New Zealand businesses geared to environmental sustainability and local manufacturers are championed at the Green Party’s sustainable business policy launch for the 2008 election in central Auckland this evening.
Speaking at the launch, Greens Regional Economic Development Spokesperson Sue Bradford says: “We are keen to let the business community know that the Green Party has a vision for businesses in this country which is exciting and responsible. “We aim to maximise the economic and environmental benefits of sustainability in business, and to nurture local manufacturing and production.
The Government should be helping the struggling timber industry through the downturn, but purchasing their plants is not the way to do it, the Green Party says.
"I can understand the calls for the Government take over where industry seems to have failed," Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says.
The Green Party encourages the Government to move as quickly as possible on plans to assemble new KiwiRail locomotives in New Zealand, says Regional Economic Development Spokesperson Sue Bradford.
“Assembling our own trains here is exactly the sort of investment New Zealand needs to counter the effects of the global economic slow down.
With 320 job losses at Sealord's Nelson mussel factory and 138 meatworks jobs going from Dunedin, Thursday's budget needs to raise benefits and rebuild local economies, Green Party Regional Development Spokesperson Sue Bradford says.
The anticipated closure of the Carter Holt Harvey timber mill in Kopu near Thames is a tragedy that might have been avoided with industry leadership and planning, Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says.
Green Party Social Development spokesperson Sue Bradford is welcoming the delayed publication of an important report that fell victim to political interference from the Government.
Green Regional Economic Development spokesperson Sue Bradford has expressed her sympathy for the employees of the Norsewear clothing label and expressed her disappointed in hearing that the iconic kiwi brand may be moving manufacturing offshore.
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