By the end of May 2010, only 45 organisations
were certified by the Government's "carboNZero" program
(www.carbonzero.co.nz) and expirations meant that only
17 SMEs were certified as at July 2010. The country has the
oldest, dirtiest, and least efficient car fleet in the developed
world. There is an almost complete lack of structured research
being published on this area in New Zealand and the country's
profile in the peer-reviewed business and economic literature
on green initiatives is extremely low.
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