Alan Good has been associated with the paper and printing industries in New Zealand for most of his working life. He has held a variety of positions ranging from Litho Offset Machinist, Sales Manager to a Director of a Print Broking Business. He has helped instigate three new technology start-ups. He was introduced to stone paper when he was seeking a paper to meet the needs of clients requiring very high sustainability values.

Sir Rob Fenwick KNZM KStJ CFInstD HonD Nat Res (Linc) is closely associated with a number of environmentally sustainable businesses, government organisations and NGOs. He is also an experienced businessman and company director with interests closely aligned to promoting sustainable development. Sir Rob is Chairman of the New Zealand Waste Advisory Board, co-founder of the NZ Business Council for Sustainable Development and former chairman of Landcare Research the New Zealand science foundation responsible for urban sustainability. In 2009 he was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the environment. For the past twenty years he has had an association with Antarctica: for nine years until 2007 he was a director, one of several CRIs involved in Antarctic research, and is a former chairman of the Antarctic Heritage Trust. In 2005 the New Zealand Geographic Society named the Fenwick Ice Piedmont in the Ross Sea for his work in Antarctica. He is a co-founder and director of Living Earth Ltd, New Zealand’s principal organic waste management business and is active in policy development around waste minimisation and climate change, and has been a member of several Government working groups in these areas. He is a special advisor to the Department of Conservation and was conferred with the degree of Doctor of Natural Resources, honoris causa, by Lincoln University in 2012.