It was a much anticipated announcement for those of us who are working to solve New Zealand's inherited litter, pollution and greenhouse gas (GHG) problems. The New Zealand Ministry for…
On 23 September a Member’s Bill was drawn out of the member’s bill ballot, proposing to amend the director’s duties section of the Companies Act 1993. The proposed changes will clarify that a company director of a company may take into account other (often longer-term) environmental, social and governance considerations when acting “in the best interests of the company”.
On the 31t of January this year (2021) the Climate Change Commission / He Pou a Rangi (CCC) released its draft advice to the New Zealand government on how to…
The world is not black and white. It is a beautiful mix of many shades of grey. It is magically complex. It is perhaps this challenge that underpins all of…
On a Wednesday evening at the start of November Maggie Hewitt, designer and founder of Maggie Marilyn (MM), announced to those in attendance that after 4 years of business as…
Photo by Daria Sannikova from Pexels We are absolutely pillaging this planet. That's not fair on all of us because there are many who read this that do a whole lot…
Wow! What a time we are living in. The impacts of COVID-19 on New Zealand and the world have been on a scale only seen in blockbuster movies.…
With the recent announcement by Auckland Council that they will be using an Anaerobic Digestor (AD) to process the unwanted food collected kerbside from Auckland households for the next 20…
I am frustrated with the recent media coverage around the topic of compostable packaging because the compostable plastics aren’t being differentiated from the other compostable packaging materials. A matter…
The world is in deep shit and it’s because of the economy we made up. The time for sticking your head in the sand and ignoring all the…