Whitehaven views advocacy for the Marlborough region and giving back to the region as an important part of its focus on being 100% Marlborough. Whitehaven is...
✔ Focused on achieving diversity and inclusion through membership of Diversity Works New Zealand, and establishing a committee to safeguard diversity, equality, inclusion (DEI) within our business.
✔ Supporting the employment of individuals with disabilities through company based restoration projects.
✔ Sponsoring programmes that support the arts, community, and talented youth.
Whitehaven has proudly sponsored the Whitehaven Wine Room at the Marlborough ASB Theatre, a space that Marlborough can be proud of.
Regional initiatives such as the Whitehaven Marlborough Golf Pro Am and the Inspire Foundation (which supports the talented youth of Marlborough), are important ways for Whitehaven to give back to the community that we advocate so tirelessly for.
At a national level Whitehaven is a great supporter of the arts, and is a Bronze Sponsor to the New Zealand Opera.
✔ Offering staff a range of benefits to support their health and wellbeing.
✔ Supporting LegaSea, a non-profit organisation committed to the protection and restoration of our marine environments. LegaSea is a major sponsorship initiative for Whitehaven, underpinning our efforts to continually investigate and demonstrate the ways in which we operate sustainably.
In 2017 LegaSea, a cause tasked with raising public awareness about sustainable fisheries, and Whitehaven came together to form a long term partnership. This is a major undertaking for Whitehaven resulting in the creation of a wine label, Kōparepare (noun for a gift or contribution). With every bottle sold we make a donation to support the LegaSea cause.
✔ Actively and regularly supporting our local community groups, charities, sports groups, and schools. We do this because it is important to our family owned business that we support other families and those that support us.
