Pāmu

With the introduction of new furniture into the office, it was critical that we worked with Pāmu to responsibly repurpose the product that was being replaced.

We partnered with All Heart NZ and Freear Philip to redirect and repurpose the surplus items, ensuring we achieved a sustainable, ethical and socially responsible procurement and supply chain management process.

This was our first project using All Heart NZ to assist in the redirection of unwanted furniture items and the collaboration saw us repurpose over 198 pieces of Pāmu’s excess furniture, including 70 corner workstations.

We were able to achieve a zero-waste metric for the decommissioned product, ensuring that none of it went to landfill. 100% of the spare furniture was effectively redistributed out into the Wellington community.

The partnership was incredibly successful, we were able to avoid significant carbon emissions and support local communities in need.

The total weight of the furniture was 12,160kgs. Based on calculations used by All Heart NZ, we estimate the carbon emissions avoided are 14.47 tonnes.

We also estimate the community impact value to be $31,251.00, this is measured by a local community being able to reuse, repurpose, and/or resell these items with 100% of the benefit going to people in need.