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This Climate Business

Podcasts NZ / Vincent Heeringa

This Climate Business is the Kiwi podcast about turning the climate crisis into an opportunity. Every week host Vincent Heeringa talks to entrepreneurs, investors and experts about what they"re doing to solve the climate crisis and get NZ down to zero emissions by 2050 – or sooner.

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37:18

Going nuts for bananas: Simon Coley of All Good and...

This Climate Business ·

2022/09/25

Simon Coley is the co-founder of All Good Organics, the pioneering importer of ethical bananas, and also of Karma Drinks, famous for its Karma Cola.Karma just celebrated 10 years, a notable achievement for any brand, but especially noteworthy because 1% of total revenues goes back to the Karma Foundation, which funds health and development in Boma, Sierra Leone, the source of the Karma cola nut. All Good Bananas also operates in an unethical industry and tries to return as much as possible to

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16:19

Climate and Business Conference: Mike Burrell,...

This Climate Business ·

2022/09/14

Next week sees the return of the Climate and Business conference, New Zealand’s most important get-together for government, business, and community leaders about climate policy and action.This Climate Business is pleased to be invited to the conference and to talk about it - Vincent was joined by Mike Burrell, Executive Director of the Sustainable Business Council.There are still online tickets available: https://tcc.eventsair.com/ccbc/Visit the conference website here: Climate Change & Business

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25:17

Facing the food challenge: Peter Wren-Hilton, 2035...

This Climate Business ·

2022/09/12

2035 Oceania Summit is an ambitious event combining the food, agriculture, and tech sectors to address the impact of climate change on food. Held in Auckland 10-11 Octoberthe summit will feature delegations from the US, Australia, and the Pacific Islands and includes a keynote address from Karen Ross, the secretary for the California Department of Food and Agriculture.Peter Wren-Hilton is the convenor and key driver behind this event and the co-founder of Agritech NZ. Vincent asked Peter how tech is

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12:15

A Greener kind of Grass: The Lawnmowing Franchise...

This Climate Business ·

2022/08/22

If Waikato-based lawnmowing franchise LawnRite has anything to do with it, petrol-powered garden equipment is on the way out. It has replaced its mowers, trimmers, and even a concrete mixer with battery-powered versions, and it charges those batteries with solar panels fixed to its trailers. LawnRite managing director Troy Hillard (on the left in the photo) explained the transition to Ross Inglis on This Climate Business.

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17:58

Steve Bonnici: Urgent Courier Cargo Bikes

This Climate Business ·

2022/07/25

Auckland-based Urgent Couriers was the country’s first carbon-neutral transport company; if you were in Auckland in the 90’s you’ll likely remember its fleet of courier bicycles.The bikes were mostly displaced by electronic messaging, but now they’re back. Late last year managing director Steve Bonnici bought five electric cargo bikes and set them loose on the streets of Auckland. Steve told Ross Inglis how the new cargo bikes make sense environmentally and commercially. thisclimatebusiness.com

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34:15

A new shoe for you? Why not. Jeremy Bank, YY Nation

This Climate Business ·

2022/07/04

Fast fashion is responsible for packaging, energy use, waste and consumerism at their worst. If there was ever an industry ready for a make over, it would be fashion. How about a very fashionable shoe made of wool, pineapple, bamboo, algae and sugarcane? That’s right it could be delicious, if a little fibrous. YY Nation is taking a circular economy approach to shoes that makes your All Birds look like so 2021. To explain the vision and the mission, I’m joined by CEO and founder Jeremy Bank.

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31:39

Building a Circular Economy – Louise Nash, Circularity

This Climate Business ·

2022/06/19

What goes around comes around. The toxins we build into products come back to poison us sooner or later. It’s the circular economy at work. So imagine if we coulddesign systems to remove those toxins in the first place, or at least capturethem and return them to the process. Building a cradle-to-cradle economy is amammoth task, and it’s the mission of Louise Nash, the CEO of Circularity, aconsultancy that helps companies build circular systems. She’s also the founderof X-Labs, a workshop series that

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24:05

Potatoes to the Rescue! Hamish Dodd about his Plastic...

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2022/06/06

We are drowning in plastics, in our soil, our oceans, our foodchain, and recently discovered as nanoparticles in our gut. Mmmmm nanoplastics.The government banned single-use plastics in 2019, and is phasing outhard-to-recycle plastics such as meat and vegetable packaging later this year,but what to replace them with? Well, Earthpac is a New Zealand business turningto the humble spud for a solution. It’s a potato starch tray that can be frozenand microwave composted, and it's free from nasty toxins

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22:05

No, it won't destroy your Business: Why Removing...

This Climate Business ·

2022/05/23

Few public debates get heated more quickly than the one around replacing kerbside parking with transit lanes or bike paths. How do we make the conversation about parking less polarising and more productive? For the answers, Ross Inglis spoke to Dr. Tim Welch, a Senior Lecturer at Auckland University’s School of Architecture and Planning. Tim, a very public advocate around cycling infrastructure, parking, and other urbanist touchpoints, unwraps the issues and offers pointers for winning the barbecue

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19:48

Behind The Plug: Electric Vehicle Smart Charging

This Climate Business ·

2022/05/02

Electric vehicles are on their way, but is New Zealand’s grid ready for them? Christchurch-based Evnex makes clever chargers that refuel your car and let your lines company dynamically manage the load on its network.Evnex CEO and founder Ed Harvey told Ross Inglis about the magic behind the plug.

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48:07

Carbon Farming on Māori Land - Blair Jamieson, Tāmata...

This Climate Business ·

2022/04/20

So much farmland – a million hectares according to one estimate – is mostly unfarmable because its erosion-prone, too steep, or inaccessible. In decades past that land might be destinated for forestry or just abandoned to return to scrub. Either way, the return on investment was poor. But now, thanks to the Emissions Trading Scheme, some of that land is destined to become permanent forest, with emission credits earned by the landowner. This so-called carbon-farming could be a lifesaver for some

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36:27

How to sell climate change: Jo Bye, EECA

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2022/04/11

Most of the population accepts that climate change is real. Most want to do something about it. But what shall we ask them to do? And what’s the best way to elicit a response? Recently the EECA, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority, released an updated version of their survey into attitudes towards climate change. The results show that who you are, where you live, and what you earn dictate what you believe and how much you’re prepared to do support climate action. Vincent is joined by Jo

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30:22

A Circular Economy Turnaround Story: Comvita

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2022/03/31

Comvita is much loved for its honey products - who doesn’t love bees and their fluffy bums. But a renewed focus on sustainability has seen the company present a robust strategic plan based on circular economy thinking. The plan, called Harmony, is a comprehensive relook at the entire operation and arrives at a time of restructuring and repositioning the company after a few tough years. To explain the thinking behind the plan, Vincent met with Holly Brown, chief transformation officer, and Heather

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40:26

What will farmers commit to on GHGs? Kelly Forster,...

This Climate Business ·

2022/03/21

This month farmers are discussing their approach to managing GHG emissions - as the road show for He Waka Eke Noa comes to an end. He Waka Eke Noa is a joint industry-government-Māori initiative that’s investigating an alternative emissions programme for agriculture that’s outside the Emission Trading Scheme. If He Waka Eke Noa cannot come up with a suitable plan the Government may just fold the primary sector into the ETS anyway.The stakes are high. The majority of NZ’s GHG emissions come from

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31:02

Making a Big Beast Change Direction Quickly: Moving...

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2022/03/10

New Zealand’s transport system relies on fossil fuels. The technologies that heat our homes and businesses aren’t much better. What will it take to transition them towards zero-carbon alternatives? Dr. Richard Meade from Cognitus Economic Insight has tackled the question of Achieving a Timely, Efficient, Equitable and Orderly Transition to Net-Zero Emissions for Transport and Heating in New Zealand, a discussion document commissioned by Vector, Powerco, and First Gas. A teaser: There are roles in

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38:27

A plant-based future for NZ: Jade Gray, Off-Piste...

This Climate Business ·

2022/02/17

The job of transitioning the primary sector from cows to plants will be a long but necessary journey. So if you were looking for someone to show the way, you’d do worse than Jade Grey. He’s managed a farm and a supermarket butchery ran a meat processing plant in China, and launched a chain of pizza stores in Beijing called Gung Ho! Pizza, which was China's first B Corp certified Food and Beverage company. Now Jade and his family are back in New Zealand to launch Off-Piste Provisions, a plant-based

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27:39

How we can transition to an equitable and low-carbon...

This Climate Business ·

2022/02/03

Every year, New Zealanders drive 35 billion kilometres by car – the equivalent of Earth to Mars and back 325 times. Māori and Pasifika miss out far more than other groups on visiting GPs because of lack of transport.Transport accounts for 43% of New Zealand's carbon dioxide emissions, and more than half of these come from private vehicles. This country’s transport system has problems. Finding solutions to them was the task ofTe Ara Matatika, or The Fair Path,a report released in November by the

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44:57

Bees to Bioplastic – Veronica Harwood Stevenson,...

This Climate Business ·

2022/01/21

There’s a thing called the SIN List. Standing for Substitute It Now, the list identifies the chemicals in our textiles, furniture, food, and daily life that are slowly poisoning us, killing our bodies and environment. Replacing that list with nature-based alternatives is the mission of Humblebee, the ambitious biotech startup of Veronica Harwood Stevenson. You may have heard of Humblebee, sometimes described as one of NZ’s hottest biotech start-ups. Now fives years into the journey the Wellington

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43:47

Tackling building waste – Dr Teri-Ann Berry

This Climate Business ·

2021/12/08

I speak with Dr Terri-Ann Berry, Associate Professor at Auckland’s Unitec and the co-founder of the Environmental Solutions Research Centre and the aptly named Sustainable Construction Avengers. Each year, the construction and demolition industry creates 1.7 million tonnes of waste – making up 60% of total landfill. So much of that waste is recoverable, recyclable, and unnecessary. No one cares more about solving that problem than Dr Terri-Ann Berry, Associate Professor at Auckland’s Unitec and the

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57:56

IPCC Report Part 3 – The insider’s guide, with Prof...

This Climate Business ·

2021/11/29

This week Vincent is joined by Professor Dave Frame, Director of the New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute (CCRI) at Victoria University and a lead author on the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This is the third part of our series on IPCC report, so Vincent asked if Dave could give us an insider’s view of how the IPCC works, on the science of warming and the role of methane in global heating a topic of huge importance to NZ. We’d be hard-pressed to

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