Today, we started our morning by meeting with the director of corporate sustainability for Sky City. Sky City takes multiple approaches to sustainability such as focusing on 5 sustainability pillars. These 5 sustainability pillars include sky cities customers, the community, their employees, suppliers, and the environment. Their 5 pillars of sustainability allow for the company…
Sky City Group + Exploring Auckland
Today was our first official day of class! We met with Anthony, the Sustainability Manager of SkyCity (a gambling and entertainment company and hotel chain). I learned more of the ins and outs of what it takes to run something as big as SkyCity and make sure that it is sustainable and continues to develop…
Sky City group photo
Sky City, Mt. Eden, and Eden Gardens
Today I learned about the challenges many businesses and corporations like Sky City face when trying to make their practices more sustainable. The speaker was very informative about the different pillars of sustainability they focus on and what different plans they are implementing to increase the scope of their sustainability. The speaker also educated us…
Day 1: Sky City + Zoo
I like Sky City and New Zealand as a whole’s approach to sustainability: that the Earth belongs to not only ourselves but to those who came before us and those who will come after, so it is our duty to keep it clean for future generations. The speaker talked a lot about challenging the norm,…
Sky City Hotel, Maungawhau/Mt. Eden & Eden Garden
skycity hotel: We learned about the sustainable practices that sky city implements into their business and world around them. A big take away was “ESG – Sustainability” the three practices (environmental, social, governance). Our guide, the SkyCity Sustainability Manager, Anthony Thompson not only taught us about their sustainable responsibilities but did a Karakia mo te…
Sky City
I enjoyed learning about how Sky City functions along ESG guidelines. Coming from Vegas, I had some familiarity with casinos so I thought it was unique to learn how Sky City integrates host responsibility policies. While the tracking may seem invasive for the US, I think it would be a big step for sustainability and…
Auckland: Day 1
Sky City: It was very nice to meet the Sustainability Director of Sky City and learn about the hotel’s efforts to be sustainable. I was most interested in learning about their “host responsibility”. The casino staff are trained to check in on their guests in an effort to prevent gambling addictions. We had the afternoon…
Sky city blog
I had a lot of fun learning and exploring sky city. It was very interesting to hear about the sustainability efforts that they are doing. I also enjoyed learning about the casino and how they differ from other casinos in the US. I also visited some botanical gardens and a park that were very pretty.
Day 1: Sky City
It was interesting to finally explore Auckland and get a feel of the city. I was surprised to find how much sustainability plays a role in business in New Zealand. I was curious to learn more about how corporate culture is in New Zealand since it is so money and work oriented in the U.S….
