“Environment Canterbury have worked with Zolve Environmental to deliver services to the Wallaby and Wilding Conifer Programmes since 2022. I have personally worked closely alongside Zac Robinson and his team since coming on board at Environment Canterbury in October 2023, in my capacity at the South Canterbury Wilding Conifer Delivery Lead.  

Zolve Environmental are extremely capable in the Services they provide to the Wilding Conifer Programme, which includes, but not limited to:  

Guidance and advice to the operational planning of the Wilding Conifer annual work Programme.  

Contractor management;

- Preparation and management of Statements of Work (SOW).

- Health and Safety auditing.

- Site Safe Starts/Pre-start meetings. 

 Incident investigation and corrective action followup. 

 Health and Safety PCBU policy and Standard operating procedure advice.  

Further to their technical skills, Zolve Environmental approach their work with a practical mindset, focusing on solutions that meet all leglisative requirements alongside working well for all parties involved. They approach their work with integrity, pragmatism and thoroughness, with an emphasis on fostering great relationships. In my experience, this results in Zolve Environmental delivering great value through the services they provide. 

I have no hesitation in recommending Zolve Environmental for services relating to health and safety and contractor management.” 

Robin Pieper

Wilding Conifer Delivery - Environment Canterbury

26th June 2024

Heliventures has worked for Zolve since it’s conception in 2022. In all dealings with Zolve we have found the entire team to be extremely professional and easy to deal with, due to their very effective communication and organisation skills at all stages of the projects they are managing.

Zolve are very knowledgeable and have a high-level understanding of both the project at hand, but also a knowledge of our capacity, systems and processes. This detailed understanding of the contractors they use is advantageous to all projects they deliver.

As an industry leader in their field, Zolve undoubtedly earn our preference to work alongside and we would have no hesitation recommending them to anyone who requires high quality management of a project delivering excellent outcomes.

Nicki McMillan

CEO - Heliventures NZ Ltd

30th August 2024

Zac Robinson is the Owner and Director of Zolve Environmental Consulting Ltd.

Zac and his team provide services to Port Blakely in Environmental Project Management.

Some of the key projects his company is involved with at Port Blakely include our Long-tailed Bat Management program in Raincliff Forest which involves stakeholder engagement across public and government agencies. He has also recently established a 10 Ha Wetland restoration project on the Geraldine to Fairlie highway on land owned by Port Blakely Ltd. Consultation with the community was at the forefront of this project to ensure species and planting design was carried out to an agreed plan. We have other key projects currently in the strategy design phase which Zac's is collaborating with us on.

Zac is a very capable professional. He will challenge the norms within groups and lead groups to design strategy for better environmental outcomes in the community. Port Blakely have no hesitation in recommending Zolve EC Ltd as a competent contractor/consultant for any project management.

Andrew Cocking

South Island Regional Manager - Port Blakely Forestry NZ

29th July 2022