We respect our communities and the environment. This is our source of inspiration and commerce. We embrace sustainable thinking and action, caring for the future of people and nature.

We believe that business has the potential to make the world a better place across all dimensions of sustainability – economically, socially, environmentally and culturally.

Sustainable living starts with happy, healthy people. Our wellness philosophy promotes work-life balance through flexible working arrangements, subsidies for health and fitness and health education.

Our product donations are supporting communities in need around the world - burns clinics in Iraq, Leprosy clinics in South-East Asia and orphanages in India.

We are committed to designing product packaging that minimises our environmental footprint, with a vision of taking nothing from the earth that cannot be reused by nature.

We aim to use only ingredients from sustainable and renewable sources around the world. Through Manuka planting programs we are actively ensuring a sustainable resource. 

We can learn to mimic nature’s ability to heal. What we take from the natural environment we must replenish and nurture.

Natural health company Comvita is the first organisation to renew its City Partner agreement.

Comvita, manufacturer of Manuka honey and natural health products, has been a City Partner since 2004 and has just signed a second five-year agreement with the city.

The agreement will see the Paengaroa-based company continue to support tree planting in Kopurererua Valley as part of a massive revegetation project through the valley. Comvita will also continue to lead the Birds, Bees, Kids and Trees (BBKT) programme which educates school children on the life cycle of plants and animals.

“The City Partner programme gives Comvita the opportunity to make a lasting positive benefit to the community and to share our passion for the environment and all things natural with the leaders of the future,” said Chief Executive Brett Hewlett.

The Comvita BBKT kiosk at Kopurererua Valley can be accessed from Faulkner St.