Aro Ha Wellness Retreat
This Glenorchy wellness retreat integrates architecture, technology and environmental philosophy to create a model for hospitality that prioritises both human wellbeing and ecological health. Operations are guided by Net Zero energy principles, Passivhaus design and permaculture practices.
Basis
The Basis Smart Panel helps households shift electricity usage from periods of high demand to low demand. This can halve energy consumption.
Blackcurrent
Blackcurrent’s FLEX is a modular, intelligent microgrid platform designed to electrify rural New Zealand. It empowers farms and agri-businesses to generate, store and manage energy locally.
Cahoots Workshop
Cahoots is a community space for women and gender minorities to empower them in building, fixing and making.
Circle Living
Circle Living is reimagining housing in Aotearoa New Zealand by developing regenerative cohousing neighbourhoods. The Tākaka Cohousing neighbourhood was created in partnership with Te Hapori Hauora Community Land Trust, prioritising long-term affordability, ecological restoration and community wellbeing.
Clean for Good
Clean for Good replaces toxic chemicals in the cleaning industry with safer enzyme-based solutions. Bottles and triggers are reused and recycled, and uniforms are repurposed. Microplastics from washing are collected and converted into 3D printer filaments, and the company funds native tree planting.
Essity Australasia
Essity produces some of New Zealand’s most popular hygiene paper products on a Kawerau paper machine using fully renewable geothermal steam drying. This is a world first.
Etū Rākau Charitable Trust
Through the Mangere Enviro Hub, Etū Rākau Charitable Trust works with rangatahi to seed native trees, grow kai and transform food waste into compost. The organisation blends Mātauranga Māori with digital tools to empower youth and regenerate the land.
Goodbye
Goodbye produces natural, water-free sunscreen. The company is innovating in refillable and recyclable packaging for both retail and industry needs.
Lastmyle
Lastmyle created Maestro, which is part-device and part-software platform. It comprises low cost devices that connect consumer energy appliances to the grid. The AI-enabled platform saves energy and money by shifting energy use away from peak periods.
Mugcycle
Mugcycle reduces single-use cups by providing second hand mugs as an alternative at cafes, events and public places. It also has a network of drop off points so mugs can be returned to multiple locations.
Ngā Waihua o Paerangi (Ngāti Rangi)
The Whiria Ngā Hua fund empowers whānau to design and lead their own initiatives, focused around wellbeing outcomes. The model is driven by whānau for whānau.
Planetary Accounting Network
Planetary Facts are a new environmental label that communicates holistic environmental performance. They simplify complex environmental data to help people understand what ‘good’ looks like at a glance.
Quadrent
Quadrent diverts used corporate technology, such as laptops, to schools and communities in need. It incorporates a leasing finance solution.
Solid
Solid produces toothpaste in tablet and powder forms, packaged in returnable glass jars, to reduce plastic waste. It has saved 150,000 toothpaste tubes from landfill.
The Franklin Energy Sharing Pilot - Ara Ake, Counties Energy and Climate Connect Aotearoa (Auckland Council)
These organisations are piloting a new approach to locally shared solar energy. The mechanism will enable customers who are self-generating electricity to trade with, or gift to other customers.
two/fiftyseven
two/fiftyseven is a climate-positive coworking and events space. The hub, created through circular design, enables more than 700 organisations to collaborate and take climate action. It has gifted almost $350,000 worth of space to changemakers.
Vitalize Sports Recovery
Vitalize Recovery Creams are an athlete-formulated range designed to elevate sports recovery. They are vegan and naturally moisturising.
Whitehall Technical Services
Whitehall Technical Services has created a paint system that uses UV light to cure coatings, eliminating the need for solvents and preventing VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) from being released into the atmosphere.
