PO Box 14001
Christchurch 8544
New Zealand
Telephone (+64 3) 358 5029
christchurchairport.co.nz
31 August 2023
Lara Metcalfe
Email: [FYI request #23709 email]
Tēnā koe Ms Metcalfe
OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT 1982 (OIA) – REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION -
CHRISTCHURCH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED (CIAL)
1. We write further to our email of 08 August 2023, acknowledging receipt of your OIA
request of 05 August 2023 seeking information (if held by CIAL) in relation to carbon
emissions.
We set out your request below.
Request: Received 05 August 2023 – Carbon emissions
I’m interested to understand how you calculate carbon emissions and would like to
look closely at the numbers.
For the most recently published carbon emissions reporting period (of 12 months)
please provide:
•
The detailed base data from which the calculations were made - not
summarised, but raw data. If you need to remove details like company names
that’s fine.
•
The worked up calculations (summarised)
•
Details of the carbon reporting standards and methodology you have followed.
•
Details of any offsets you have applied, including full details of the scheme, how
the offsets are achieved, governance etc.
•
In the time since you have claimed that Christchurch Airport is “climate positive”
or similar, the total emissions (all scopes included) at the airport.
2. This letter is to advise you that CIAL is respectfully extending the 20 working days
available to respond to your request, as allowed under section 15A of the Official
Information Act. We will require an additional 15 working days from when our
response to you would have been due. The team who is largely involved regarding
this matter, is working against various stringent timeframes and cannot currently
respond to this request. We will send you a response by
22 September 2023.
3. This deadline is being extended because consultations necessary to make a decision
on your request cannot be reasonably made within the original time limit, as allowed
for by section 15A(1)(b).
4. You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of the
decisions contained in this letter. Information about how to contact the Ombudsman
or make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone
0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
CIAL LEGAL TEAM
Email: [Christchurch International Airport Limited request email]