Turn sustainability goals into successful action
We are a global sustainability consultancy, established in the UK in 2001 and operating in Aotearoa New Zealand since 2007. We create innovative, science-led approaches that drive positive change for planet and people.
Independent advice making a real difference, since 2001
Sectors and Industries
Eunomia Research & Consulting provides commercially focused environmental consulting services to public and private sector clients.
Insights
We support positive change. Through review and implementation, our clients achieve greater resource efficiency, improve sustainability and become more environmentally responsible. Get the latest agend-setting reports by our experts here.
Our Story
Since 2001, Eunomia has passionately pioneered science-led solutions to reduce human impact on the planet, by providing accurate, intelligent information & analysis, through clear client communication and engagement
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Our Services
Providing unbiased, science-based, and policy-setting research and consulting for nearly 25 years.
Waste & Recycling
Eunomia is New Zealand’s foremost waste and recycling consultancy. We have amassed a wealth of experience and expertise across all aspects of the sector and are ideally placed to advise and support organisations in their endeavours.
Policy & Strategy
Eunomia develops coherent, fully-costed and forward-thinking waste policies and strategies at national, regional, and local levels. We are acknowledged as leading thinkers in waste management and minimisation planning, and regulation.
Sustainable Business
We help organisations understand how to reduce their impact on the environment through products and operations.
We have significant expertise in assessing carbon footprints of products and technologies, and how key assumptions and parameters can shift an analysis in favour, or against, a given solution.
Procurement
Eunomia will support your organisation to sustainably procure goods and services through specification and process management, with particular expertise in waste and recycling procurement processes.
Navigate to a sustainable future
Our experts provide pragmatic, science-led solutions tailored to your needs, helping you to reduce environmental impacts and stay ahead of policy shifts.
We start by asking a lot of questions – sometimes daring to go where others won’t. We know that this approach will get us to the core of the real challenges. Then, we provide the evidence and actionable steps to create change.
What Drives Eunomia
Why work with Eunomia?
Whether you are in the public, NGO or private sector, we understand the pressures you face when budgets are tight. When commercial sustainability is a challenge in its own right, solving the problems of the here and now will be top of the agenda.
01. Unmatched expertise
Our approach is grounded in decades of science-led consultancy. Our in-depth knowledge and involvement in policy gives our advice real authority. And our lived experience delivering a vast range of projects – by type, sector and objectives – fully equips us for new challenges.
02. Pragmatic advice
Whether you are in the public, NGO or private sector, we understand the pressures you face when budgets are tight. We partner closely with clients to understand the issues at hand, providing exceptional value for money and advice that is both pragmatic and actionable.
03. Industry-leading insights
Our research and thought leadership reports have influenced global discussions, from the INC 5 Plastics Treaty to the European Green Deal. Our evidence has helped inform and shape multiple EU policies over the last two decades.
Some of our Clients
Recent Reports
Resource Use and Waste Generation in Aotearoa
In May 2025, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) published the research note 'Resource use and waste generation in Aotearoa New Zealand: filling (some) gaps' to contribute to the investigation they're carrying out on the impacts economic...
Invisible Waste: Unveiling Microplastic Pollution
Consultant Anita Lewis presented a webinar hosted by WasteMINZ on the 9th October 2024. Titled 'Invisible Waste: Unveiling Microplastic Pollution', Anita discusses the pervasive issue of microplastics. Focusing on its sources, environmental impacts, and the role of...
New Zealand’s National Recycling Rate: Options and Estimates
The Ministry for the Environment commissioned Eunomia to produce a report about recycling rates that would assist them to determine how to calculate national recycling rates for Aotearoa New Zealand. Six metrics were put forward for the Ministry's refinement and...
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