This seminar series explored how business can integrate innovation, sustainability and the requirements of the new environmental legislation as a complete business model. |
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PROGRAMME DETAILS |
Click here to download the full programme.
Click here to download the programme summary.
Click here to read the media release. |
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Each day was opened by Paul Curtis, Executive Director of the Packaging Council.
Click on the links to dowload Paul's speech notes and summaries for each day:
Day 1 - click here
Day 2 - click here
Day 3 - click here
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DAY ONE - INNOVATION |
Our ‘Innovation’ session provided an invaluable insight into the R & D work currently underway in New Zealand, demonstrated the economic mechanisms available for development of innovative products and services and how to access these once you understand the revenue flow.
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Tony Nowell,
Chair of the New Zealand Packaging Accord Governing Board
New Zealand’s representative on the APEC Business Advisory Council
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Tony's keynote speech discussed the opportunities and obstacles to New Zealand’s innovation within a global context.
Tony commented that to compete, not just with countries, but with corporations that are bigger than New Zealand, business needs to collaborate with other companies, with academia and with government departments.
Click here to dowload Tony's speech notes. |
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Scion is a Crown Research Institute at the forefront of developing new technologies - with or on behalf of industry. Scion's presentations reiterated the need for collaboration between the public and private sectors and focussed on exciting research into new packaging technologies, sustainable bio-packaging and how technology development benefits industry. |
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Darren Hill, Group Manager, Business Development & Commercial, Scion
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Click here to dowload Darren's presentation.
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Dr Alan Fernyhough, Science Leader, Biomaterials Engineering, Scion |
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Click here to dowload Alan's presentation.
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Jeremy Warnes, Business Development Manager, Scion
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Click here to dowload Jeremy's presentation.
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DAY TWO - COLLABORATION
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| Our ‘Collaboration’ session included an opportunity for delegates to produce a basic carbon footprint for their businesses measured against green house gas protocol standards. Measuring and understanding this data will become a key business driver in the future. The presentations on day two provided advice on how this information should be used to drive strategic business decisions. |
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Alan Emmerson, New Zealand’s Al Gore Ambassador
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Alan Emmerson is a member of Climate Project – Australia, Al Gore's climate change leadership programme with the Australian Conservation Foundation, which has trained 250 people as volunteer climate change presenters.
Alan presented ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ to remind delegates of the external factors which have made ‘climate change’ one of the biggest business challenges of the 21st century.
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| Terry Quilty |
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Terry Quilty walked delegates through the maze of regulated and non-regulated carbon markets.
His first message was that any business should first determine the relevance of measuring its carbon footprint. Terry explained that the carbon markets can be very expensive for a company acting alone, but by collaborating, businesses can reduce those costs dramatically.
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Click here to dowload Terry's presentation.
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Dr Juanita Day,
Group Manager Sustainability Services, Amcor Australasia
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Dr Juanita Day completed the presentations on day two with a very practical view of life cycle analysis. Juanita’s message was simple. Amcor do it to mitigate risk and add value.
Click here to dowload Juanita's presentation. |
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DAY THREE - REGULATION |
| Our ‘Regulation’ session brought together aspects from days one and two and included the opportunity for delegates to produce a basic waste management assessment for their businesses. The presentations focussed on how the new regulatory frameworks could be used to a business advantage rather than being an added cost to business. |
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Dominic Stephens, Research Economist, Westpac
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Dominick gave a ‘state of the nation’ presentation on New Zealand’s economic outlook.
Click here to dowload Dominick's presentation. |
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Rachel Depree, Sustainability Practice Lead, Davanti Consulting
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Rachel Depree explored how the Waste Minimisation Act fits within the wider waste strategy and how delegates should consider preparing their businesses for the new requirements.
Click here to dowload Rachel's presentation. |
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Rachel Devine, Environment Partner, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
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Rachel Devine
discussed the legal implications of the Waste Minimisation Act, particularly the product stewardship, waste levy and local council bylaw provisions.
Click here to dowload Rachel's presentation. |
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FACILITATED WORKSHOPS
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| Each day concluded with a workshop facilitated by Dr Donna Stemmer to explore the themes from each day in more detail. |
Dr Donna Stemmer, Executive Director of the Knowledge Performance Research Institute (KPRI)
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Click on the links to dowload Donna's presentations:
Day 1 - click here
Day 2 - click here
Day 3 - click here
The outputs from the workshops will be posted on the website in due course. |
