CoGo NZ - Connecting Good

Sustainable living made easy - track your real-time carbon footprint

Welcome to CoGo - Connect your bank account to calculate your real time carbon footprint. Match your spending with your values, for both people and the planet. Take action to lower your footprint and offset to become a carbon-neutral hero!

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Join the thousands of people who are already using CoGo to track their carbon footprints and put their money where their heart is.

By signing up for CoGo and supporting businesses that are doing good, you’ll be taking the first step to making sure every dollar you spend is helping to create a sustainable future and a fairer society for us all.

CoGo helps you make a real difference - whether it be switching your morning coffee stop to a business that pay a living wage, buying your clothes from a second-hand store or even discovering your new favourite vegan restaurant. Support some of the thousands of CoGo accredited businesses and track the real impact you’re having on people and the planet.

New world-first, real-time Carbon Footprint Tracker

Built by our team of world leading carbon footprint specialists and data scientists, CoGo calculates your personalised carbon footprint in real time when you securely link your bank account via our open banking technology powered by Westpac NZ. Our ethical recommendation engine will show you how to make positive switches to help lower your carbon footprint, and make a real and lasting impact for the biggest issue of our lifetime.

- Track your carbon footprint in real-time through your bank transactions

- Join actions to help you switch your lifestyle, including: diet, food waste and fashion

- Get personalised ethical nudges and recommendations to encourage you on your journey to good and keep you on track

- Offset your emissions and have a carbon-neutral life - learn how to contribute to carbon reduction projects

Banks available on CoGo:

Westpac, ANZ and Kiwibank customers can now securely link their bank accounts within the app, other banks will be available from the end of February 2021.

Open Banking - PRIVACY AND SECURITY

CoGo's Carbon Footprint Tracker and Living Wage Wallet use open banking, powered by Westpac NZ. This means your data is securely stored and encrypted so it can only be used for features that are necessary to the CoGo experience.

Your information is secure and your personal data is never shared except as part of fully anonymised and aggregated market analysis. Read our full Privacy Policy: https://nz.cogo.co/privacy

CoGo uses the same state-of-the-art security and encryption measures as adopted by all major banks.

Find out more about our open banking here: https://nz.cogo.co/user-faqs

Our Framework:

We do the hard work for you by assessing each CoGo accredited business against our strict framework. We combine the very best (and strictest) guidelines from over 50 of the top industry accrediting organisations, aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals.

Once verified, businesses will be awarded a number of accreditation badges, which you can use to discover those that are taking action on the issues that matter to you the most.

When you make a purchase with a business listed on CoGo, you’re also joining the thousands of like-minded community members already using their purchasing power as a voice for change. We share this information anonymously with companies to help them to decide what new social and environmental initiatives they should invest in.