What the circular economy means for Auckland businesses
Tātaki Auckland Unlimited worked with the Sustainable Business Network (SBN) to understand how Auckland could benefit from moving to a circular economy.
Findings from a comprehensive report facilitated by SBN show that this move could create new economic opportunities for our businesses and our people, and enable a more resilient future for Auckland. There is currently a lack of awareness and understanding of how circular economy principles apply to business and industry. Auckland businesses need information, tools and skills to enable them to use circular economy ideas to create new opportunities and reduce their reliance on finite resources.
Find out more in our economic insights report Circular economy: A new dynamic for Auckland businesses.
XLabs – New Zealand's first circular economy lab
One of Auckland Unlimited’s first circular economy initiatives was the circular innovation programme XLabs, created in partnership with Circularity and Ministry for the Environment.
XLabs allows businesses to re-imagine and accelerate their future to become circular. It creates the space for businesses to imagine, design and collaborate on new innovations for real-life challenges — right at the intersection of sustainability, science and technology.
Level up your knowledge of the circular economy with this online learning programme.
The short course draws from work with innovators, changemakers, governments and industries to solve environmental challenges and unlock solutions that are better for people and the planet, faster than ever before.
The programme guides you through practical and inspiring circular-by-design methods to build your capability and edge in the circular economy.
XLabs Live is a one-week design sprint where teams work alongside like-minded businesses from a range of industries to develop ideas from XLabs Learn.
Teams work closely with Circularity and a diverse range of experts to prototype and validate a circular solution.
This in-person design sprint is currently planned to run from 23 May - 27 May 2022 and will be held in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.