In partnership with Rātā Foundation, our Earth+ Resilience and Emissions Reduction programme has been designed to flip-the-script on climate change, empowering your organisation to proactively prepare for the future and kitting you with the tools, support and network to make a difference; and it’s free of charge!
About the programme:
With the support of the Terra Nova team and other programme participants, we will explore the impacts of climate change on your organisation and develop an action plan based on the unique strengths of your team, backed up with practical tools for implementation. We will identify the obstacles to and opportunities for action and work with you to integrate meaningful change strategy that aligns with organisational capacity and resource.
Measure and reduce your organisations’ carbon footprint
Strengthen resilience strategy and embed environmental wellbeing into decision making
Prepare your organisation for the future, better communicate your impact and access resources to enable change
It begins with a 1-day interactive workshop to kick things off. By the end of the workshop, you will walk away with:
“This is easily one of the most vital and empowering workshops I’ve attended in many years. It has provided us with knowledge, tools and a pathway that will help to build our resilience as an organisation, and increase our impact in the face of the significant change and disruption the future holds.”
“This resilience workshop totally exceeded my expectations. The depth of knowledge both Gloria and Rose had was extensive, the delivery was engaging, the wealth of workshop materials provided and access to the Earth Positive and Cogo Websites, resulted in an very worthwhile workshop session that delivered on the day and will continue to deliver.”
“This workshop gave clear tools, information, and support to help our organisation address the part we play in ensuring our world is cared for, both now and for the future of our children and their children.”
To join the programme, please fill out the registration form and indicate your preferred date to attend the introductory workshop (if there is more than one which suits, select all that apply and we will enroll you in the first one which has availability). A member of the Terra Nova team will be in touch to confirm your registration once it has been submitted.
Cost: Participation in the programme is supported by The Rātā Foundation and is at no cost to participants. Please note that positions are limited and by registering you are indicating your firm commitment to attend the workshop and participate in the programme.
Workshop requirements: You will need to bring a laptop and have access to your organisation’s Xero, Kiwibank or MYOB account to sign up for the Cogo Carbon Manager tool.
In-Person
9th October | Central Ōtautahi/Christchurch
Online
19th October | Zoom
The programme is for non-profit organisations.
Community organisations have told Rātā they want to do their bit to contribute to reducing the impacts of climate change. However, it’s not always easy to know where to start. Rātā Foundation is also on this journey, and want to walk alongside organisations as they navigate taking the first step. Rātā has partnered with Terra Nova to support organisations to build the knowledge and skills to start their climate action journey.
There is no cost to take part in the programme. After the workshop it is up to each organisation to determine how much mahi it will do. Ongoing support through the online community and access to the Cogo Carbon Manager tool is free until the end of 2025.
The programme has been designed to provide you with effective, flexible support to build your organisation’s capability to improve your resilience to climate change impacts and take action to reduce your environmental impact. There’s no time like the present to get started on your climate journey.
Through the programme, you will be supported to:
Will this commit our organisation to taking climate action?
The programme’s intent is to grow the sector’s capability to respond to climate change. The programme is flexible in nature, meaning that once you have attended the initial workshop you can, at your own pace, access tools and templates, individualised support from experts and an online community of organisations that have also embarked on a journey towards resilience and reduced emissions.
We suggest two to three attendees from organisations attend. To make the most of the workshop we suggest a member of the leadership team take part, and if you have a team member who has – or may have – responsibilities for your organisation’s climate commitment, it would be beneficial if they attend.
The session focusing on carbon measurement requires familiarity with, and access to, your organisation’s Xero, MYOB, or Kiwibank account, which may require an additional team member attending for that session.
No, there is no obligation to report back to Rātā on your participation.
No, this programme is independent of any current or future funding applications you have with Rātā.
No, though Terra Nova Foundation is always happy to receive your feedback and to hear about your successes along the way. We encourage you to share with others the actions you are taking to reduce your carbon footprint so that others can benefit from your leadership and shared knowledge. We find that participants in the programme want to share as they make a difference quickly.
The initial time commitment is 1.5 days for the workshop. Following the workshop, you are free to set your own pace and access the support available through the community as and when necessary.
Cogo is an international award winning company born in Aotearoa NZ which delivers a simple and user-friendly platform for SME’s to measure, report on and reduce their carbon emissions.
The platform uses an organisations’ spend records to classify and assign a carbon value to each transaction, which is then collated to estimate an overall carbon footprint. Users are then guided to actions that can be taken to reduce emissions, tailored to the emissions contributors within their unique footprint.
The financial information used to generate a footprint is carefully managed so it is only visible to the user and the tool cannot be used to edit or amend accounting records.
Each organisation will manage their own data within the Cogo tool to ensure confidentiality. The overall emissions reduction of participating organisations will be measurable through anonymised collective data.
Yes. You will need to bring a device so you can access the Cogo Carbon Manager tool, sign up to our online community, and take part in some of the workshop exercises.
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