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Quarterly first and fourth Fenwick, namely Per fess dancetty Argent and Gules in chief three Martlets Sable; second and third Mappin, namely Azure on a Bend engrailed between two Boar’s heads erased Argent three Lozenges Azure. The Crest of Fenwick is Upon a Wreath of the Colours In front of a Phoenix Sable rising from Flames proper four Mullets Argent.

Fenwick was involved in the development of New Zealand’s waste minimisation strategy and campaigned for the enactment of the Waste Minimisation Act 2008. He was the inaugural chair of the Ministerial Waste Advisory Board, from 2008 to 2014.

Fenwick’s other notable conservation, sustainability and humanity work included:

Fenwick was knighted in the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours for "significant contributions to New Zealand’s sustainable development, wildlife protection, waste minimisation, environmental science and Antarctica, and iwi development over the past 30 years". A year earlier, Fenwick received the 2015 Blake Medal, with the Sir Peter Blake Trust acknowledging him as "New Zealand's foremost statesman of sustainability and the environment, and an exceptional leader and motivator in business and governance". Fenwick was a finalist for the 2016 New Zealander of the Year Award and was inducted to the New Zealand NZ Business Hall of Fame in 2016.

Fenwick was granted armorial bearings from the Royal College of Arms in 2008.

In 2000, Fenwick and wife Jennie founded Te Matuku oysters on their Waiheke Island property, situated in the Te Matuku marine reserve, of which Fenwick was an advocate in partnership with the NZ Forest & Bird Society. The oysters are sustainably farmed, supplied to local restaurants and have won critical acclaim.

In 1998, he was a founding member of the BlueGreens, an environmental policy group within the New Zealand National Party.

From 1998 to 2007, Fenwick was director and chairman of the Crown Research Institute Landcare Research, during which time the institute developed the carboNZero emission certification program, of which he was later a director. From 1997 he co-founded and later chaired the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development (later the Sustainable Business Council).

Fenwick was appointed leader of the Progressive Green Party in 1996 and campaigned to create a Maritime Park in the Hauraki Gulf.

In 1993, Fenwick launched an international campaign to preserve the Scott and Shackleton Antarctic huts. He was later elected and served as chairman of the Antarctic Heritage Trust from 1996–2007. Following the completion of the project, Fenwick was invited to chair the board of Antarctica New Zealand. During his term the agency constructed wind powered turbines to supply energy to the New Zealand and US research stations and the Hillary Science Centre was completed at Scott Base. In 2012 he established the privately funded Antarctic Research Institute – partnering with research agencies to expand climate change research on the continent.

Fenwick also undertook conservation efforts specific to his home town of Auckland, New Zealand. In 1992, he and others founded the Motutapu Island Restoration Trust and in 2008 the Fenwick family covenanted their 360 hectare coastal property to expand the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park, of which Fenwick was a key proponent. A forested portion of the Fenwick property was also donated to the Auckland Council as a public walkway.

In 1990, Fenwick commenced a series of consulting roles and professional directorships providing corporate strategy, government relations and communications advisory services to a range of organisations, generally focussing on sustainability and environment issues management.

Fenwick began his career as a journalist with the Auckland Star and Radio Hauraki before co-founding the Public Relations firm Allan, Fenwick, McCully. In 1987, Fenwick co-founded NZ Natural Water Ltd, bottling New Zealand water for export. Fenwick (and partners) established Living Earth Ltd in 1994, New Zealand’s first commercial organic waste to compost operation and responsible for diverting 1 million tonnes of waste from landfills for re-use as compost (as of 2010).

Sir Robert George Mappin Fenwick KNZM KStJ (5 May 1951 – 11 March 2020) was a New Zealand environmentalist, businessman and professional director.

Arms were granted to Sir Frederick Thorpe Mappin Bt on 23 August 1886; and Arms were also granted to Sir George Fenwick on 27 April 1921.