Coronet Peak belongs to family owned and operated tourism powerhouse – NZSki. Our sister mountains are across the valley at The Remarkables and further north at Methven’s Mt Hutt.

At NZSki our primary greenhouse gas emission sources are diesel fuel - used for grooming and transport - and electricity. Together our three mountains produce approximately 3000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 and 2 only) annually.

To kick start our journey of becoming carbon neutral by 2030, we have committed to reduce net carbon emissions by 50% in 2023. Here's how we plan to do that;

1. We’ve purchased Meridian Energy’s Certified Renewable Energy product. In conjunction with our emission reduction programs it also means we can report our market-based scope 2 emissions as zero* (our scope 2 emissions are currently reported as over 1000T per annum).

2. Purchasing Carbon Credits from Carbonz – the credits come from native vegetation blocks in the Otago and Canterbury regions; for 2023 this offsets 400T.

3. The continuation of NZSki’s Emission Reduction Initiatives – many of which can be found on this page.

*Using the market-based reporting methodology as per the GHG Protocol’s Scope 2 Guidance.

You’ll notice carbon offsetting is one part of our multi-pronged approach. We know this isn’t a long-term solution and overtime the native trees we plant will begin to sequester carbon, taking over from the credits we purchase. Our most important focus is ensuring we’re doing all we can to minimise our emissions through our carbon reduction initiatives.

To move towards our goal, we are committed to taking advantage of the very best technology available in the industry and this season we will be trialing a Diesel-Electric Groomer at NZSki.

We are always working to do more, but we think this is a pretty good start as we begin our decarbonisation journey. We will continue to keep you posted on our progress.

SNOW ON THE GO

Our snowmaking machines are the best in the business meaning they're energy efficient when using both power and water to make snow. The water used is from our snowmaking reservoirs and these are filled from natural sources such as rain or snow melt.

Our fleet of groomers use a clever SNOWsat programme. This technology measures snow depth on our main trails and allows us to groom slopes more efficiently by only targeting snowmaking where it's needed. This system means 15% less power and diesel used when grooming our slopes.

This season we will also be trialling a diesel-electric groomer.

WASTE MINIMISATION

We have been working hard to significantly reduce waste in our café and restaurant through a number of different initiatives. We have also made a commitment to measure the amount of waste that goes to landfill and our local composting facilities – this will help us gain better understanding of how we can further successfully make reductions.

90% of the tableware we use (mugs, plates, knives, forks) are either reusable or home-compostable

We’ve outlawed takeaway cups, single use sauce packets, and are working to eliminate almost all single use plastic food packaging

RECYCLING & COMPOSTING

All of our recycling is sorted by our team. The glass waste is then put through our on mountain glass crusher. This turns glass bottles into a sand-like substance that is then used to bed pipes in the ground during summer development projects. Our cans, plastic and clean cardboard gets sorted and recycled. We also take everything that can be composted off the mountain to a local facility at the bottom of the mountain - this significantly reduces the amount of waste we send to landfill.