The Warehouse is not the only New Zealand supply chain customer driving suppliers to better environment performance. Peter Neilson, the Chief Executive of the New
Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development
(NZBCSD), reported in February 2010 that 28 percent of
New Zealand companies changed suppliers in the preceding
12 months because of poor environmental, social, or ethical
behaviour. The NZBCSD also reported that by the end of
2010 nearly one-third of New Zealand business owners would
have sustainable procurement policies.