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ABOUT TODAY'S EPISODE

Welcome to the season finale of the Getting in the Loop Podcast! This season our theme has been ‘making circular business happen.' So far we've talked to companies and researchers working with circular business models specialized in repair and refurbishment. Now it's time to hear from another key player in the circular business ecosystem: that’s right, we’re talking about investing in circular businesses.

Jamie Butterworth of Circularity Capital joins us for this season's final instalment. Circularity Capital is a specialist private equity firm founded to provide clients access to investment opportunities created by the circular economy. You might be familiar with Jamie Butterworth as he was the first CEO of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, before going on to found Circularity Capital. 

In today’s episode, you’ll learn if investing in circular economy solutions is really that different from how we currently invest. You'll hear how Circularity Capital selects companies for its portfolio and the different investment challenges circular businesses face depending on their business model. Jamie also shares a bit about what it was like to be the first CEO of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and what has surprised him the most about the growing interest in circular economy over the past 10 years.

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We’re joined by Jessika Luth Richter, a postdoctoral researcher at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics. In today’s episode, we cover a lot of ground - we’re talking all things electronics and policy. You’ll hear about the idea of ‘Right to Repair’ that is gaining traction in the US and EU, find out how policies like extended producer responsibility (EPR) relate to circular economy, and more!

Related episodes:

How Policy Can Help Create a More Circular Economy with Leonidas Milios

ABOUT TODAY'S GUEST

Jessika researches policies and initiatives enabling a circular economy, including extended producer responsibility (EPR) policies, ecodesign policies, green procurement, circular business practices and circular city initiatives. She has experience with qualitative research methods, multi-criteria policy evaluation methods, and quantitative life cycle methods (I.e. LCA, LCC, MFA). She also has experience evaluating environmental economic instruments such as emission trading schemes and green stimulus packages. She is currently researching how different values can be retained in closing loops for electronics products through EPR policies and how policies can support upscaling repair of these products. Jessika is also involved in teaching, including designing and running massive open online courses.

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In today’s episode, we’re talking all things about reuse of electronics. Sebastian Holmström explains how Inrego’s electronics refurbishment business model works. We discuss the Swedish Government’s Circular Economy Delegation where Sebastian is the chairman of an expert group on reuse and Sebastian shares several ‘pre-conditions’ he believes necessary to encourage reuse at a large scale. 

ABOUT TODAY'S GUEST

Sebastian Holmström is Circular Strategy Lead at Inrego. Before joining Inrego, Sebastian worked to reduce littering in Sweden at Keep Sweden Clean. Sebastian is also a board member of the Swedish circular economy platform Cradlenet. 

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Parently aims to make parenting worry-free by offering subscription services for children’s things including strollers, bikes, and cots. In this episode, you’ll hear from CEO and Founder David Knutsson about the unique way Parently’s business model works, the challenge they have faced, and why David refers to refurbishment as the ‘sewage system of the circular economy.’ Hint: it’s a backbone to making circular economy happen, but no one wants to talk about it or deal with it.

ABOUT TODAY'S GUEST

David Knutsson is CEO and Founder of Parently. The idea for Parently was born in 2019 while David was expecting his first child and discovered no other companies in Sweden offered high value children’s products through subscription-based, circular business models.

ABOUT TODAY'S GUEST

Tom Leenders co-founded Gerrard Street after graduating with an MSc in Integrated Product Design from Delft University of Technology. Now over six years later, Tom joins us on the Getting in the Loop podcast to share what he’s learned and how Gerrard Street has evolved. 

Resources and links discussed in this episode are available at gettinginthelooppodcast.com. Don't forget to check out our free circular economy resources including:

• The Circular Sectors Navigator E-Book
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We are starting a new GETTING IN THE LOOP season on Monday, January 17th.

Today I’m announcing the line-up of awesome guests.

Our guiding theme this season is circular business. We’ll hear from entrepreneurs, investors, and researchers who are making circular economy happen through reuse, repair, refurbishment, and more.

Check out the full line-up below to see who we will be joining us this season:

• Tom Leenders, Co-founder of modular headphone company Gerrard Street; 
• David Knutsson, CEO and Founder of subscription service Parently; 
• Sebastian Holmström, Circular Strategy Lead at Inrego; 
• Jessika Luth Richter, Postdoctoral Researcher at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics; 
• Jamie Butterworth, Founding Partner of Circularity Capital and first CEO of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

These are conversations about making circular economy happen in companies. I can’t wait for the season to kick-off so I can finally be able to share them with you.

Interviews will begin airing January 17, 2022, and run every other week until March. The season will be about 5 episodes in total: short and sweet, but jam-packed with practical insights! So, get ready to tune in and share these episodes with those you think will also find their contents insightful.

Are you ready to get back to Getting in the Loop?

See you on January 17th!

Resources:

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• gettinginthelooppodcast.com.

ABOUT TODAY'S GUEST

Alexandre Lemille was recognized by the World Economic Forum as “Highly Commended” in the Circular Economy Leadership category (2016). He co-authored the 2020 academic Elsevier paper "Making Circular Economy Work for Human Development", and his Circular Humansphere concept was recently recognized by CRESTING Circular Research (2021).

Resources and links discussed in this episode are available at gettinginthelooppodcast.com. Don't forget to check out our free circular economy resources including:

• The Circular Sectors Navigator E-Book
• Linkedin Group: Getting in the Loop Podcast

Read more about the Circular Humansphere here.

If you want to continue to learn about circular economy over the summer, we have a number of circular economy resources on our website. These include free downloads and new games to support you on your circular economy journey, especially if you want to share circular economy with others. Head to www.gettinginthelooppodcast.com and click ‘Resources’.

That being said: While the podcast may be on summer break, the Getting in the Loop circular economy podcast team will still be working behind the scenes, including planning and making new episodes for you! In fact, I asked members of our podcast Linkedin group what they wanted to hear about in upcoming episodes - so if you haven’t responded to that post, be sure to do so! Become a member of the  Linkedin Group: Getting in the Loop Podcast. It’s a great way to get in touch with me and connect with other listeners!

Today I’m thrilled to introduce you to Jim Goddin. Jim is Head of Circular Economy at thinkstep-anz, a sustainability consultancy based in Australia and New Zealand. Jim was one of the first people I met when I started learning about the circular economy back in 2012. In this episode of the Getting in the Loop circular economy podcast, Jim shares what he’s learned having worked with circular economy issues over the past 10 years. Jim explains what most people get wrong about circular economy, the importance of measuring circularity, and what it was like to work with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation on the development of their Material Circularity Indicator. We also discuss his expertise in critical raw materials and the one thing he thinks all companies should know - but likely don’t! Will you know it? 

About Today’s Guest

Jim Goddin is Head of Circular Economy at thinkstep-anz. He specialises in circular economy systems design and has worked alongside the Ellen MacArthur Foundation for much of the past decade leading and co-authoring the widely adopted Material Circularity Indicator methodology. He has worked extensively on the development of eco-design tools and the assessment of business risks resulting from critical materials and hazardous substances legislation.

Resources and links discussed in this episode are available at gettinginthelooppodcast.com.

What do sports and circular economy have in common? Well, today’s  Getting in the Loop guest Brad Jeavons thinks approaches traditionally used by sports teams could help us create more sustainable and circular companies, especially when it comes to strategy and cultural deployment of circular economy concepts. 

Brad is an author, coach and presenter who focuses on helping organizations and their people reach their potential. In this episode, Brad shares what we can learn about transitioning to a circular economy from his experience helping large organizations shift culture. We also talk about why customer centric companies are more likely to have success with the circular economy and Brad shares his thoughts on the state of circular economy in Australia. Resources and links discussed in this episode are available at gettinginthelooppodcast.com.

In today’s episode: Ekaterina Chertkovskaya explains the concept of degrowth and shares examples of what this could mean in practice by presenting possible alternatives focused on openness and relocalization. She also explains why we should be wary of placing the blame on individuals and private citizens when it comes to sustainability - and what we can actually do to address this issue. Resources and links discussed in this episode are available at gettinginthelooppodcast.com.

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About Today’s Guest

Vojtěch Vosecky is an Associate of Circle Economy, Co-founder of circular consultancy INCIEN, chair of the CE steering group @ city of Prague. He has worked on circular economy related issues in the European Parliament and currently works as Circle Economy's Associate focused on Nordics and the CEE. Vojtěch leads an expert team on circular economy for the city of Prague and collaborates with numerous other organisations. He is a member of the international groups such as Circular Economy Club and the Visegrad for Sustainability.

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About Today’s Guest

Annika Hedberg is Head of the Sustainable Prosperity for Europe Programme at the European Policy Centre (EPC), an independent think tank based in Brussels, Belgium. She joined the EPC in 2010 and over the years has worked on a wide range of policy areas, including climate, energy, environment, health, circular economy and industrial transformation. In her role as Head of Programme, she aims to promote discussion on the drivers and foundations for a more sustainable and competitive European economy.

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Want to know what’s happening with the circular economy in North America and especially Canada? In this week’s episode of the Getting in the Loop circular economy podcast I speak with Paul Shorthouse from the Circular Economy Leadership Coalition. Paul shares examples of circular economy in Canada, tells us why he believes North America is ready to adopt a circular economy, and explains the regional differences that could influence how circular economy concepts are adopted in North America. About 

Today’s Guest

Paul Shorthouse is one of Canada’s leading experts in the emerging circular economy, providing solutions and engaging leaders who are working at the intersection of business innovation, public policy, economic development, and sustainability. In February 2021, Paul took on the role of Managing Director of the Circular Economy Leadership Coalition (CELC), and continues in his role with the GLOBE Series and The Delphi Group where he is a senior director and leads their Green and Circular Economy practice nation-wide. 

About Today’s Guest

Mesbah Sabur learned the value of hard work as an Afghan refugee, whose family sought asylum in his adopted homeland of the Netherlands when he was just 7. He recalls the frequent advice offered by his father during the five years they lived in refugee camps before achieving resident status: "Remember that you need to earn everything you are doing." That can-do philosophy — and his belief that it’s tough to solve big problems from inside big companies — inspired the creation four years ago of Circularise. 

In this episode, I share four steps to action-oriented circular economy. I’ve developed them based on what I’ve learned from our podcast guests and my own PhD research since launching the world’s first circular economy podcast two years ago. I’ve dubbed it ACT C(ircular) to help you remember:

A: Acknowledge what you already know. What skills and expertise do you have? How could you draw on them?

C: Commit to a small scope. Think small.

T: Try out different CE strategies. Trial and error.

C(ircular): Check the outcomes. What are the benefits?

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About Today’s Guest

Virginia Cinquemani is the director and founder of Green Gorilla Consultants Ltd, a training and coaching company focused on empowering sustainability professionals to make an impact. She is the author of SustainABLE: How to Find Success as a Sustainability Professional in a Rapidly Changing World, and the Hub Lead for Women in Sustainability Hertfordshire. 

Elin works as the circular economy expert at WWF Sweden, is one of the initiators of the Nordic Circular Hotspot and is the Vice President and spokesperson of the Swedish circular economy network Cradlenet.  Resources and links discussed in this episode are available at gettinginthelooppodcast.com.

Katie’s note: Since this episode was recorded, I have left my role as a Managing Partner of the Nordic Circular Hotspot.

About Today’s Guest

Elin Bergman has been called the “Circular economy queen of Sweden.’’ She works as the circular economy expert at WWF Sweden, is one of the initiators of the Nordic Circular Hotspot and is the Vice President and spokesperson of the Swedish circular economy network Cradlenet. Cradlenet is one of the oldest circular economy networks in the world, celebrating their 10-year anniversary in 2019 with working to accelerate the transition of circular economy in Sweden and the world. At WWF, Elin has developed a new international network, The Baltic Stewardship Initiative, to enable recirculation of nutrients in the region from the agri-food sector.

Jenn founded loop-it in 2019 after her Erasmus at Linköping University in Sweden where loop-it began as an idea at an innovation bootcamp. Jennifer and the other co-founders won second place and kept going with their idea. In September 2020, she moved to Stockholm to work on loop-it full time. Loop-it was most recently part of the +impact accelerator from Danske Bank, RISE, WeWork Labs and Ignite Sweden.

In this episode, Jennifer tells us about Loop-it and shares her experience as a circular entrepreneur. You’ll hear about what she’s learned setting up loop-it and the one question she always gets asked -- and is ready to answer for the last time on the podcast! Resources and links discussed in this episode are available at gettinginthelooppodcast.com.

About Today’s Guest

Jennifer von der Heydt has a background in Consumer Psychology and Circular Economy / Systems Design. She founded loop-it in 2019 after her Erasmus at Linköping University in Sweden where loop-it began as an idea at an innovation bootcamp. Jennifer and the other co-founders won second place and kept going with their idea. In September 2020, she moved to Stockholm to work on loop-it full time. Loop-it was most recently part of the +impact accelerator from Danske Bank, RISE, WeWork Labs and Ignite Sweden.

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Previous episodes mentioned: #39 (circular design), #40, #41 (circular business models), #45, #49 (biomaterials), #47, #51 (plastics), #50 (circular experiment)

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Fall 2020 events discussed in this episode:

October 2020 : Putting circularity metrics to work in business 

November 2020 : Nordic Circular Summit

December 2020 : IS4CE Seminar on “Circular transitions: Will incumbent companies make it? Learn more and register for free 

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About Today’s Guest

Donald Eubank is an experienced manager who has worked across the IT, finance, and media industries in Asia. As co-founder of Read the Air, he serves as a key advisor to businesses that are integrating sustainability into their core strategy, guiding their teams to lead sustainably and apply critical tools for managing impact. Donald is a former features editor and contributor at The Japan Times. A graduate of St. John's College, he applies critical thinking, philosophy and science to take deep dives on difficult new subjects and determine future directions for business strategy.

Mariksa Nell started experimenting with trash️ in her artwork and the curiosity of the medium had her researching how waste affects the environment. Since then, she has worked with many organisations globally to drive environmental and sustainable change and inspires change through her artwork, podcasting, and public speaking. Her artwork can be found in the collections Trevor Noah, Adrian Grenier, Gary Vaynerchuck, Kris Fade, and Black Coffee Mason Plumlee.

In this episode, Mariska tells us how she became interested in climate activism and the unique way she went about raising sustainability awareness in the UAE. You will also learn about her motivation to start the Mama Earth Talk podcast and what she has learned from talking with experts all over the world having produced the podcast for over two years. Resources and links discussed in this episode are available at gettinginthelooppodcast.com.

About Today’s Guest

Mariksa Nell started experimenting with trash️ in her artwork and the curiosity of the medium had her researching how waste affects the environment. She decided to take the trash to the streets of the UAE and wore all the trash she generated. 30 days and 65 kg of waste later she had the country buzzing with questions about waste and wanting to know how they can reduce it. This was the start of the podcast, Mama Earth Talk. She has worked with many organisations globally to drive environmental and sustainable change and inspires change through her artwork, podcasting, and public speaking. Her artwork can be found in the collections Trevor Noah, Adrian Grenier, Gary Vaynerchuck, Kris Fade, Black Coffee Mason Plumlee.

About Today’s Guest

Frederik is CEO of Green Innovation Group, which is a consulting firm that makes strategy and innovation for large clients. Frederik graduated from the University of Copenhagen with a specialty in anthropology and alternative societies. Last year, Frederik and the Green Innovation Group were a key part of the Novo Nordisk Innovation Challenge. Through the challenge Novo Nordisk and the Green Innovation Group looked at 350 circular economy companies before adopting five in an accelerator. Novo Nordisk is currently running pilot projects with several of the companies from the accelerator.

About Today’s Guest

Alena Kuzniatsova is Founder and Chief Value Officer of Orange Bird. After working in different marketing functions for 15+ years, in 2017, Alena founded Orange Bird, an agile marketing agency, which focuses on and serves companies who use circular business models and help to reduce and eliminate greenhouse emissions.

 The aim of the Linkedin group is to enable Getting in the Loop podcast listeners to connect and discuss the podcast and circular economy! I also plan to share information and events I think might be relevant for you and invite you to do the same.

Don't forget this week's events:

• Virtual WCEFonline
• Circular Hotspots of the World Event

View the complete list of WCEF Side Events here.

About Today’s Guest

Graham is the Managing Director of SLOOP Consulting B.V. which has been offering consulting services and tools in the field of packaging and sustainability since 2009. He is the founder & project co-ordinator for CEFLEX (a Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging), which is a collaborative initiative by over 150 companies and associations from across the flexible packaging value chain to make flexible packaging even more relevant in the circular economy. Prior to 2009, he worked for Unilever for 23 years with a wide range of responsibilities including: R&D, Packaging management and design, Supply chain restructuring, Sustainability and CSR.

About Today’s Guest

Ashleigh Morris is the CEO of Coreo, a company actioning circular economy in Australasia. Ashleigh is widely recognised as a circular economy visionary with the skills, experience and ability to not only inform future strategy but to also lead the action required to achieve impact.

Highlights

Today’s episode is about DOING and for that reason I’m so happy that I can share it with you as our special 50th episode! Today’s theme revolves around asking: What would happen if you applied circular concepts to a local area or region? Ashleigh Morris of Coreo is here to dive into this question with us and share her experience! In this episode, Ashleigh tells us about the state of circular economy in Australia, and she shares her experiences practically implementing circular economy strategies.  Tune in to hear about Coreo’s first project aptly named the Circular Experiment, where applying circular concepts such as reverse logistics and asset sharing to a street in Queensland resulted in economic, environmental and social benefits! Ashleigh also shares key factors you should consider before embarking on your own circular experiment.  Resources and links discussed in this episode can be found at gettinginthelooppodcast.com .

UPCOMING EVENT ALERT

Interested in learning more about circular economy in the Nordics? On Sept 8, 2020, the Nordic Circular Hotspot is hosting an online side event as part of the digital World Circular Economy Forum. The event will focus on what’s happening with circular economy in the Nordics and what’s to come with the Nordic Circular Hotspot. 

The Hotspot’s mission is to fast-forward the transition to a more inclusive, resource-efficient and regenerative economy in the Nordics and is a collaboration between partnering organisations from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Finland, and The Netherlands. I am especially excited to share this event with you because I am part of the Nordic Circular Hotspot team through my work at RISE.

So, if you are interested in learning about the state of circular economy in the Nordics, I invite you to join us on Sept 8. Find more information and register here. 

Getting in the Loop + International Society for the Circular Economy Team Up!

This month we’ve partnered with the International Society for the Circular Economy so you can meet some of the keynote speakers ahead of their inaugural conference. To learn more and register for the digital event, please visit https://www.is4ce.org/en/society-for-the-circular-economy . Mark your calendars for July 6-7, 2020!

FYI: the Getting in the Loop podcast will take a break from our regularly scheduled programming for the summer and resume in September. Make sure you are subscribed to the podcast to get notified when we resume and if any bonus content airs! 

ABOUT TODAY’S GUEST

Ehab Sayed, Founder and Director of Innovation at Biohm and PhD Researcher at Northumbria University, is a sustainable designer, engineer, circular economy strategist and built environment innovator with a passion for creating a biomimetic (nature-inspired) circular future that meets our environmental, economic and human needs. Through extensive research on the global construction industry, he founded Biohm to develop nature inspired construction systems and materials that champion a transformation towards the integration of biological processes in manufacturing. Leading a solid team of passionate and talented designers, engineers, architects, biologists and business innovators from around the globe he is working towards revolutionising the construction industry. Ehab is a Climate-Kic Certified Professional and with Biohm, has amassed a portfolio of awards and recognition from highly regarded international bodies. Member of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Circular Economy Club and UKGBC.

Getting in the Loop + International Society for the Circular Economy Team Up!

This month we’ve partnered with the International Society for the Circular Economy so you can meet some of the keynote speakers ahead of their inaugural conference. To learn more and register for the digital event, please visit https://www.is4ce.org/en/society-for-the-circular-economy . Mark your calendars for July 6-7, 2020!

ABOUT TODAY’S GUEST

Anders Wijkman is an opinion maker and author. He is Honorary President of the Club of Rome, senior advisor to The Stockholm Environment Institute and chairman of the Swedish Association of Recycling Industries. As of March 2017 Anders is chairman of the Governing Board of Climate-KIC – the largest public-private partnership on innovation for low-carbon solutions in the EU.

Anders has served as a Member of the European Parliament, as Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Policy Director of UNDP, as Secretary General of the Swedish Red Cross, as Secretary General of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation and as Director General of SAREC (the Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries).

Getting in the Loop + International Society for the Circular Economy Team Up!

This month we’ve partnered with the International Society for the Circular Economy so you can meet some of the keynote speakers ahead of their inaugural conference. To learn more and register for the digital event, please visit https://www.is4ce.org/en/society-for-the-circular-economy . Mark your calendars for July 6-7, 2020!

ABOUT TODAY’S GUEST

Dr. Walter R. Stahel is founder and director of the Product-Life Institute (Switzerland), the oldest established consultancy in Europe devoted to developing sustainable strategies and policies. He is honorary president of IS4CE, a visiting professor at the University of Surrey (UK), a full member of the Club of Rome, and author of numerous publications, including his recent book  The Circular Economy: A User’s Guide.

Mi Terro and Operation Food Search are partnering in the fight against hunger: Use the discount code "WEFEEDKIDS" for 25% off at www.miterro.com and 20 meals will be donated to a child in need every time the code is applied. 

About Today’s Guest

Robert Luo is a three-time entrepreneur. He sold his first company for $300,000 while he studied at the University of Southern California. He is a Forbes Under 30 Scholar and Global Shaker's Sustainable Fashion Innovator 2019. He is also an Entrepreneur Hall of Fame at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, recipient of "25 Under 25" by Social Entrepreneur Magazine, and recipient of the All America Chinese Youth Federation "Top 30 under 30".

Show notes and links related to this episode can be found on our website at www.gettinginthelooppodcast.com.

ABOUT TODAY'S GUEST

Michael A. Saltzberg is the Global Business Director for Biomaterials at DuPont. There he leads a portfolio of commercial and emerging businesses which utilize renewable feedstocks, rather than petroleum or natural gas derivatives, to make industrially important chemicals and materials, including DuPont Sorona® polymer and Bio-PDO™ propanediol. Through the development of renewable biochemicals and biomaterials, Dr. Saltzberg and his team are solving critical issues for industries as varied as packaging, cosmetics, apparel and carpeting, all facing the challenges of offering high performance choices to their downstream customers while making their supply chains more sustainable.

Show notes and links related to this episode can be found on our website at www.gettinginthelooppodcast.com.

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Thank you to everyone who went on Linkedin and posted after our last episode. You can find the related article and join in on the conversation here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/three-positive-takeaways-circular-economy-from-current-whalen/ 

Will you join me with thanking our previous circular economy expert guests? Here's how: 1) Think about a past interview episode that you really enjoyed or learned a lot from.  2) Share a link to that episode on your favorite social media platform. Bonus: You can even write why you enjoyed the episode and tag the interviewee!

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1. Improving our ability for (virtual) collaboration
2. Illustrating the possibility for strong leadership and quick action
3. Supporting distributed - rather than centralised - circularity

We also touch on the European Commission’s New Circular Economy Action Plan.

I want to hear your thoughts and comments, so I’ve posted the transcript of this podcast on my LinkedIn as an article.  After you’re done listening, I invite you to join in on the conversation by posting a comment on the article. Resources and links mentioned in this episode can be found at www.gettinginthelooppodcast.com.

ABOUT TODAY'S GUEST

Jeff Wooster is the Global Sustainability Director for Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics. He is on the Board of Directors for GreenBlue and serves on the steering team for the Ocean Conservancy’s Trash Free Seas Alliance. 

Wooster has been recognized for his many efforts to advance sustainability practices including the American Chemistry Council  Responsible Care 2015 Employee of the Year  and an inaugural person of the year  Trashie Award  from the Sustainable Packaging Coalition. He lives in Houston, Texas with his husband Randy and their dog Hercules.

ABOUT TODAY'S GUEST

Dr. Merryn Haines-Gadd is a post-doc researcher at the University of Exeter within the Exeter Centre for Circular Economy (ECCE). She works in the EPSRC consortium ‘Manufacturing Immortality’, investigating the design opportunities and Circular Economy implications of implementing self-healing materials within product development.

ABOUT TODAY'S GUEST
Emanuele Di Francesco is founder of the online platform Circular Conversations. He is a passionate researcher and entrepreneur in the space of the circular economy, with an interest in opening up societal dialogue and working on impactful initiatives. He is currently responsible for setting up collaborative initiatives between start-ups and corporates to accelerate the transition to the circular economy at the Unknown Group.

1.  What are circular business models?
2. How can entrepreneurs contribute to the circular economy?

As part of the latter question, I share a bit about what we’re learning in the C://BOOT program, where I helped mentor twenty-one budding circular economy entrepreneurs this past fall.

This episode is actually the first of three episodes from ‘Advancing Sustainable Solutions’ on business in a circular economy. If you want to check out the second and third installments after listening to today’s episode, head over to www.gettinginthelooppodcast.com!

FYI: the Getting in the Loop podcast will take a three-week break for the holidays and resume Jan 13, 2020 with Episode 38. Happy holidays and can’t wait to connect with you again in the New Year!

ABOUT TODAY’S GUEST

Ladeja Godina Košir is Founder & Director of Circular Change, Chair of ECESP in Brussels, is an internationally renowned expert for the circular economy, speaker and co-creator of international CE events. Ladeja was the finalist of The Circular Leadership Award 2018 (Davos World Economic Forum), recognised as the regional "engine of circular economy transition". She is the co-author of the Roadmap towards the Circular Economy in Slovenia and creator and team leader of the annual international Circular Change Conference. Ladeja is visiting professor at the Doshisha University in Kyoto, and Co-leader of the Research Group Circular Economy Systems at the Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science (BCSSS) in Vienna.

This two-part special makes a great follow up to Episode 005’ Why Asia is Key to the Future of Circular Economy with Adrienna Zsakay’. You can find Adrienna’s episode as well as links to other resources mentioned in this episode in the show notes on our website at www.gettinginthelooppodcast.com.

• Learn more about CE business actions in the solar industry 
• Transition to a CE in the off-grid solar industry : Lucyl’s thesis (not yet published)
• Greening the Solar PV value chain in India : 
• Discover what is the Solar Waste Action Plan in India (SWAP): 

In this episode (Part One), we’ll discover the current state of circular economy in India. And, in Part Two, we will hear more about the future of circular economy in India as well as from Lucyl about the research that brought her to India in the first place!

This episode is a great follow up to Episode 005 ‘Why Asia is Key to the Future of Circular Economy with Adrienna Zsakay’ - and we have to give a great thank you to Adrienna for putting us in contact with some of the interviewees in this episode! You can find Adrienna’s episode as well as links to other resources mentioned in this episode in the show notes on our website at www.gettinginthelooppodcast.com.

ABOUT TODAY’S GUEST

Lucyl Staub is a young waste management and circular economy professional. She recently graduated from her MSc in Environmental Management and Policy from the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics on top of her MSc in Business Administration from Grenoble Business School.

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Lars Zimmermann is a cofounder of Open Source Circular Economy Days, a global event that started in 2015 to promote open source as the key driver for a circular economy. Based out of Berlin, Germany, he is founder of Mifactori, a design and environmental activism studio.

This episode is a great follow-up to Getting in the Loop Episode 003 where Helene Smits and I explored the future of circular fashion. As you will hear, Boyish has adopted many of the practices discussed in that episode. You can find Episode 003 as well as well as the show notes to this episode on our website at gettinginthelooppodcast.com

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Jordan Nodarse launched Boyish Jeans after more than a decade spent learning the ins and outs of the denim industry. Launching one and a half years ago, Boyish Jeans is a collection of sustainable women’s denim. Designed in Los Angeles, each collection is centered on vintage silhouettes with a modern update, all available at an attainable price point. Before starting Boyish, Jordan was the Director of Denim & Special Projects at Reformation.

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Rebecca Kimber writes about circular economy products, clean living and holistic health on EarthyB.com. She believes products should be better for us, the planet and the economy, and on her website, she shares her own journey of using simple swaps to reduce her eco-impact while also exploring systemic change. 

HIGHLIGHTS

• Circular economy basic principles and the two main concepts for circular business models
• How to slow and close resource flows using cell phones as an example
• Why individuals alone cannot be responsible for creating a circular economy
• The importance of design and systems thinking in circular economy
• Differences between circular economy, zero waste and sustainability
• Why circular economy has gained significant popularity in Europe and how its viewed in the United States

Rowan Drury founded Sweden’s first plastic package-free shop Gram in 2016 after searching for a more sustainable way to buy food. At GRAM Everything is sold loose and by weight. Shoppers are encouraged to bring their own reusable containers so that they do not have to throw away anything when they get home. When she’s not running the shop, Rowan can be found lecturing about zero-waste lifestyles, supporting others in their quest to start up zero-waste shops and initiatives and advise companies about how to reduce their waste and climate impact.

In this episode, you will hear about why Rowan started Gram and we dive into the zero-waste lifestyle.

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Rowan Drury founded Sweden’s first plastic package-free shop Gram in 2016 after searching for a more sustainable way to buy food. At GRAM Everything is sold loose and by weight. Shoppers are encouraged to bring their own reusable containers so that they don't have to throw away anything when they get home. When she’s not running the shop, Rowan can be found lecturing about zero-waste lifestyles, supporting others in their quest to start up zero-waste shops and initiatives and advise companies about how to reduce their waste and climate impact.

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Michel Bauwens is the founder and director of the P2P Foundation and works in collaboration with a global group of researchers in the exploration of peer production, governance, and property. Michel is also research director of CommonsTransition.org, a platform for policy development aimed toward a society of the Commons. He has (co-)published various books and reports, is a founding member of the Commons Strategies Group, and recently crafted a Commons Transition Plan for the city of Ghent in Belgium in 2017.

Highlights:

• What is P2P and the commons economy
• How you can use P2P to create commons 
• Examples of city commons labs and how to use protocols to create urban commons
• Why Michel is cautious of the so-called ‘sharing economy’ popularized by platforms such as Uber and Airbnb
• How the commons economy could enable circular systems
• The three different levels of open contributive systems and four types of ownership 
• Why commons licensing works best for immaterial goods

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Adrien Segens is a Corporate Development Consultant. Since 2008, Adrian has worked with innovative companies in that special place where technology, supply chains and sustainability meet each other. His projects have focused on using innovative technologies to address issues such as supply chain traceability; Smart Assets in Smart Cities; Natural Capital accounting, and corporate environmental reporting.

Highlights

• Meet the RSA 
• How realistic is having an overview of supply chains
• Block chain, the Internet of Things and the role of technological solutions in managing supply chains
• Why supply chain management is crucial for circular economy
• The three big challenges of circular supply chains:  location, condition, and availability
• Benefits of managing risks through supply chain management/ Why it pays to have an overview of your supply chain

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Prof. Dr Wayne Visser is a globally recognized ‘pracademic’ on sustainable business, author of 29 books and presenter of Closing the Loop, the world’s first feature-length documentary on the circular economy. He currently serves as Professor of Integrated Value at Antwerp Management School, where he also holds the Chair in Sustainable Transformation, supported by BASF, Port of Antwerp and Randstad. He is a Fellow of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Director of Kaleidoscope Futures and Founder of CSR International. Previous roles were as Director of Sustainability Services for KPMG and Strategy Analyst for Capgemini in South Africa.

Highlights

• Projects at the Sustainable Transformation Lab related to circular economy
• The Corporate Leadership Group on circular economy
• Four things leaders do to inspire change
• How to be a circular economy champion at any level and the individual as change agent
• Four types of change agents
• How to tell your change agent type

In this solocast episode you’ll hear why the In the Loop game was created, how the game became a reality, and why I’m a fan of gamification. I share how the In the Loop game helps players to start thinking about moving towards a circular –rather than linear- economy and who’s been playing.

Highlights

• 1:45 Who am I?
• 4:00 The In the Loop game story
• 7:00 What are critical raw materials?
• 13:00 How the game works
• 17:00 Who has been using this
• 19:30 Evaluating In the Loop in use
• 21:00 Important tips about using In the Loop

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Kate Daly is the Executive Director of the Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners, an impact investment firm. The Center is a hub for circular business acceleration, investment, and research in packaging, food, the built environment, and apparel & textiles. Prior to joining Closed Loop Partners, Kate served as Senior Vice President at the NYC Economic Development Corporation. At NYCEDC Kate led a team launching innovative business development programs in sectors including fashion, tech, sustainability, media, and advanced manufacturing. Kate previously served as the Executive Director of the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission.

HIGHLIGHTS

• 2:30 Kate’s impressions from the World Circular Economy Forum 2019
• 3:45 What is happening in the USA regarding circular economy
• 5:00 Why the US private sector is motivated to move towards a circular economy
• 10:40 How Closed Loop Partners is working with brands to advance circularity
• 15:00 Bringing together competitors in the NExt Gen consortium and the challenge to ‘Reinvent the Paper’ cup
• 23:00 Benefits of (digital) material passports and examples in practice
• 27:30 Next steps for widespread acceptance of the circular economy

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Dr. Walter R. Stahel is founder and director of the Product-Life Institute (Switzerland), the oldest established consultancy in Europe devoted to developing sustainable strategies and policies. He is a visiting professor at the University of Surrey (UK), a full member of the Club of Rome, and author of numerous publications,, including his recent book The Circular Economy: A User’s Guide.

HIGHLIGHTS
2:00 How the World Circular Economy Forum 2017 motivated Walter to write his new book
10:30 Moving from (Extended Producer) Responsibility to Liability for a circular transition
17:00 How to change business models to increase profitability using the tricks of the Performance Economy
21:00 Why we need to move away from silo-thinking
26:00 Why achieving a circular economy starts with finding ways to motivate individuals

ABOUT TODAY’S GUEST
Dr. Walter R. Stahel is founder and director of the Product-Life Institute (Switzerland), the oldest established consultancy in Europe devoted to developing sustainable strategies and policies. He is a visiting professor at the University of Surrey (UK), a full member of the Club of Rome, and author of numerous publications,, including his recent book The Circular Economy: A User’s Guide.

HIGHLIGHTS
4:30 Walter’s background and how he became passionate about the performance economy
10:00 How to create wealth and wellbeing with much less resource consumption
14:30 Best practice examples of performance business cases
19:30 Behind the scenes with the fascinating story of single use cameras
21:00 Social benefits from creating performance business models
24:30 What has surprised Walter the most over the past forty years

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Olaf Boerner is the head of business development at flustix, which tests and certifies plastic-free products as well as products made with recycled plastics to help reduce plastic waste worldwide. Olaf has previously worked as a consultant in the fields of Sustainability and International Education with a special focus on growth projects.

HIGHLIGHTS
5:00 Trends in reducing, replacing, and recycling plastics
12:30 What is flustix and plastic-free
14:15 Addressing the growing consumer demand for plastic-free
16:00 Is plastic-free the way to be?
20:15 What is a certification and how flustix works
22:45 Certifying recycling content and challenges with recycling
30:30 Where to buy certified plastic-free or recycled plastic products

In this episode, you will learn about the work Joost and his organization CTL is doing to enable proper collection and recycling of African e-waste and find out how their service provides a solution for circular procurement of IT in Europe. Resources and links discussed in this episode can be found at gettinginthelooppodcast.com .

HIGHLIGHTS
2:20 Why it is important to close the loop on electronics
7:15 How Closing the Loop delivers value to two customer groups
9:45 Circular IT services and work with brands such as Samsung
12:30 Supply chain certification tools and collection
14:30 Challenges of setting up IT collection systems in Africa
17:30 Why electronic waste recycling has yet to happen in Africa
23:00 Common misconceptions about e-waste in Europe and Africa
26:00 The future of circular IT

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Peter Wang Hjemdahl is a social entrepreneur and is cofounder of rePurpose, which is a social enterprise that aims to create a global community of conscious consumers, workplaces & businesses that are going #PlasticNeutral. Peter has an MBA from The Wharton School.

HIGHLIGHTS
3:30 Estimate your plastic footprint in three minutes
5:45 How rePurpose began and why they decided to focus on India
8:00 Current state of informal plastics recycling in India
13:30 How rePurpose works with recyclers
16:20 Making consumers aware of plastics and recycling
22:30 Ways to reduce your own plastic consumption
28:00 How to join the rePurpose movement in rethinking plastics

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Andrea Brown is Director of Impact for Quadia. Quadia is a pioneer investment manager allocating private and institutional wealth into investment strategies that are helping to accelerate the circular and regenerative economy. Andrea brings over ten years of working with global fortune 500 companies on sustainability strategy at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. There she led the development of WBCSD’s circular economy program, Factor10 bringing together CEOs from over 40 companies, including Dow, P&G, DSM, Philips, IKEA, Unilever, Veolia, Danone and more. She developed the CEO Guide to the Circular Economy and is a regular speaker on circular economy and sustainability at global events.

HIGHLIGHTS
3:00 Using finance to help scale the circular economy
5:45 Linear risks that the circular economy can avoid
8:00 What is impact investing and how is it different from traditional investment?
12:30 Quantifying the impact of circular businesses and trends in sustainable finance
16:30 Entrepreneurship and value creation in a circular economy through collaboration
19:30: Making the business case for circular business models
23:15 Visions for transitioning to a circular economy

Update: Since recording the podcast, Excess Materials Exchange has finished conducting the pilot study discussed in the podcast. In terms of the potential impact of the pilot, here are the final findings:

·     Identified financial value equivalent to €64 million

·     Energy savings equivalent to the energy consumption of the city lights in Paris for five years

·     Water savings equivalent to 860 Olympic-size swimming pools

·     CO2 savings equivalent to almost 870,000 car rides from Amsterdam to Milan

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Christian van Maaren is co-founder of Excess Materials Exchange. The company aims to find new uses for waste materials by connecting stakeholders and has created value for unused materials in various industries and sectors including plastics, textiles, and construction.

HIGHLIGHTS
3:00 Meet the ‘Tinder’ of the circular economy that matches secondary material supply with demand
5:30 Quantifying the resources saved by reusing materials
8:00 Plastics, textiles, organic waste, and other materials that can be reused
10:30 How technology enables track and trace of resources flows
16:00 Going beyond a platform to match supply and demand of secondary materials
17:15 How excess materials are driving the transition to a circular economy
20:30 Eight challenges to implementing material reuse platforms
26:00 Legislative barriers to reuse of materials
32:00 Rethinking our views of waste to enable a more circular economy

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John A. Lanier is the Executive Director of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation, a Georgia-based private family foundation honoring the legacy of the late Ray C. Anderson. Ray, who was John’s grandfather, was the founder and CEO of Interface, Inc. the world’s largest manufacturer of carpet tile and a leading company committed to environmental sustainability. John shares his late grandfather’s passion for Earth and her natural systems, and he is the author of Mid-Course Correction Revisited, released this year to explore what it will take to create prototypical companies and economies of the 21st Century.

HIGHLIGHTS
4:30 Ray C. Anderson’s legacy and the work of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation
6:30 Interface’s sustainable business journey and transformation
11:15 Picking up where Ray’s story left-off
14:00 Moving from company examples to a macro-economic perspective
20:20 Making the change to a more circular economy happen
25:00 Ways to shift culture and change mindset within companies
30:00 Recognizing the limitations of an abundance mindset

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Designer, sociologist, sustainability provocateur, and 2016 United Nations Champion of the Earth, Dr. Leyla Acaroglu challenges people to think differently about how the world works. As a pioneer of creative change, she weaves together sustainability, design, and systems thinking to challenge the way people see the world. She is the founder of Disrupt Design, The UnSchool, and CO Project Farm.

HIGHLIGHTS
2:45 Bringing sustainable living practices to life through the CO Project Farm
11:15 Understanding the impacts of design decisions and making sustainable design cool
17:45 What needs to happen to reach a more circular economy
20:30 Designing learning systems and tools for the circular economy
25:00 Preparing future generations to create more sustainable solutions
29:00 Gaps in current circular economy discussions
32:15 Workshops, fellowships, and online training to level up your career and systems thinking skills

ABOUT THE HOST
Hi, I'm Katie Whalen, founder of In the Loop Games AB. I aim to make education for sustainable development understandable and fun, and my first game-based learning tool was the IN THE LOOP game. I'm finishing a PhD at Lund University where I researched business models for circular economy as part of the MISTRA REES project.

HIGHLIGHTS
My top five takeaways from the WCEF2019:

1. CE has truly become a global topic.
2. . Design is crucial if CE is going to succeed.
3. Consumers can make or break CE business models.
4. What kind of CE do we want to create? Centralized or Distributive?
5. We still have room to improve if we want to make a systemic change.

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Johanna Reimers is CEO of Refind Technologies since 2015, which she co-founded in 2014. She has an M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management from Chalmers University of Technology and worked as an IT consultant and project manager for about ten years prior to working in the recycling business with Optisort, a former version of Refind, in 2013.

HIGHLIGHTS
2:30 Introduction to Refind Technologies
4:00 How to teach a machine to sort batteries
7:30 Why Refind Technologies knows a lot about fish in addition to batteries
14:30 Enabling circular repair and remanufacturing with automation technology
18:00 How Refind Technologies introduced the world’s first reverse vending machine for batteries
25:30 Challenges and opportunities for circular technology
33:15 The future of AI and mission recognition for circular economy

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Lynn Wilson is a designer, researcher and circular economy specialist. From 2013 to 2017 she was part of the Circular Economy team at Zero Waste Scotland where she implemented a national circular economy textiles strategy. She is currently a PhD researcher at the Adam Smith Business School, Glasgow University.

HIGHLIGHTS
4:30 Lynn’s background and journey to her current research
12:00 Tech for zero waste textiles production – is it happening?
19:00 Opportunities for reuse and second-hand clothing and why some customers say no to secondhand
31:30 What you can do and shifting to a ‘Buyerarchy of Needs’ by borrowing, renting or leasing
35:30 Looking towards the future and challenges with closing loops in textiles and apparel

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Dr. Keivan Zokaei is partner at S A Partners and is a lean thinker, management consultant and author. Keivan has over 15 years of experience in lean thinking, specializing in operations and supply chain management. He has led transformation projects working with organisations including Wartsila, Unilever, Royal Bank of Scotland, WalMart, Scottish Government, Welsh Assembly Government, Tesco, Marks and Spencer, Kraft, MARS, and Sainsbury’s. Previously Keivan was director at the Lean Enterprise Research Centre at Cardiff University. He is also the 2014 recipient of the prestigious Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award.

HIGHLIGHTS
4:30 What is lean? What does it mean to be lean?
9:00 What does it mean to be lean and green - and why do initiatives fail?
15:00 Saving resources and money: examples of lean and green from practice
30:00 The most overlooked part of circular economy

About the Guest
Tim Forslund is an Environmental Officer at the Embassy of Sweden in Beijing. He previously I worked as a Research Analyst at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, mapping and analysing circular economy learning in higher education and creating content for the China programme.

Highlights
3:30 The why and how behind the Learning Landscape Research
10:45 How Finland and the Netherlands are leading the way as places to study circular economy
12:45 Examples of courses around the world and what we can learn from how circular economy is being taught
17:30 What educators think is most important when teaching circular economy concepts
20:45 Future trends and opportunities for linking finance, law, and digital to circular economy

In the past ten years, global sales of electric vehicles have increased yearly. Right now we have more than 4 million electric vehicles on the road globally, and by 2040, there could be up to 900 million electric vehicles. But will the supply of battery materials such as lithium and cobalt be able to keep up with the demand for electric vehicles? Tune in to this week’s episode to uncover this question and more issues surrounding this topic.

HIGHLIGHTS
4:40 Will supply be able to match demand of cobalt and lithium?
8:30 Is circular economy a solution?
12:45 What other potential changes and solutions are there?

About the Guest
Joe Connell is the Executive Director of the Building Materials Reuse Association (BMRA). Joe has 20 years of experience in the reuse industry, with accomplishments that include helping to launch several local reuse groups in Portland, Oregon, and serving on the City of Portland’s Deconstruction Advisory Group to pass the nation’s first deconstruction ordinance.

Highlights
2:45 What is the Building Materials Reuse Association?
5:30 Overview of building materials reuse in the USA – materials and sectors
9:30 Benefits of deconstruction and reuse
13:30 Is deconstruction really new?
15:15 How to deconstruct a building & hybrid deconstruction
18:15 Buildings as material banks in Europe and the US
21:00 Upcoming activities at the BMRA
24:00 Material marketplaces, business opportunities and challenges

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Catherine Weetman is the Director of Rethink Solutions, a circular economy focused business consultancy based in the UK. Catherine has over 25 years' experience in contract logistics, manufacturing, retail and supply chain consultancy, and her career spans food, fashion and logistics, including Tesco, Kellogg's and DHL Supply Chain. She is also a Visiting Fellow at the University of Huddersfield and Vice-Chair of the Environment and Sustainability forum of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, UK.

HIGHLIGHTS
2:00 How to engage companies in circular economy
6:00 Common mistakes companies make when trying to go circular
10:00 Deep dive into Catherine’s book ‘A Circular Economy Handbook for Business and Supply Chains’
17:00 Promising and challenging sectors for moving towards the circular economy
20:00 Shifting from a sales mentality to life-cycle costing
22:30 Power of the crowd and citizen-led initiatives spurred by social media

HIGHLIGHTS

• What do we mean by circular economy and strategies to make products and resources last longer [2:30]
• What is a policy? [7:30]
• Moving from waste management to waste prevention - how the EU Circular Economy Action Plan and EcoDesign can help support durability and repairability [10:00]
• Why non-EU manufacturers should also care about the EcoDesign directive [17:00]
• How France and Sweden are paving the way with repair and reuse legislation [18:15]
• Outlook on future policies to promote repair and right to repair [25:00]
• What is the environmental benefit to using products longer? [34:30]
• Five key takeaways and recommendations to encourage repair and reuse [36:15]

HIGHLIGHTS

• How the SusCritMat project is helping industry professionals, educators, and researchers address material criticality [3:00]
• Online videos and courses you can take part in [8:30]
• Why sustainable resource management starts with supply chains and how to implement this in practice [9:30]
• Common misconceptions about critical raw materials [13:30]
• Upcoming SusCritMat summer course and how you can join [15:15]
• Experiences from using the In the Loop game with high schoolers at Swiss Tech Days [18:30]

HIGHLIGHTS

• The importance of Asia and what is Circular Economy Asia? [1:00]
• What countries are doing in regards to circular economy [6:00]
• Circular Economy Asia’s ongoing projects [10:30]
• Cultural differences and how approaches differ from country to country [14:15]
• Initiatives toward circularity and untapped potential [18:15]
• What’s next and connecting to European initiatives [24:00]

In this episode, I talk with Ken about the importance of thinking in systems. Do we want to circulate wealth or extract it? How do we ensure we’re setting the right system conditions for the circular economy? Tune in to today’s discussion to find out. For show notes and links visit www.gettinginthelooppodcast.com.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Moving towards the circular economy [01:45]
• Reflections on the surge of interest in circular economy and the challenges ahead [05:30]
• Two rules for the circular economy and why we need to stop looking for examples [11:25]
• What are the system conditions for the circular economy? [017:30]
• How to make the system circular and the need for both big and small flows [22:45]
• Future visioning and useful links [33:45]

Helene Smits founded Circle Economy’s Textiles Program in 2014 and recently launched her own independent consulting firm called Stating the Obvious. She focuses on collaborative projects that drive the practical implementation of circularity in the industry and works with a wide array of pioneering organisations including Recover, The Alliance for Responsible Denim, Textile Exchange, Amsterdam Fashion Institute and Fashion for Good.

Highlights

• Our existing textiles system [01:45]
• What brands are currently doing [04:00]
• Challenges/opportunities for closing the loop in the apparel industry [10:30]
• New fashion business models and are they really beneficial? [17:25]
• What you can do – consumption and brands making a change [23:30]
• Future visions for the textiles sector [28:25]

Highlights

• What is the Circular Economy Club (CEC)? [02:00]
• How to start your own local hub [08:50]
• Connecting local hubs to a global network [09:50]
• Takeaways from a global mapping of circular economy initiatives [12:30]
• CEC resources and an upcoming special event to encourage local city action [15:50]
• Education and work with universities [21:30]

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Welcome to the very first episode! In this episode I share about why I started this podcast, who I am, and how it will work. New episodes will be released on Mondays at Noon, CET. You can listen and subscribe at www.gettinginthelooppodcast.com to have each new episode delivered to your inbox. Have an idea for an amazing guest or a topic you’d like me to cover? Email me: katie (at) intheloopgames.com.