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Sustainability

Let’s get the conservation flowing. As kaitiaki of Cardrona and Treble Cone, caring for our people and place is always at the heart of what we do. We are responsible for nurturing, conserving, and truly regenerating the mountains. After all, it is not about doing less but doing better.

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Planted over 7,000 native seedlings

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Successfully removed over 800 pests

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Eliminated 52,000 plastic bottles annually

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Saved 44,107 guests' car emissions

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Sustainability projects

What We're Doing

我们的废弃物减量行动已经持续超过十年！从2013年开始，我们取消了派类食品的塑料包装，每年减少超过24,000个塑料袋送往填埋场。此后，我们又做了这些努力：

  • 2014年 - 全面取消塑料吸管

  • 2017年 - 餐饮门店全面停用一次性塑料制品

  • 2018年 - 与Wastebusters Wānaka及供应商合作，将旧制服捐赠并再利用

  • 2020年 - 卡德罗纳与三锥山全面停用塑料瓶，每年减少52,000个塑料瓶废弃

  • 2021年 - 移除所有垃圾填埋桶；取消生鲜包装塑料；推行可重复使用餐盒回收系统

  • 2021年 - 卡德罗纳Base Bar转型为植物基餐厅，所有零食包装采用可堆肥材质

  • 2022年 - Captain’s Pizzeria船长披萨馆取消纸板使用，每年减少2万个废弃物

  • 2023年 - Captain’s引入油脂过滤系统，回收废油用于生产生物柴油，同时停用玻璃瓶软饮

  • 2024年 - Captain’s改用现调饮料系统，每年减少超3吨铝罐运输；同时开始堆肥计划，每年减少2吨餐厨垃圾和咖啡渣运输

作为依赖低温的行业，我们深知自己易受气候变化影响，同时也有责任减少碳足迹。我们正与新西兰各大滑雪场合作，开发温室气体计算工具，同时采取了多项行动：

  • 提供免费山路摆渡车，减少单车排放

  • 推动山路沿线拼车接送点，鼓励共乘出行

  • 投资柴油-电动混合型现代雪道压雪车

  • 更新更高效的造雪与运输设备，部分采用混合动力

  • 加入Toitū Carbon Reduce计划，系统化推进减碳

  • 目标到2027年，降低绝对排放或排放强度；到2030年，实现碳排放量减少30%

  • 获得Qualmark Gold金奖认证

修复和恢复雪山的生命力，是我们最重要的承诺之一。通过 Cardrona 和 Treble Cone 的 Plant a Seed 播种项目，我们正在补植原生植物与树种，为鸟类、无脊椎动物和爬行动物打造生态友好栖息地。 我们的行动包括：

  • 在卡德罗纳建立堆肥设施

  • 在三锥山培养蚯蚓农场，将有机废弃物转化为肥料

  • 使用自制堆肥，投入到播种项目中，实现资源循环利用

  • 至今已在卡德罗纳与三锥山种植超过6300株原生植物

与播种计划同步进行，我们致力于移除雪山地区的掠食物种，为原生动植物打造真正安全、多样的生态环境。

  • 加入 Predator Free 2050 项目，助力本地物种复兴

  • 支持新西兰隼（kārearea）、原生植物群与无脊椎动物的繁衍生存

Watch Conservation in Action

Our Projects

Kārearea Project

Cardrona and Treble Cone are leading the charge to protect New Zealand’s native kārearea falcon, working with Parker Conservation to gather data and tackle predators, habitat loss, and human impact.

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Plant a Seed

We’re restoring the lifeforce of the maunga with our Plant a Seed Project, regenerating native plants and habitats while reducing our carbon footprint.

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Ride Tamariki

We believe every local child should have the chance to ski, so we partner with schools and community groups to offer snow experiences for kids and families in need, thanks to our dedicated volunteers.

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Predator Free Maunga

We’re committed to protecting Aotearoa’s native wildlife by removing predators to boost biodiversity on the maunga—join us at Treble Cone and Cardrona in supporting Predator Free 2050.

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All In

We’re making the maunga a safe, supportive, and inclusive space for everyone by advocating for all communities, forming partnerships, and hosting specialised events and programmes.

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Re:Action Uniform Repurpose Project

Fast fashion is a huge problem, so we’re teaming up with Wānaka Wastebusters to rebrand and sell new and preloved uniforms, keeping clothes out of landfill and cutting carbon emissions.

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Frequently
Asked Questions

We have increased our bus capacity at each mountain, but due to us only using experienced drivers and buses suited to alpine conditions, of course our capacity is limited. On busy days, we will ask drivers who are confident driving the mountain road and are able to fill their vehicles to drive up. The new system is designed to maximise all vehicle capacity to reduce the environmental impact of mountain road usage as much as possible, while still operating in a safe and efficient manner.

We have been working hard with our suppliers to reduce and ultimately eliminate packaging from all of our retail products. For any items that we sell in the retail shops, we will remove the packaging and deal with it for you before you leave the shop. Many of our tags and packaging are reused.

There are a number of places where removing the landfill bin is just not practical, safe or appropriate. Medical waste, nappies, sanitary product bins etc. will all be in place for people to use. Our aim is to reduce our landfill waste, and removing bins from public areas will be a huge help here, and over time we will keep working hard to get to zero waste.

These we will collect along with compostable packaging, and combine with organic waste and turn into compost.

Just like at a DOC site, we are asking people to remove their own rubbish and not just dump it. Like we always do, we will sweep the resorts regularly to pick up any dropped litter. We know that people care deeply for the environment and are fundamentally tidy Kiwis, so will take their rubbish home with them.

Reusable Tupperware and/ or beeswax wraps are awesome options!

If you need our help we will gladly help in special circumstances, we aren’t going to leave people stuck!

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Spreading goodness, guardianship and conservation throughout our community.

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