Plan.
UPDATEUpdate
10 June 2024The QLDC Resilience & Climate Action team have provided funding and resourcing support for the delivery of key actions within the Destination Management Plan. This has included a discussion paper to guide decarbonisation across the district (Project 9) and coordination support for emergency and climate adaptation preparedness (Project 18). Support is also being provided for studies into into optimal visitor levels and a new innovative approach to sharing information on environmental performance of tourism activities.
2023-2025We support businesses to transition to a low emission future5.3
Develop a Diversification Plan that includes climate action as a key principle.
UPDATEUpdate
9 June 2024The Queenstown Lakes Draft Economic Diversification Plan "New pathways to a thriving future" has been developed and was released for consultation in November/December. The goal for the plan is “A resilient and sustainable economy offering a diverse range of career and income opportunities by 2050”, which intersects strongly with the goals of the Climate & Biodiversity Plan.
The QLDC Economic Futures team have been processing feedback from the consultation with the support of key stakeholders, including Climate Reference Group members.
2022-20245.4
Amplify and support programmes to assist businesses to be energy efficient, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, waste, and water use.
UPDATEUpdate
10 June 2024Funding support has been provided to the WAO Climate Action Initiative to help support the development and delivery of a programme that supports organisations to 'know their number' and take proactive steps towards emissions reduction investments. Opportunities to accelerate and scale up the programme are being investigated. Support is also being provided for new innovative approach to sharing information on environmental performance of tourism activities
2023-20255.5
Develop a sustainability plan template with guidelines for event organisers and embed this into the processes for QLDC’s event approval and funding.
UPDATEUpdate
27 May 2024The Event Waste and Emissions Reduction Guide and Toolkit is now available on QLDC’s website and provides templates, checklists, top tips and supporting resources to help event organisers reduce their event’s impacts:
QLDC also funded Sustainable Events workshops in Queenstown and Wānaka for event organisers, prior to the opening of the Council Events Funding round in April. The workshop was facilitated by Wao with presentations from Wastebusters and Environmental Accounting Services, and focussed on minimising waste and greenhouse gas emissions from events held in the district.2022-2023 -
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