Vision
To be New Zealand’s premier ecological provider, with a reputation based on outstanding services and impeccable integrity, making a real difference for people and the environment.
Mission statement
- Providing outstanding ecological services to sustain and improve our environments
- To provide high quality and cost-effective ecological information, advice, and technical services to enable clients to achieve sustainable management and enhancement of indigenous biodiversity, ecosystems, and resources
Core values in a nutshell
- Health and safety is paramount
- Delivering outstanding quality and ecological excellence
- Fuelled by passion for nature and our environment
- Solution-based and innovative
- Professional and ethical, with complete integrity and objectivity
- Knowledgeable, up-to-date, and ‘grounded’
- We take a wider view and explain with simplicity and clarity
- Driven by relationships
- Sustainable management
- Community and family based
Strategies
Grow volume and value by:
- Being easy to work with
- Delivering solutions that meet or exceed client expectations
- Developing our people to support the business effectively and efficiently
- Extending our Wildlands brand within New Zealand and the Pacific Region
- Upskilling staff to develop them into more senior roles, and provide opportunities for staff advancement
- Providing opportunities for flexible hours for staff and geographical movement within the company
Guiding principles
- Commitment to the care and enhancement of our natural environment
- Recognition of the fundamental importance of maintaining and enhancing existing indigenous ecosystems and habitats
- A strong focus on ecological restoration and recognition of natural ‘cues’ in the environment
- Development of solutions matched to the natural environment for particular project areas and for New Zealand-wide issues
- A strong focus on the collection of relevant information that enables soundly-based planning and decision-making
- Recognition of the fundamental importance of healthy, functional, ecosystems with diverse complements of plants and animals matched to appropriate habitats
- A focus on providing our clients with a better understanding of the environment to enable them to achieve a better state of the environment
- Integrated planning to protect and enhance the natural environment, combined with careful consideration of the ongoing needs of people, including the use of cost-effective techniques and recognition of actual or potential commercial activities