This year’s CEO Summit set out to explore how New Zealand companies can make the most of sustainable design and business opportunities with examples given by several leading international organizations and a group of local companies committed ...[Read More]

I was lucky enough to be a part of the select audience at Michael Braungart’s extra presentation on Tuesday. Three points have reverberated in my mind since his presentation on Cradle to Cradle design thinking:   “A design that is less bad is stil ...[Read More]

If I needed to summarise my comments with one sentence I’d say “Cradle to Cradle is great but not a panacea”.   The below is a limited analysis of “why”, only for those who have some time to kill through reading some of my rantings. I am critical ...[Read More]

Professor Michael Braungart the co-author of 'Cradle to Cradle - remaking the way we make things' visited New Zealand over the last week to keynote at the Betterbydesign CEO summit.   We were fortunate enough, along with the support of MFE, SBN, ...[Read More]