Wholly Cow
13/11/2019
Wholly Cow has a ‘give back’ approach to farming – producing high quality fresh meat products, while enabling a more sustainable future.
Sustainability Success Stories
Roseline Klein – Head of Water Value, Watercare
12/11/2019
Roseline is an exceptional leader and a change champion at Watercare, New Zealand’s second largest infrastructure operations business.
Marty Taylor – Founder & Chief Sustainability Officer, Papa Taiao Earthcare
12/11/2019
Marty is the founder of Papa Taiao Earthcare, which enables young people to lead social, cultural and environmental projects while gaining NCEA qualifications and industry-related skills. He was driven to re-engage the disenfranchised back into education, with a firm belief that if you care for a place, the place cares for the people.
Jacqui Forbes – Kaihautū Matua, Para Kore Marae
12/11/2019
Jacqui Forbes is an uri (descendant) of Ngāruahine Iwi in Taranaki and the Kaihautū Matua (General Manager) for the Māori zero waste organisation Para Kore. Para Kore was established in 2008 and Jacqui has led it since the beginning, growing a kaupapa Māori zero waste education movement across Aotearoa. It supports more than 370 marae, kōhanga reo, kura kaupapa, Māori organisations and events.
Mike Sammons – Programme Sustainability Manager, Foodstuffs NZ
12/11/2019
Since starting at Foodstuffs NZ in 2012, Mike has made enduring changes to enable Foodstuffs to lead the conversation and practices around retail sustainability.
Joe Youseff – National Director, All Heart NZ Charitable Trust
12/11/2019
Joe is the Founder, National Director and a Trustee of All Heart NZ Charitable Trust. All Heart NZ helps corporates to re-direct, re-purpose and reduce their waste while supporting community groups throughout Aotearoa and globally. It believes that improving the ways we all source and dispose of ‘stuff’ can positively impact the planet and the quality of life of the people who help produce, reuse and dispose of it.Read More
Victoria Carter – Founder, Cityhop
12/11/2019
Victoria introduced the concept of car share to New Zealand, and has funded and actively promoted it. She was ahead of her time: she launched Cityhop before smart phones existed, before the AT Hop Card, and before Uber.
Dr David Ivory – Director of Social Enterprise, St John’s College, Hastings
12/11/2019
Teacher Dr David Ivory is the Director of Social Enterprise and Head of the Commerce Facility at St John’s College, Hastings. His focus is for all students to live better lives through sustainable community engagement.
Janette Searle – Managing Trustee, Take my Hands
12/11/2019
Janette works across several projects which all have sustainability at their heart. She is the founder and managing trustee of Take My Hands, which she has grown from a side project to an award-winning social enterprise.
Janice Lee – Founder, Koha Kai
12/11/2019
Janice founded Koha Kai, a not for profit charitable trust that encourages a life of purpose and wellbeing for some of the most vulnerable people in New Zealand. Her aim was to change society’s attitude to disability by seeing the work disabled people do in the community: cooking good food for a gold coin Koha.