About us

Sustainability

At Trade Me, we’re committed to business sustainability and helping our members make a difference.

What is Trade Me doing?

In 2017, we named a real-life kiwi, Kevin, after our brand mascot, ‘Kev the kiwi’.

Supporting New Zealand wildlife

Circular Economy Report

87% of Kiwi have bought something secondhand in the past six months - that’s up from 76% five years ago
The average Kiwi has around 11 pieces of clothing they no longer want or wear. That could make them an easy $300 by just clearing out their closets.
Almost three out of four Kiwi have items they could sell, and on average they have 20 items to sell - that’s five more than in 2019
63% of Kiwi with things to offload plan to sell them to save money
Based on the average selling price of used items on Trade Me, each Kiwi could make $1,300 by offloading their pre-loved goods - that’s up from $1,200 in 2019 and a step in the right direction to reducing our environmental impacts

Carbon reduction

Waste reduction

Saving the planet one fridge at a time

Thank you to all our accidental eco warriors.

18,000 fridges from landfill
32,292 tonnes of carbon dioxide
$4.2 million in environmental costs

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