Circular Economy

Proposed changes to the directors’ duties – a (small) reason to celebrate.

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• Post published:04/10/2021
• Post category:Business / Business Ethics / Circular Economy / Climate Crisis / Economic Evolution / Local / New Zealand / Sustainability

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”.

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Collaborative Submission to the Climate Change Commission

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• Post published:31/03/2021
• Post category:Business / Circular Economy / Climate Change / Climate Crisis / Collaboration / New Zealand / Sustainability

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…

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The World is Grey – In The Most Magical Way.

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• Post published:26/02/2021
• Post category:Business / Circular Economy / Communicating Sustainability / Sustainability

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…

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Working with Maggie Marilyn

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• Post published:01/12/2020
• Post category:Business / Business Ethics / Circular Economy / Climate Crisis / Sustainability

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…

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Will COVID-19 Change Where You Spend Your Money?

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• Post published:28/04/2020
• Post category:Business / Circular Economy / Climate Change / Climate Crisis / Community / COVID-19 / Economic Evolution / Local / New Zealand / Sustainability

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…

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Local Currencies

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• Post published:26/03/2020
• Post category:Business / Circular Economy / Community / Culture / Local Currency / New Zealand / Sustainability

  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.…

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They’ve Got This Wrong – It’s Not Waste To Divert It’s Food For Our Soils.

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• Post published:09/12/2019
• Post category:Circular Economy / Climate Change / Climate Crisis / Compost / Design / Energy / New Zealand / Organic Material / Organic Matter / Packaging / Plastic Pollution / Sustainability / Waste Management

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…

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Compostable Packaging Is Part Of Our Sustainable Future

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• Post published:11/07/2019
• Post category:Circular Economy / Compost / New Zealand / Packaging / Plastic Pollution / Sustainability

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…

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We gotta change the economy.

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• Post published:22/01/2019
• Post category:Circular Economy / Design / New Zealand / Sustainability

  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…

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Why the plastic bag phase out is so, so important.

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• Post published:06/09/2018
• Post category:Behaviour Change / Circular Economy / New Zealand / Plastic Pollution / Sustainability

Now that the announcement has been made and the wheels have been set in motion for a ban on single-use plastic bags, this next phase is crucial to the future…

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