World-class guest experience is our key deliverable to visitors to our region. But of equal importance to our team, our community and environment, is how we achieve that.
Sustainability exists within our organisation as a living thing, that is assessed at every level, for every decision.
Below we have detailed some of the main initiatives we focus on to operate effectively, and also look after our main resources: our environment and our people.
At Kinross we are always looking towards the future, ensuring that the business is set up to strive long term and navigate through the current unsettled climate with confidence. We focus on opportunities to support our staff individually, as a team more widely a lasting positive impact on the local community, the greater area and environment long term.
Our team are the heart of Kinross. From the moment they arrive at the workplace with fundamental training and their life outside Kinross in the community. Many are from overseas and we know that the Kinross team become their family while in NZ. We choose to work with suppliers with aligned environmental and sustainability goals, and demonstrate manaakitanga internally as much as we do externally with our team, suppliers, agents and industry.
We are dedicated to improving the natural environment, leaving the area better than when we first arrived. Where at all possible steps are constantly taken to reduce our carbon footprint, emission and making the better choice for the environment, in line with the values of kaitiakitanga. This is not done individually but as a team within Kinross moving forward together and something the team is proud to be part of. We are particularly proud of our '200 Hours Promise' and goals for reducing waste for 2023/2024.
At Kinross we work with our team to ensure that they are safe and heard. Everyday practices alongside annual requirements are in place to ensure our team sure have the tools they need to deliver a memorable guest experience for everyone, in a way that is sustainable and safe at all times.
We understand the huge importance Health & safety practices are in ensuring we offer consistently high standard services, in a safe, measurable and sustainable way.
Kinross as a business and a team are guided by the principles of Tikanga Māori, which focus on Manaakitanga (kindness), Kaitiakitanga (guardianship and respect of our environment) and Whanaungataunga (connection with others). In this way we can continue to grow our story in a way that takes care of the eonvironment, the people who work here and the people who visit.
The Tiaki promise was created through a collective desire to share a connection to the natural world, inspiring and helping visitors to travel safely and conscientiously.
In Aotearoa New Zealand, people have a strong connection to the place around them. Tangata whenua (people of this land) see nature as something intrinsically intertwined with their own lives. For Māori, every mountain, every river, every tree has a story. These stories form part of their own identities and help to shape their place in the world.
Tiaki invites us all to look at the world through this indigenous lens. To form a deeper connection with place, and to reflect this in our attitudes and behaviours.
To commit to travelling in this way is to take the Tiaki Promise. We encourage all our visitors to take up this challenge - to honour and respect our environment and tread lightly, open-mindedly, to fully immerse themselves in our culture and home.
