KidsCan is going electric

Meridian has been proud Principal Partner of KidsCan since 2013.

KidsCan support over 1,000 schools and early childhood centres across Aotearoa, to deliver the essentials kids need so they can get the best start in life – like food, shoes, raincoats and other essential items that help kids learn and play.

The KidsCan team spend a lot of time shuttling between their Auckland premises and the schools and early childhood centres they support around the regions. With the funding received from Meridian's Community Decarbonisation Fund, KidsCan have installed an EV charging station and replaced two of their vehicles with electric ones. That’s a fair few tonnes of carbon emissions that they’ll be removing each year!
  
Supporting Kiwi kids is a priority and KidsCan want to do this as sustainably as they can. Meridian is proud to help make this possible through our Community Decarbonisation Fund, specifically set up to help community groups across Aotearoa reduce their carbon emissions.

The fund is all thanks to our partnership with our Certified Renewable Energy (Certified) customers.  

Certified enables Meridian’s business customers to match the amount of electricity they use, with an equivalent amount of electricity put into the national grid from one of our hydro stations or wind farms – which have been independently verified as producing 100% renewable electricity. 

All of the net proceeds from Certified are used to support electrification projects across Aotearoa. Together, with our Certified customers, we’ve funded more more than $1 million in grassroots community projects that reduce carbon emissions and provide a tangible positive impact for many community groups.