By Rianté Naidoo Tandy Coleman is on a mission – to make sure recycling becomes the only way vinyl flooring is disposed of. As the CEO of vinyl flooring company Polyflor, Coleman was concerned about the amount of offcuts her company was throwing...
Growing evidence shows that the efficacy of a circular economy will play a key role in helping companies and countries carry out the commitments outlined in the Paris Climate Agreement, maintain competitive economies, and reduce waste and...
The circular economy could be one way of increasing the move from informal to formal employment, writes *Peter Desmond. Many products get thrown away when they are broken, go out of fashion, or are no longer needed. But many of these products still...
A White Paper by Peter Desmond MBA, MA, FCA, FRSA, Management Consultant and Founder Director, Growth International, UK. Delivered during SAPICS 2016 in South Africa. Our modern economy currently operates through a linear approach where products...
The world is using finite resources at an alarming rate. The solution is not to reduce the amount of material used in products, says Dame Ellen MacArthur. A more circular approach needs to be adopted so that materials can be reclaimed and reused....
Items that would generally be disposed of as waste can be reused multiple times by incorporating circular economy principles A circular economy is a restorative system that extracts the maximum value out of a resource. Reusability and longevity of...
Representatives from the world of business, politics, science and society congregated in the German city of Kiel on 12 October to attend the annual Global Economic Symposium (GES). The overarching theme for this year’s Symposium was “Values to...
Last year saw the UK government call on all businesses to sign up to the globally recognized UN Race to Zero Climate Commitment, by pledging to go One Step Greener during COP26. With 45% of global greenhouse gas emissions coming from the way we...
For decades, people have been using fresh water faster than nature can replace it, contributing in some regions to hunger, disease, conflict and migration. This is according to a report released by the United Nations in an effort to raise awareness...
