Finding long-term sustainable solutions was the motivation when Winstone Aggregates won a hat-trick of Aggregate and Quarry Association Awards at the Quarry NZ Conference in Invercargill last week.

Winning endeavours in the past year saw three separate Winstone operations gain awards: the Environmental Award (Puketutu Quarry, Mangere), the Energy Efficiency Award (Winstone Aggregates), and the Community and Social Sustainability Award (Whitehall Quarry, central Waikato).

"We are delighted to be recognised by the AQA Awards for what comes down to our sustainable approach across all of these business areas," said Winstone's General Manager, Bernie Chote.

"We are committed to doing more with less, striving for excellence with our environmental performance and gaining the community's support to continue to provide our products."

Winstone has a clear focus on sustainability: "there are no short-term gains," says Bernie."We are demonstrating market leadership through long-term sustainable practices."

The awards are made to encourage companies and staff of the Aggregate and Quarry (AQA) industry to establish and implement programmes of environmental, energy efficiency and community importance to the industry and its operations.