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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
| Updated:06/10/2011 |

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
| Updated:23/12/2010 |

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
| Resource type: Tool | Updated:23/12/2010 |

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
| Resource type: Guide | Updated:01/12/2010 |

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
| Resource type: Programme | Updated:05/11/2010 |

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
| Resource type: Report | Updated:17/08/2010 |

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
| Resource type: Guidelines | Updated:17/08/2010 |

List of useful furniture links Source: Ministry for the Environment
| Resource type: Website |

List of useful boat building links Source: Ministry for the Environment
| Resource type: Website |

List of useful packaging links Source: Ministry for the Environment
| Resource type: Website |

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