Reframing ‘waste’
In late March, the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) released its new Waste Strategy, which sets Aotearoa’s direction on waste for the next three decades. As you can imagine, the…
Conscious Gifting
It’s that time of year again, when advertisements start popping up encouraging you to buy the new, most popular toy for your small ones or the latest nifty time-saving gadget…
Sew Interesting – Cotton
Cotton is one of the most widely grown crops in the world - in fact it represents nearly half of all the fibre used in the textile industry - however…
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Is the BioDown Jacket by Kathmandu a Positive Step Towards a Sustainable Fashion Industry or Greenwashing?
The initial shock factor Considering we work with dozens of fashion brands to navigate the transition to become a circular, regenerative, (and inclusive) business, we thought it was important that…
The Recycling Plan Should Be Equitable and Designed For Our Zero-Carbon and Circular Future.
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…
Proposed changes to the directors’ duties – a (small) reason to celebrate.
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”.
Collaborative Submission to the Climate Change Commission
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 Grey – In The Most Magical Way.
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…
Working with Maggie Marilyn
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…
Will COVID-19 Change Where You Spend Your Money?
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…