‘Conscious Consumers’ is a business accreditation programme and consumer movement that helps hospitality businesses respond effectively to increasing consumer demand for environmentally and socially responsible products and services. 

The scheme was launched in Wellington in June 2010 and Auckland in July 2011, and expanded to the Waikato in September 2011. The initial focus was on the café sector. In early 2012 additional funding was secured to ‘revamp’ the programme and move into the wider hospitality sector and the South Island (official launch of new programme was November 2012).

Conscious Consumers has business and consumer members in the five main regions of New Zealand. In each of these regions we have a Regional Coordinator. These Coordinators are supported by the National Office in Wellington, which employers a Director, Ethical Business Advisor, Marketing Manager, Designer and Administrator. Here we all are:

Regional Coordinators
Anna Mathieson	Kirsty Proctor	Melissa Keys	Aoife Kenny	Megan Williams
Auckland	Waikato	Wellington	Canterbury	Otago

National Office
Fran Gleisner	Melissa Keys	Ants Cabraal	Nandini Nair	Ben Gleisner
Administrator	Business Advisor	Marketing Manager	Designer	National Director