Southern Pastures, the ethical dairy investment fund and owner of Lewis Road Creamery has earned NZ's first nomination at the World Sustainability Awards. Named a finalist in the Sustainability Excellence Award category, they are up against nine other businesses.
"We are both proud and humbled to be amongst a line-up of extremely impressive leaders, projects and organisations around the world. As far as we're aware, we're the first company from Aotearoa New Zealand, to make the shortlist. That's down to the authentic story we're able to share about our on-farm sustainability practices, our rigorous independent audit process, all the way through to the Ten Star butter we have on the shelf in NZ, Singapore, and the USA," said Lynette Maan, Marketing Director.
The judging panel for the awards consists of the Chief Sustainability Officers from Walgreens Boots, Colgate Palmolive, AT&T, PepsiCo, Schneider Electric, Telus, CBRE, Heineken, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and Societe Generale, among others. Last year's winners included a variety of smaller innovative organisations and major global brands such as Hilton, Siemens, Walgreens Boots, Mondelez, and Deutsche Post.
"The entries I have reviewed exemplify what it means to be committed to sustainability. While aspirational goals are great and necessary, it's inspiring to learn about the real work occurring across these categories, delivering results on issues that matter most," said Trudy Slagle, Awards Judge and Senior Executive Environmental Social Governance Administration at Lamb Weston.
Winners for the awards will be crowned on 13 October 2022 in a live ceremony at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Munich, following the World Sustainability Congress 2022.
