She talked about sustainable business - green, eco or social business. Businesses that are not just about the product and the profit, but about the community also. Maintaining a profit while also not hurting the environment.
- Recycling
- Using local products
- Taking responsibility for the whole life cycle of the design
- Not having a single use product
- Not adding to landfill
- Long term effect of our product or service
- Are the resources sustainable / recycled?
- As an entrepreneur you can also think about your environmental and/or social impact
Rochelle talked about a circular economy. Where businesses are sustainable and have minimal environmental impact.
NZ companies are ranked on their 'green-ness'.
- Being sustainable can give you an edge in the market, consumers want to make a positive choice
- We have a moral and ethical choice to make
Rotorua's Zipline Tours is a zipline that takes you on a tourist tour! It is exciting but they also trapped rodents and encouraged wildlife to return to the areas to enable them to be allowed to use the forest. What an awesome idea! There was a huge change in the wildlife which was great for the environment but also made more people come and be part of their tours. School groups, businesses and individuals are getting involved in their own community. An amazing example of a sustainable business.
We can make a huge difference to our futures.
Greg owns a New World supermarket.
Greg told us that the South Island Pak n Save and New World supermarkets alone, they use one million bags every week!! They are aiming to be plastic bag free in one year. This is going to be a huge change in habit.
Many different companies are trying to get into this market.
What happens to the cardboard and plastic after use? We need to try to recycle as much as possible. Companies are paid to recycle.
The evil skip goes to landfill! We need to be educated around this, how can we do this?
Inside there need to be separate bins for rubbish, recycling, paper and green waste.
Along the aisles they are trying to reduce packaging and waste. Project Naked is trying to remove all plastic from produce.
What ideas do we have to reduce supermarket waste?
New World work alongside Help For the Homeless to pass on leftover food.
Greg owns a New World supermarket.
Greg told us that the South Island Pak n Save and New World supermarkets alone, they use one million bags every week!! They are aiming to be plastic bag free in one year. This is going to be a huge change in habit.
Many different companies are trying to get into this market.
What happens to the cardboard and plastic after use? We need to try to recycle as much as possible. Companies are paid to recycle.
The evil skip goes to landfill! We need to be educated around this, how can we do this?
Inside there need to be separate bins for rubbish, recycling, paper and green waste.
Along the aisles they are trying to reduce packaging and waste. Project Naked is trying to remove all plastic from produce.
What ideas do we have to reduce supermarket waste?
New World work alongside Help For the Homeless to pass on leftover food.
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