ASSIST
Aroha Social and Sustainable Initiatives Serving Tāmaki Makaurau
In 2021, we have put this programme in place to guide us in setting goals in social and sustainability practices.
Our entire business model is based on natural funeral practices, including the avoidance of embalming wherever possible. See our eco-friendly practices page for more information.
We have joined Sustainable Business Network, partnered with Trees for Survival, and record carbon emissions using Carbon Click calculator.
We can connect our families with organisations for organ and tissue donation.
We support local businesses and charities.
Trees for Survival
Trees for Survival is a charitable trust which works with schools and local communities to grow and plant native trees along waterways and on erosion prone hillsides.
We support a local school (Papakura Normal) with their tree planting days. For 2021 we have helped them plant 975 native plants.
See more information
We donate $6 per cremation to TFS which offsets the carbon emissions created by each cremation. TFS uses this donation to plant a tree for each cremation.
See more information
Cremations from July 2022 to December 2022
Cremations since rebranding as Aroha Funerals
Trees planted to December, 2022
To go!!
Sustainable Business Network
Sustainable Business Network is a business organisation that encourages and supports sustainability in NZ businesses. It provides a network that enables system change in the areas of climate, waste and water.
Find out more
Carbon Click
CarbonClick empowers businesses and their customers to tackle climate change, by making carbon offsets simple, trustworthy and cost effective.
The CarbonClick calculator shows our business emissions are 8.39 tonnes of CO2 in 2020 – the breakdown of these is shown below. This is a starting point, and we will continue to measure these, and reduce emissions where possible.
Aotearoa Natural Funerals Association
ANFA brings together people in the funeral industry who employ holistic and natural funeral practices, in order to:
- Share industry knowledge among members
- Advocate nationally and locally for members
- Promote ethical practice
- Apply profits of ANFA to further the objectives of ANFA
Website will be available later in 2021
Local businesses supported
| ADROiT Multimedia Videography |
www.adroitmultimedia.co.nz |
| Bud Floristry |
www.heybud.com |
| Catering by Debbie Catering |
www.cateringbydebbie.co.nz |
| Departure Lounge Caskets Casket Supplier |
View information sheet |
| DVD Conversions Videography |
digitalmix.co.nz/funeral-livestreaming |
| Gatting’s Catering |
www.gattings.co.nz |
| One Stop Copy Printing |
www.onestopcopy.co.nz |
| Peter Hendriks Panel & Paint Casket Painting |
www.peterhendriks.co.nz |
| Purewa Cemetery and Crematory |
www.purewa.co.nz |
| Remembrance Video Videography |
www.facebook.com/remembrancevideo |
| The Grief Centre Bereavement Support |
www.griefcentre.org.nz |
| The Wild Rose Floristry |
www.thewildrose.co.nz |
Local charities supported
| Guardian Angels
Supports the needs of terminally ill children and their families. |
| Kenzie’s Gift
Supports the mental health of tamariki (children), mātātahi (young people) and families affected by serious illness or bereavement.
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| Baby Loss
Supports parents and their families who have experienced the death of a baby during pregnancy, at birth or in infancy. |
| Timmy Smith
Bespoke commemmorative jewellery. |
| Sweet Louise
Sweet Louise provides practical, emotional and social support and services for New Zealanders living with incurable breast cancer. We provide the compassion and care they need to live as well as possible, for as long as possible. |
