Marley, as part of the Aliaxis New Zealand group, has joined Meridian Energy’s Certified Renewable Energy programme and are proud to be with Meridian because they’re leaders in sustainability and are committed to only generating electricity from 100% renewable sources — wind, water and sun.

Globally Aliaxis has a goal to reach 100% renewable electricity by 2025 to help reduce their CO2 emissions by 75% per tonne of production on all sites.

Meridian’s Certified Renewable Energy product allows Marley to purchase renewable energy certificates to verify that the amount of electricity they use from the grid is matched on an annual basis with electricity produced from Meridian’s certified hydro stations and wind farms.

Committing to this programme enables Marley and the wider Aliaxis NZ group to report their Scope 2 electricity emissions as zero*.

By supporting this programme Marley hope other businesses will get on board to drive demand for renewable energy and enable all other energy generators to invest in renewable energy and drive New Zealand towards its own goal of 100% renewable energy by 2030.

In addition to this new initiative, Marley and Aliaxis are focused on a number of other areas to reduce their own environmental impact and support communities to do the same. In recent years, Marley has launched new rain-harvesting products such as the Twist water diverter and Curve leaf diverter that help people collect their own rainwater and improve the quality of the water they collect. Furthermore, they utilise recycled content in a number of their product ranges and are actively working to increase this while maintaining product quality and performance.

They also continue to expand their commitment to the circular economy by taking back and recycling products when they reach end of life as well as collaborating with other manufacturers to divert their plastic waste streams from landfill using Marley’s on-site recycling capabilities. Check out Holiday Records for a small example of a recent collaboration with a local NZ vinyl record manufacturer.

To find out more about Meridian Energy’s Certified Renewable Energy programme go to www.meridian.co.nz/certified for more info.