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WEF, Ellen MacArthur Foundation Project Circular Economy Can Generate US$1T Annually by 2025
A new report released Friday by the World Economic Forum (WEF) at its annual meeting in Davos, in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF), contends that over US$1 trillion a year could be generated for the global economy by 2025 and 1... View More
First I:CO City Initiative Helping San Francisco Achieve Zero Textile Waste
I:CO, a leading global, end-to-end solutions provider for the reuse and recycling of clothing, shoes and other textiles, today launches its first-ever I:CO City initiative with the City of San Francisco. The launch creates a public, private and non-p... View More
Top 10 Reasons Why 2014 Will Be the Year of #ShareableCities
A Shareable City enables residents to efficiently and safely share all kinds of assets — from spaces to cars, skills and utilities — to create stronger, healthier and more connected communities. From a policy perspective, a Shareable City looks a... View More
This Black Friday, Patagonia Invites You to Celebrate the Stuff You Already Own
Socially conscious outdoor apparel company Patagonia has made its feelings about mass consumption clear in a number of ways — last month, it launched its Responsible Economy campaign, which calls on consumers and businesses alike to rethink disposa... View More
New McDonough-Waste Management Collaborative Focuses on Product and Packaging Innovation [Video]
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During his plenary presentation last night at the SB '13 conference, designer, author and sustainability thought leader William McDonough announced a new partnership between McDonough Innovation and Waste Management, Inc — North America's largest e... View More
Resource Revolution White Paper Examines Risks and Rewards of Circular Economy
This article first appeared on edie.net on March 20, 2013.Environmental Data Interactive Exchange (Edie), an online sustainability resource based in the UK, has published an exclusive white paper highlighting the opportunities and challenges of circu... View More
Holistic, Brand-Led EPR Initiatives Key for Achieving Benefits of Circular Economy
With three billion new middle-class consumers projected to enter the global marketplace in the coming decades[1], it is now widely acknowledged that the global economy of tomorrow will face material scarcity and supply chain insecurity at an unpreced... View More
The "Follower-Ship Challenge": Pavan Sukhdev on the Circular Economy
In this recent interview, guest editor Adam Werbach and Pavan Sukhdev — leader of The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) project and author of Corporation 2020 — discuss the shift in thinking, habits and values necessary for the wide... View More
The Circular Economy: Reinventing Business Models for Broad Economic Change
Let’s start with where we are today. The state of the "economy," like the bible or the U.S. constitution, is granted semi-magical powers by most businesses, as if it were carved out of granite, solid and unmoving, never in flux. Yet we al... View More
The Circular Economy: Driver of Business Model Innovation and Social Good
In this Issue in Focus, guest editor Adam Werbach and the SB editorial team explore the broad range of radical economic and business-model innovations emerging, through which both startups and some of the top global brands are rethinking the future o... View More
How Preventing Household Waste Can Be Fun and Profitable
Ask a room full of consumers, “Who here hates to see things go to waste?” and every hand will go up energetically. But if everyone hates to waste, then how come we generate so much of it? And what can we do to prevent waste from being created in ... View More
How Are Circular Economic Models Driving Innovation and Social Good?
Calling all innovators and implementers! In March 2013, Sustainable Brands will launch a new “Issues in Focus” editorial package, including daily features, interviews and case studies on the circular economy as a driver of business model innovati... View More
Ellen MacArthur Foundation Aims To Create $10B of Value by 2015 With New Global Business Alliance
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation today launched the Circular Economy 100 (CE100), a three-year program aimed at bringing together a network of 100 leading companies globally to facilitate development and commitment to new circular economy projects. The... View More
Circular Economy Not 'Silver Bullet' for Resource Crunch, Paper Says
This article first appeared on edie.net on January 28, 2013.Industrial systems based on circular economy models will be constrained by end-of-life material availability, limiting future improvements in process efficiency, scientists claim. A wider ma... View More
Sustainable Brands Announces Full Conference Programme for SB London, November 27-28
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., October 17, 2012– Sustainable Brands recently announced complete programme details for its first pan-European conference to be held in London, November 27-28. ... View More
