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…
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…
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…
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…
Below is the speech I delivered to the Auckland Council Waste Minimisation and Management Panel regarding their Waste Management and Minimisation Plan for the city. The original plan stated that…
Why is New Zealand not leading the world in sustainable living and sustainable business practices? Why is New Zealand not leading the world in the transition to the circular economy?…