Árbol
Árbol manufactures pre-built high-performance, low-energy homes that reduce environmental impact while enhancing health, comfort and affordability.
Autex Acoustics
Autex designs and supplies acoustic panels and insulation products. Its ‘bio-based,’ acoustic Embrace Wall System uses certified Nature Positive New Zealand wool.
Clevaco New Zealand
CLEVA POD is a 100% recycled plastic house foundation system that replaces traditional polystyrene pods. The recycled plastic used can be recovered and repurposed multiple times over a span of 150+ years.
Critical
Cleanstone by Critical is a 100% recycled plastic panel. It transforms hard-to-recycle plastic waste into durable, beautiful and recyclable materials.
GoodWrap Recycling
GoodWrap provides stewardship programmes for managing soft plastics. It makes it easy for manufacturers and suppliers to collect soft plastics after use, using reverse logistics to transport the plastics to New Zealand-based recycling facilities.
Hiberna Modular
Hiberna Modular makes prefabricated straw panel systems for high-performance, low-carbon buildings.
Hilti NZ
Hilti NZ is transforming power tool ownership through a circular model built on reduce, reuse and recycle. This extends tool life by three times and recovers 90% of components.
JT Group
JT Group’s 100% electric building wash system slashes water use, reduces carbon emissions and cuts large-scale cleaning jobs from days to hours. It comprises a self-climbing, robotic building wash machine and electric water blaster.
KiwiKrete
KiwiKrete is a concrete innovation that replaces some conventional concrete ingredients with waste kina shells and other aquaculture by-products. This reduces reliance on finite resources and carbon-intensive cement.
Lanaco
Lanaco designs and manufactures air filter products using New Zealand wool. The EcoStatic ML Series is the world’s first 100% certified biobased and biodegradable filter media.
Living House
Living House is an architecturally-designed, modular housing system. It’s a scalable housing solution to meet the demand for affordable homes that are also healthy, energy-efficient, fast build and well-designed. This is a collaboration between The Lever Room, RTA Studio, Fisher & Paykel and Red Stag Timber Lab.
Marley NZ (Aliaxis Group)
Marley manufactures plastic piping systems using recycled plastic materials. In a New Zealand first, it is recycling uPVC and HDPE plastic from the built environment back into a durable product for the built environment, at scale.
Mutu
Mutu is a material sharing app that makes it easy for staff within a business to list and share surplus items. This has kept two million kilograms of construction materials out of landfill and redirected to other projects.
nezo
nezo (formerly V-Quest) is a software tool that helps architects and engineers design sustainable buildings. It combines real-time analysis of cost, embodied carbon and design efficiency in a single platform, helping users balance vision, budget and climate impact.
Seismic Shift
Seismic Shift is an earthquake resilience research and development company. Its innovation integrates seismic damping systems into existing buildings (to strengthen them) while also allowing for extra weight from solar panels. This enhances the resilience of buildings for earthquakes and climate change.
Solmech New Zealand
Solmech constructs solar farms, incorporating circular design, indigenous values and regenerative practices. It includes modular design for disassembly and reuse, and the company partners with local communities and iwi.
StrawSIPS
StrawSIPS are modular, structural panels made from compressed straw and timber. They deliver high insulation, breathability and air quality to buildings using affordable, natural, local, untreated materials.
Trow Group
Trow Group salvages construction materials, diverting at least 80% from landfill, to create homes, schools and community spaces across New Zealand and the Pacific. The company is driven by Māori and Pasifika leadership, integrating tikanga into onsite practices and creating employment pathways for Māori and Pasifika communities.
Watersmart
Watersmart has created Porous Lane, a permeable pavement made with up to 60% New Zealand-recycled tyre rubber. It’s up to 10 times more permeable than international guidelines and tackles urban stormwater issues through circular economy principles.
