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A Guide to Product Stewardship for Non-priority Products in the Waste Minimisation Act 2008

• About this document
• Introduction
• What can product stewardship do?
• Setting up a product stewardship scheme for accreditation
• Things to consider before applying for accreditation
• Additional information
• Appendix – Frameworks to help develop a product stewardship scheme

Additional information

Below are examples of the types of publications available to support product stewardship in New Zealand. The Ministry for the Environment is not endorsing any particular publication.

Governance

Matheson D. 2004. The complete guide to good governance in organisations and companies.
Auckland: Profile Books.
This guide is for any organisation governed by a board of directors, board of trustees, council, committee or similar governance structure. It is a practical resource suitable for corporate governance and public sector, not-for-profit, membership and sports organisations and trusts.

Corporate governance in New Zealand. 2004, Wellington: Securities Commission.
This guide sets out nine principles of corporate governance for application within a broad range of entities. It supports directors and boards of all types of entities in trying to achieve high standards in corporate responsibility.

The above also comes with a summary handbook for directors, executives and advisors.
Online: http://www.sec-com.govt.nz/publications/documents/governance-principles/index.shtml

Director’s Handbook: The New Zealand working guide. 2008, Wellington: PricewaterhouseCoopers.
This guide focuses on how directors can perform their duties in accordance with New Zealand’s legal requirements and the Institute of Directors’ standards. It provides a series of questions to encourage directors to reflect on their role and the activities they perform.

Online: www.pwc.com/en_NZ/NZ/publications/directors_handbook.pdf

Garratt B. 2003. Thin on top: why corporate governance matters and how to measure and improve board performance. London: Nicholas Brealey.
This publication provides an alternative system of metrics for boards and directors.

Design and operation of schemes

Extended Producer Responsibility: A Guidance Manual for Governments. 2001. Paris: OECD.
This guide on producer responsibility was released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Case studies

The table below lists five product stewardship case studies that can be found on the Ministry for the Environment website.

Websites

The table below lists specific pages on the Ministry for the Environment website that support product stewardship.

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