Certified Renewable Energy

Upbeat music plays quietly in the background as an aerial view of a roof covered in solar panels is seen. 
See a lady in a high vis jacket opening the side of an EV van. The van has the words ‘Meridian. The Power to Make a Difference’, on the passenger door, and Satisfy Food Rescue written on the side door. 

See a waitress with the name badge ‘Michaela’, picking up plates in a busy restaurant. See a group of conversation volunteers walking through the Kaipātiki Project EcoHub, there’s native plants in the background and dense forest in the distance. 
 
Voice over: Climate change can’t be solved by one company, one person, or one community. We need to work together to make a difference. 
 
See three large wind turbines spinning on a cloudy day. See an aerial shot of a hydro dam generation station surrounded by bare landscape and hills. 
 
Voiceover while you see the following changing scenes: As New Zealand’s largest generator of renewable energy, we’ve partnered with our Certified customers to help selected community groups reduce their carbon emissions. 
The camera pans slowly onto a sign saying Kaipātiki Project, native plants and dense forest are in the distance. See a sign fixed to the outside of an office that says Hōhepa. See the outside of a colourful building with lots of windows, the signage on the building says Waipuna Community, Youth and Child Services. 

See a sign on the street. The sign says ‘Everybody Eats. Pay-as-you-feel (Koha) 3 course meal’. There is a print out of tonight's menu attached to the sign. There is an arrow on the sign pointing towards the restaurant entrance. 
See a bright blue electric ute from above driving into a field with dense forest in the background and new native plants sprouting out of the ground. Two men get out of the ute wearing high-vis. The back of the ute is filled with tools and equipment for conversation work. Printed on the back of the ute in white is ‘This ute is funded by Meridian’.
 
Narrator continues to speak as the scenes change below: Meridian’s Certified product allows business customers to match the electricity they use from the grid with an equivalent amount generated by one of Meridian’s hydro dams or wind farms, which have been certified as producing 100% renewable electricity. 

And 100% of the net proceeds from our Certified product goes into Meridian’s Decarbonisation Fund which invests in meaningful community projects that help reduce carbon emissions. 
 
See an aerial shot of a wind farm showing many wind turbines turning, and a vast green landscape in the background. 
 
See an aerial shot of large transformer pylons and electricity cables stretching across a lake and up a hill. 
 
See a hydro dam building, lake and large pipes flowing down to the generation building. 
See large wind farm working on a cloudy day. The supporters certified logo shows on screen. This is an oblong logo with Certified Renewable Electricity Generation written inside along with the turbine logo. See meridian.co.nz/certified also comes on to screen. 

See an EV ute driving quickly past with Ngā Manu Nature reserve written on the side, along with the Meridian name and logo. See the ute pull out of the Ngā Manu Reserve property and drive along the road. 

See the outside of a shed with a sign EcoMatters Bike Hub. Then see a bike go past a white EV van that has a sign with – Thanks to the Meridian Decarbonisation Fund – on the side. 
See a pale blue EV van back out of a park in the Hōhepa Wellington community and drive forward. See a white EV van, with a Meridian logo on the door and an Everbody Eats logo on the side, drive quickly past. 
See solar arrays on the Waipuna Community building. See the outside of the Waipuna building and the colourful cartoon artwork along the side of the building. The sign says Waipuna Community, Youth and Child Services. St John of God Hauora Trust. 
 
Kath Prins – General Manager, Waipuna Community, Youth & Child Services, speaks to the camera: We can be more sustainable as an organisation and we can cut some costs so we can put that money back into our young people. 
 
Brent Bielby – Team Lead Bikes, EcoMatters speaks to camera. He is standing outside the EcoMatters bike hub and their EV van: We’re able to save on fuel costs and the money we save we’re able to put back into supporting more people getting on bikes. 
 
See Brent loading a bike into the EV van next to others. See arial shot of the EcoMatters EV van driving away from the Bike hub. See many bikes lined up outside the hub. 
 
Narrator continues to speak as the scenes change: The fund helps community organisations make the switch to sustainable energy solutions. 

From electric vehicles that reduce carbon emissions. 

See the operations screen of an EV van, there’s functions for Apple CarPlay, Bluetooth and A/C on the screen, as well as an image of the car showcasing the EV’s various features. See Satisfy Food Rescue van up close with someone opening the back door. 
 
Phillipa Hunt – Founder/Chairperson - Satisfy Food Rescue, speaks to camera: We were able to purchase a brand new EV van, which has been fantastic, that has allowed us to grow our operations so we’re supporting more people in need. 
 
See the Satisfy Food Rescue EV van pulling away from the warehouse and see workers packing boxes of fruit inside the warehouse wearing high vis vests. 
 
Narrator speaks while the scenes change: To solar arrays that harness the power of the sun, these changes make a big difference in our communities. 
 
See aerial shot of the top of a building at Ngā Manu Nature Reserve covered in solar panels. See the top of the Waipuna building covered in solar panels. See two more buildings at Ngā Manu Nature Reserve with solar panels on the roof, surrounded by bush and a lake. 
 
Anna McKenzie Hawea – General Manager – Ngā Manu Nature Reserve speaks to the camera: Without their support we wouldn’t have been able to put solar panels on three of our buildings and with the money we’re saving from that, we can put that back into our conservation projects that are the core of our kaupapa. 
 
Narrator continues to speak as the scenes change: At Meridian we’re committed to doing good things with our energy. 

And thanks to our Certified customers together, we’re creating a brighter, more sustainable future for all kiwis. 
 
See an aerial scene of a wind farm and six large wind turbines working on top of a hill surrounded by bush. See close up of the top of a wind turbine looking out over the mountains, river and green farmland. 

See Anna McKenzie Hawea getting out of the Ngā Manu Nature Reserve EV ute and walk past the camera smiling. See two workers from Everybody Eats carrying boxes of food across a Wellington street. The Everybody Eats EV van is in the background. 
 
See Brent Bielby from EcoMatters load a bike into the EV van. See two waitresses at the Everybody Eats restaurant, listening to a chef and smiling. 
 
See the end screen with the Meridian logo in dark blue, the turbine logo is spinning.