Industry professionals are being invited to join an eight-week programme aimed at bringing together the business, social enterprise, and local government sectors to work together to develop the low carbon economy.
Sponsored by the Wellington City Council and Callaghan Innovation, the Zero Carbon Challenge is designed to get a few great Wellington businesses going along the way. It will offer mentorship and networking across Wellington for early stage businesses, as well as a stipend to support each team’s journey.
Crowdfunding platform PledgeMe will deliver the event. After eight weeks of workshops, mentoring, and training in June and July, all teams will launch a PledgeMe campaign to fund their work. All successful campaigners will have access to matched funding from the ZCC Partnership Fund to keep scaling their business.
“The Zero Carbon Challenge gave us such a solid grounding and boost, not only in the ecosystem of Wellington start-up, but within New Zealand,” Wā Collective Olie Body said. “Through passionate, skilled mentorship and experiential learning, our team was met with the support and challenge we needed. I couldn't speak of this venture highly enough and recommend the Zero Carbon Challenge to anyone wanting to really make a difference in this space and level up their business game.”
“We believe Kiwis can lead the world in developing technology that accelerates positive environmental change,” Callaghan Innovation Colm Kearney added. “That’s why Callaghan Innovation are proud to support the Zero Carbon Challenge, with its aim of embedding more low carbon businesses within our community.”
The Zero Carbon Challenge programme first launched four years ago and was formerly named the Low Carbon Challenge. Applications close on May 19.
