Sustainable business ideas
As part of the first-year Bachelor of Business course BUSS509 Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability, students look at the ethical responsibilities of businesses, managers, entrepreneurs, and business practitioners towards caring for the natural environment and society while at the same time ensuring business viability and growth.
The final assessment in this course requires students to create posters that communicate creative and innovative sustainable business ideas that mitigate the sustainability problems brought about by fast-fashion.
Top sustainable business ideas – Semester 1, 2024
Chosen out of approximately 800 student submissions, the winning posters were selected based on the innovativeness of the business idea with a clear focus on sustainability, business viability alongside sustainability, and poster quality in terms of how clear the business idea is communicated through engaging and compelling aesthetic poster design.
Poster gallery
The top posters were ranked in 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, then 4th-9th place, then 10th-11th place. Click on each image below to see each poster in detail.
UN's Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainability Roadmap supports AUT’s contribution towards the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The goals describe how we can achieve a better future, addressing global challenges like poverty, inequality and climate change.
Green Impact programme
Join AUT’s Green Impact programme, and work in teams to complete sustainability actions.
AUT Community Gardens
Participate in this AUT-wide initiative that aims to promote sustainability, nutrition and holistic wellbeing in a collaborative environment.
Contact us
Have questions or want to get involved? Contact the sustainability team: sustainability@aut.ac.nz