Circular Economy

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#BusinessCase: Circular Economy Helping Nike Double Its Business with Half the Impact

Published on May 13, 2016

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On Wednesday, leading apparel and footwear brand Nike released its latest sustainability report and was announced as the newest Global Partner of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Nike has made impressive progress during a period of continued growth, a... View More

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WEF Report Outlines 30 Steps to a Circular Construction Industry

Published on May 10, 2016

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The construction industry has been slower than most to adopt technological innovations, which has stagnated the sector’s labor productivity in the United States and elsewhere in the last 40 years. At the same time, the construction industry is the ... View More

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Why Recycling Will Be a Last Resort in a Truly Circular Economy

Published on May 5, 2016

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The circular economy represents a fundamental shift in the way resources, energy and information flow through our economy. A key characteristic of this framework is that products and components remain at their highest levels of integrity and performa... View More

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Trending: Levi Strauss, MIT Partnerships Advancing Textile Innovations

Published on April 8, 2016

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As Levi’s VP of Social and Environmental Sustainability, Michael Kobori, said last year in a blog post, along with a long-standing partnership with Goodwill to divert clothing from landfill and take-back programs for apparel for recycling into ever... View More

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Walmart, SunPower, Tarkett Join Circular Economy 100 USA Network

Published on March 31, 2016

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In February, the U.K.-based Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) announced the launch of a U.S. network to run in parallel with the Foundation’s successful international Circular Economy 100 (CE100) programme. Today, the CE100 USA network of business l... View More

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Report: The Importance of the Circular Economy to Business Expected to Double In Next Two Years

Published on March 22, 2016

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Logistics Are Critical to Implementing a Sustainable Circular Strategy ... View More

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Trending: New Materials, Traceability Could Help Mould Circular Economy for Plastics

Published on March 17, 2016

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With the opportunity to curb over $80 billion in annual industry losses, a circular economy for plastics seems pretty appealing. Several projects in Europe are working to make this happen: Earlier this month, Sustainable Brands covered a collaborativ... View More

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#PerfectlyGood Campaign Aiming to End Label Confusion, Save the UK £50M in Food Waste Costs

Published on March 2, 2016

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The UK is the epicenter of the circular economy movement, with both the public and private sectors making sweeping commitments and headway toward eliminating waste of all kinds throughout its economy. ... View More

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Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Circular Economy 100 Program Comes Stateside, Lands in Arizona

Published on February 26, 2016

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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) has launched a U.S. chapter of its Circular Economy 100 (CE100) program, which brings together leading organizations with the objective of innovating, developing and implementing circular economy opportunities. ... View More

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Trending: Zero-Waste Ale, Restaurant Save Food From Landfills in the UK

Published on February 24, 2016

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Food waste has been one of the trendiest topics in sustainability of late, as more and more people have become aware that as much as one third of the world’s food is being wasted. The UN set a target to halve global food waste as one of the Sustain... View More

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Novelis' Recycled Aluminum Builds Jaguar's Lightest, Most Aerodynamic Sedan

Published on February 19, 2016

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Novelis, world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, has partnered with Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) to supply aluminum sheet for the recently launched Jaguar XE — “Jaguar’s most advanced sports saloon.”The REALCAR (REcycled ALuminium CAR) pro... View More

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Trending: Scotland Invests £70M Into Circular Economy; Report Outlines Potential for US

Published on February 19, 2016

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More and more, circular economic business models are proving ways to cut costs and increase efficiency. A new report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Corporate Citizenship Center (CCC) reinforces that turning waste into resources pres... View More

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'Peak Stuff': Why IKEA Is Shifting Towards New Business Models

Published on February 17, 2016

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Last month, IKEA’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Steve Howard, raised eyebrows at a panel debate by suggesting that in some parts of the world we have reached the point of ‘peak stuff’, a comment that was interpreted by some as a warning that c... View More

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Trending: WRAP, Veolia Working to Optimize Recycling in UK, France

Published on February 12, 2016

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While waste reduction charity WRAP calls on stakeholders to do their part to help improve recycling consistency and efficiency in England, three companies in France have partnered on a circular economy initiative for small household appliances. ... View More

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Unilever Achieves New Milestone, Collaborates to Fuel Global Zero-Waste Movement

Published on February 9, 2016

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Unilever today announced a new industry-leading achievement of sending zero non-hazardous waste to landfill across more than 600 sites, in 70 countries, including factories, warehouses, distribution centers and offices. Having identified the differen... View More

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Trending: How Eastern Europe Is Working to Go Circular

Published on February 8, 2016

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The prospects of linear models in Europe are slowly diminishing. European experts have concluded that the current cradle-to-grave way of life – exploiting resources, processing them, using them, and discarding them – has no future. ... View More

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Report: IoT Will Usher in 'Transformational Paradigm of Growth' for Circular Economy

Published on February 8, 2016

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With up to 50 billion connected devices predicted by 2020, a pervasive digital transformation is reshaping the economy. Will this ‘fourth industrial revolution’ lead to an acceleration of the extractive, ‘linear’ economy of today, or will it ... View More

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Vote to Allocate Part of €1M Global Change Award to Your Favorite Circular Textile Innovation

Published on February 2, 2016

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According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the US alone generates an estimated 24 billion pounds of post-consumer textile waste (PCTW), which ends up in landfills each year — the equivalent of about 70 pounds of textiles per person. ... View More

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EU Remanufacturing Could Represent Up to €90B Annually, 600,000 Jobs by 2030

Published on February 1, 2016

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Following the adoption of the European Commission’s Circular Economy Package and the announcement of a €24B fund to support circular economy projects and businesses, several organizations have released research reports and tools to aid the transi... View More

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Novelis, Unilever, Forum Co-Develop Tools to Help Ease Shift to Circular Products, Business Models

Published on January 28, 2016

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Following the recent announcement of a €24 billion EU Circular Economy Package, leading sustainability non-profit Forum for the Future has today launched two free tools, developed together with partners Unilever and Novelis, that empower businesses... View More