Erik Zydervelt is founding director and CEO of Wellington's 24/7 car-sharing service MEVO. Erik is an environmental change-maker, his desire to build better cities & harness business to regenerate our environment led to the beginning of Mevo. The Mevo mission is helping create beautiful & more livable cities by offering a better alternative to private car ownership. 

Topics 

- How to build a modern transport business  

- How to harness business to regenerate our environment 

- How can a shared transport service make cities more beautiful and livable 

- What are the positive impacts of car-sharing compared to private car ownership 

- What is the future of transport? 

Why have we chosen Erik and Mevo as our final speaker for 2019? 

Erik's passion for the environment has led him to create a business in an industry that has a significant impact on climate change, the transport industry. Transport accounts for 23% of emission (WHO) around the globe. In New Zealand, Road vehicle emissions were up 82.1 per cent from 1990 and made up 39.1% of all carbon dioxide emissions in 2016 (NZ Stats). As Taranaki works towards executing projects to meet New Zealand's Zero Emission Targets, attracting such businesses into the region is critical.