Wingates

At Wingates, we believe that world-class Architecture, Interior Design and building performance and occupant wellness are intrinsically connected. Our humanistic approach to
sustainable design for wellness acknowledges that performance is driven by people, place, and program. We are the kaitiaki – guardians of the environment - and by blurring the boundaries between inside and outside, our buildings and spaces connect people to nature, leading to healthy and productive environments where individuals are engaged in their surroundings. Aligning with our strong ESG propositions, we are passionate about creating long term value for people and the planet. It is more than just sustainability. It is a holistic
approach that drives us to create better environments now and in the future.

Embedded in our purpose is to create places that care and we approach all designs with this foundation ensuring we provide solutions that respect and connect the surrounding environment with both current and future
generations in mind. At Wingates, we believe that a well-designed workplace should also support these objectives for your people. Positive health and wellbeing changes for all should start with your own workplaces and provide inspiration that can be transferred to your clients and customers. By undertaking these steps to ensure that the workplace environment is designed to put people first and allow all who work there the opportunity to lead their healthiest life we see enormous long-term holistic benefits for all your teams. Feeling like a whanau, performing like a team. 

Our design methodology is built around the Te Aranga design principles framework - through which all design decisions can be tested against, whether social, cultural, environmental, or spiritual. These design principles also encourage sustainable design practice which seeks to enhance the natural environment and tools such as Greenstar and Living Building Challenge are also methods for measuring a project’s environmental outcomes. We are active members of the New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC), Living Building challenge including LBC Core, Lifemark NZ and WELL Building and Nabers certification methods.

Wingates are an active member of the New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC) and many of our projects are aspiring for Green Star Accreditation. Green Star assesses the important elements of a project’s sustainability across key categories. Each category includes benchmark for a lower-carbon, healthy project. A building, fitout, or precinct is awarded a rating by an independent, third-party assessor. This is a holistic tool that awards points across various credits to rate a building’s performance and environmental impact. Each tool consists of a number of mandatory minimum requirements and optional credits.

Wingates are Toitū net carbonzero certified. This is something which we believe is amongst our highest priorities as a business and reflects our collective belief that we all need to act right now. Wingates aim to reflect our commitment to sustainable development through the way we dispose and manage waste in all of our locations.

As part of our commitment, we will seek to:

Minimise waste produced.

Maximise reuse of waste materials.

Increase the proportion of waste recycled.

We will always actively seek out opportunities to eliminate waste arising, find new ways of disposing of waste and increase the proportion of materials recycled where possible. We will ensure procedures and equipment are in place for the safe storage, collection, handling and treatment of waste. We will promote the use of reusable, recyclable and recycled products through our purchasing policies. We will continue to raise awareness relating to waste and actively promote positive attitudes and actions of our people to deliver effective waste minimisation and recycling.