GREEN GOLD
in association with GREATER WELLINGTON REGIONAL COUNCIL
~ sustainable products & programmes
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2020 FINALISTS
AGAIN AGAIN
Guilt-free Cups Deluxe....
After a light bulb moment in March 2018, in which Nada Piatek Managing Director, (pictured) saw a systematic approach to addressing single-use waste in the coffee industry, Again Again was born – and so was the reusable takeaway coffee cup revolution.
"Again Again offers a sustainable solution – in a Kiwi industry that sees 295 million single-use cups entering landfills and the ecosystem annually – through a reusable and refundable coffee cup share system, which stops upwards of 820,000 single-use cups entering landfills annually.” Nada tells us.
The reusable steel cups are available with a deposit and return at participating cafes, giving coffee fiends peace of mind with every sip.
LEARN MORE: www.againagain.co @againagainco
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GREEN GOLD
in association with GREATER WELLINGTON REGIONAL COUNCIL
~ sustainable products & programmes
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2020 FINALISTS
AGAIN AGAIN
Guilt-free Cups Deluxe....
After a light bulb moment in March 2018, in which Nada Piatek Managing Director, (pictured) saw a systematic approach to addressing single-use waste in the coffee industry, Again Again was born – and so was the reusable takeaway coffee cup revolution.
"Again Again offers a sustainable solution – in a Kiwi industry that sees 295 million single-use cups entering landfills and the ecosystem annually – through a reusable and refundable coffee cup share system, which stops upwards of 820,000 single-use cups entering landfills annually.” Nada tells us.
The reusable steel cups are available with a deposit and return at participating cafes, giving coffee fiends peace of mind with every sip.
LEARN MORE: www.againagain.co @againagainco
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INNOVATION GOLD in association with DATACOM
~ inventive new products & processes
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2020 FINALISTS
INNOVATION GOLD in association with DATACOM
~ inventive new products & processes
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INNOVATION GOLD in association with DATACOM
~ inventive new products & processes
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2020 FINALISTS
2020 FINALISTS
GREEN GOLD
in association with BLUESTAR
~ sustainability practices
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2023 FINALISTS
GARAGE PROJECT
The Clean Brew Crew
Garage Project is the largest independent NZ brewery - known for hops and yeast development innovation, new beer styles and unique can artwork.
A foundation member of the 'Sustainability in Brewing' group, Garage Project is always keen to share ideas and initiatives across the industry alongside their internal sustainability programme driving new products and improvement projects. GP is currently leading a NZ-wide industry initiative for a universal, loanable and returnable flagon system for takeaway beer.
Sustainability, including a stated aim to be Zero Carbon, is at its business heart.
"Our continual aspiration is to do good for our community where we live and work and where our children grow up," says Co-Founder and Head Brewer Pete Gillespie pictured.
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LEARN MORE:
www.instagram.com/garageproject/
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SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE @ VUW
Green houses
The SOA has led research and education on sustainability of the built environment for almost 50 years. Its international reputation in the area attracts a large number of undergraduate and postgraduate students. The SoA’s alumni of sustainability professionals are the leaders and doers of sustainability initiatives for industry and government.
The SOA has created innovative solutions to reduce carbon, energy use, storm water runoff and construction waste, increase resilience and uptake of olar energy, improve wellbeing and protect the natural environment.
“Our research has been turned into patented construction systems, informed building code revisions, Healthy Homes standards, COVID response, EECA investments and government policy, as well as being extensively published nationally and internationally,” says Dean of Faculty Robyn Phipps, pictured.
LEARN MORE:
www.wgtn.ac.nz/architecture
www.linkedin.com/company/wellington-faculty-of-architecture-and-design-innovation/ www.instagram.com/wgtnfadi/reels/
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SOLID
Wisdom Teeth
Solid - Sustainable Oral Care is on a mission to change the way we look after our teeth, because they believe Aotearoa can do better than sending 16 million toothpaste tubes to landfill every year. Their sustainability focus is to eliminate waste in the design process, reuse their glass jars, and work with their retailers to offer instore refills. Their toothpaste, tablets, and powders are vegan, cruelty free and palm oil free, and Solid is certified zero carbon and climate positive.
"As a dental professional, its important to me that our oral care products improve the health of both people and our planet " says founder Laura Nixon, pictured.
Solid have so far saved 50,000 toothpaste tubes from landfill.
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LEARN MORE:
www.facebook.com/solidoralcare/
www.instagram.com/solidoralcare/
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SUMMIT BUILDING WASH TECHNOLOGIES
A greener cleaning machine
Summit Building Wash Technologies' has developed two world-first electric building wash machines.
Firstly a patented robotic building wash machine that self climbs a building while decreasing water consumption by 85%, and being fully electric has zero emissions.
The second machine is a fully rechargeable electric commercial size water blaster. There are already 12 of its building washing units used around NZ - and each reduces emissions by 20 tonnes CO2-eq per year (compared to removing 8 vehicles annually).
“Both our building wash machine and electric water blasters have been locally developed, eliminating the need for chemical use and greatly reducing noise pollution,” says founder Ray Tomlinson, pictured.
Summit Building Wash Technologies machines are considerably faster, safer and cleaner than manual methods, and the company is a global leader in the industry.
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LEARN MORE
www.linkedin.com/company/summitbwt/
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THE CAPITAL KIWI PROJECT
Predator Competitors
The Capital Kiwi Project is the mission to restore a large-scale wild population of kiwi to the hills of Wellington City.
Since 2018, the project, alongside community, iwi and landowners, has operated the largest intensive stoat trap network in the country: 4,600 traps across 24,000ha, from Red Rocks to Porirua; an area larger than Abel Tasman National Park. Following the largest kiwi translocation yet undertaken (May 2023), 63 kiwi call our hills home again.
“Through working together – kotahitanga – at scale, a manu taonga (bird treasure) that is central to our identity has been restored to the wild in Wellington, and kiwi are now roaming freely in Wellington’s west for the first time in 150 years,” says founder Paul Ward, pictured.
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WONKY BOX
Ugly Beautiful
The subscription-based Wonky Box service collects perfectly edible fresh produce from growers which wouldn’t be accepted by large retailers or exporters because of their shape, size or specification. The contents of the Wonky Box change each week depending on what excess the growers have.
This produce is delivered to customers, who also have access to ‘food waste’ recipes based on the weekly box. It saves customers between 10-15% on fresh produce bills.
“We’re proud of the fact that since May 2021 we’ve helped over 100,000kg of local produce find a new home,” says founder Angus Simms, pictured with co founder Katie Jackson.
Wonky Box has donated over 10,000kg of produce to Wellington Food charities.
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LEARN MORE:
www.instagram.com/wonkybox.nz/?hl=en
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