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.

Launched in 2004, CS-VUE works by providing a system to store environmental permits, action the requirements of specific conditions and provide an audit trail to demonstrate compliance when required.

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.