What is LoCarb? And why is it free?
LoCarb is a sustainability programme built for hospitality and tourism businesses, and it's completely free.
LoCarb is a free sustainability programme
built for hospitality and tourism businesses
It gives you the tools and data insights to:
Reduce your operating costs
Attract environmentally conscious customers
Reduce your carbon footprint
Available until May 2026, LoCarb's Cogo Vistr Carbon Manager integrates directly with Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks, automatically tracking your carbon footprint from your accounting data to uncover insights on where to reduce costs and emissions, without manual expense coding, spreadsheets, or extra admin.
LoCarb is fully subsidised by Hospitality New Zealand and WellingtonNZ, and is powered by smart tools from Cogo (which helps make carbon management simple) and Vistr (which offers real-time business insights).
Measure your carbon footprint, understand your environmental responsibility,
and identify cost savings and emission reduction strategies.
About the COGO Vistr Carbon MANAGER
Fully subsidised by Hospitality New Zealand and WellingtonNZ for both members/non-members, the Cogo Vistr Carbon Manager tool is a time-efficient solution, providing businesses with real-time insights into their carbon footprint - empowering you to track, manage, and reduce emissions with ease.
Take advantage of this offer by 31 May 2026
Cogo’s underlying technology analyses financial transactions and automatically categorises spending across various industries. Each transaction is linked to an emissions factor specific to the industry, and Cogo converts that transaction into a carbon emissions estimate. Businesses can track their carbon footprint in real-time and receive insights and recommended actions tailored to their business's emissions profile and industry.
Vistr provides the connectivity to allow regional and national insight into carbon emissions for the sector. Their portal allows all businesses to start or further optimise the way they operate through carbon measurement.
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Integrate the Cogo Vistr Carbon Manager to your business for free, today.
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USEFUL ARTICLES
Explore our how-tos, smart strategies, and tips to help you get the best out of the LoCarb Programme.
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Case Study: Summerset Boulcott: A New Kitchen and a New Way of Cooking
A New Village, a New Kitchen Summerset Boulcott is one of Summerset’s newest retirement villages, located in Lower Hutt, Wellington. When the village opened, its purpose-built kitchen opened with it…
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Case Study: Divine Café Faster, Smarter and Greener with Merrychef
A Busy Café Looking for a Smarter Way to Serve Divine Café is located within Summerset on the Landing, a modern retirement village in Kenepuru, Porirua. Serving residents, their families and the…
Hospitality New Zealand's Sustainability Manager, Megan Williams is available for one-on-one sessions to support business-specific recommendations and help you get set up.
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Contribute to LoCarb's mission by sharing your business’s carbon footprint with Vistr. All information is anonymous, and the survey data will be aggregated to help build a complete picture of emissions across the Wellington Region. |