PRESS RELEASE: SOFTWARE TO TAME THE RMA EVEN FASTER

Online environmental compliance company CS-VUE has been named New Zealand's 28th fastest growing company in the annual Deloitte/NBR Fast 50 competition. Having achieved growth of 217.77% across the last 12 months, CS-VUE’s innovative technology is catering to a niche market and providing clients with an online system that enables organisations to track and manage and report on consent compliance, saving significant time and money.

CS-VUE Chief Executive, Adrian Bullen said, "We’re thrilled to be recognised as one of New Zealand’s fastest growing Companies. The Award is also a great accolade for our clients. Complying with environmental permits isn't exactly sexy, but it is essential for any organisation that is serious about sustainability and risk management. Our clients can absolutely say they are ahead of the pack."
“We’ve had a solid year of substantial growth due to a string of successful corporate sales in New Zealand and Australia. We work hard on maintaining our innovation edge over competitors and we recently released an upgraded product version 3.0 which includes a new look and feel, improved dashboard reporting and a series of optional modules,” added Bullen.

Bullen believes the company will continue to see significant growth, particularly targeting the local Government sector.

"We estimate that outside of our customer base, local Government complies with less than 30% of the resource consents it holds for its own activities. It is disingenuous for Councils to require total compliance from ratepayers, but fail to consider their own statutory obligations." says Bullen, "If Joe Public were to write to the local Mayor and ask how compliant his or her Council is, the response in most cases would likely be a nervous shrug of the shoulders." 

Bullen anticipates there will be some tricky digital integration issues ahead for the Transition Board of the Auckland Super City; "But fortunately CS-VUE is already used by several of the existing Auckland Councils, and we also operate the largest integrated resource consent database in New Zealand, so the Super City can readily choose to meet its RMA obligations if that was considered a priority," said Bullen.

The award is the second for environmental consultants and parent company Andrew.Stewart Limited, which also placed amongst the Deloitte/NBR Fast 50 in 2007.

For more efficient internet browsing; CS-VUE recommends the Firefox web browser.  Not only is the browser more compatible with most websites, it also has a huge range of add-ons and enhancements that increase Firefox's capabilities to be more than just a standard web browser.

There are literally thousands of Firefox add-ons to choose from, including a whole plethora of functions that you've probably never even considered possible.  We've taken the time to look through them and have selected our favourites that we think should greatly enhance your CS-VUE experience!

Please note that we do not support Firefox or any of the add-ons mentioned below.

Add-on title: British English Dictionary

This dictionary is useful when signing off conditions as it adds an automatic spellchecker to any input boxes and highlights any spelling mistakes as you go.  A right click on the word brings up a list of correction options.

Add-on title: Extended Copy Menu

This is a good one for data entry as it provides the option to copy a selection of text as either plain text or html.

The new option appears in the right click menu when text is highlighted.

Add-on title: FoxTab

FoxTab is a 3D tabbed browsing extension, great for flipping between multiple open views of CS-VUE.

Add-on title: FireShot

Adds the ability to take a screenshot of a CS-VUE Tab or Permit View (take screenshot of entire of visible part), edit it, add annotations, copy to clipboard, send to external editor, or e-mail it on.

Add-on title: Reframe It

Comment anywhere on CS-VUE in a way that is visible only to selected people. 
Everything in Reframe It happens in a collapsible space on the side of your browser. In this margin you can post, read, and share comments as you browse the web, and email those comments on, the emails contain a hyperlink that brings the user directly to the comment. 

(This add-on would suit more advanced users)

INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS AUCKLAND AWARDS

Andrew.Stewart Ltd is pleased to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Pacific Environments Architects NZ who won an award for its design of the Yellow Treehouse Restaurant at Pohuehue, north of Auckland. It was a pleasure working with you!

QUALMARK ENVIRO AWARD

Congratulations to Carbon Group client, adventure travel company - Stray, who following their most recent Qualmark Assessment against the new Responsible Tourism Criteria have been invited to apply for the Qualmark Enviro Award. Read about Carbon Group’s work with Stray here.

NZ By the Numbers – Environment Canterbury to be formally reviewed under RMA
Environment Canterbury (ECan) is to be formally reviewed for poor performance, Environment Minister Nick Smith and Local Government Minister Rodney Hide announced today.  ECan, the area’s regional council, will be investigated under the Resource Management Act.

AU By the Numbers – TALLOW COMPANY FINED FOR JULY POLLUTION INCIDENT
A Brooklyn tallow company has received an EPA Victoria fine for a pollution incident in July this year.

AU By the Numbers – HEFTY PENALTY FOR DANGEROUS GOODS COMPANY
Following a prosecution and Court imposed fine on EcoTyre director, Mr Keith Stephen for stockpiling almost half a million tyres at a leased Bunting Road, Brooklyn site, EPA Victoria has issued a cleanup notice to the owners of the site directing the removal of the tyres.

NZ By the Numbers – Illegal dumping and burning results in sentence of community work
Unauthorised dumping and burning of waste led to a Yaldhurst man being sentenced to 150 hours of community work in the Environment Court this week.

CS-VUE continually innovates!

If you have any suggestions about future enhancements or improvements, please let us know.

Our technical team will review all development ideas, and as always, we roll-out product updates to all of the CS-VUE community - meaning everyone benefits.