The OECD Sustainable Manufacturing Toolkit provides a practical starting point for businesses around the world to improve the efficiency of their production processes and products in a way to contribute to sustainable development and green growth. Source: OECD

The Tool evaluates waste, energy, toxics and water in materials and manufacturing, enabling companies to affect the most significant components of a product’s environmental impact. Source: Nike

Leanstep is a free online tool to help your business improve its productivity performance through the use of lean manufacturing techniques. It’s been developed specifically for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in New Zealand by ManufacturingNZ, in collaboration with business and lean organisations. Source: Manufacturing NZ

This guide explains how opportunities provided by an understanding of sustainability are vital to the success of your export business. Source: New Zealand Trade and Enterprise

The LCM project aims to build skills and capacity within New Zealand manufacturing companies to embrace the principle of continuous environmental improvement from a product perspective. Source: Landcare Research

This report outlines how industries are going to develop a common language to enable more meaningful and informed dialogue between trading partners and within industry groups about the relationship between packaging and sustainability. Source: Consumer Goods Forum

Packaging sustainability framework and measurement system which large corporates are trialling, in the hopes of developing a global standard. It lists 52 indicators for packaging sustainability. Source: Consumer Goods Forum

List of useful furniture links Source: Ministry for the Environment

List of useful boat building links Source: Ministry for the Environment

List of useful packaging links Source: Ministry for the Environment