Helping Business Thrive in a Circular Economy

This course explores the impact of the linear economy on the environment and society, and how a circular economy can address these issues. It discusses how circular business practices create value and how technology enables a circular economy. SAP technology is highlighted as a tool for systemic change. The course aims to inspire and provide a platform for exploring challenges in implementing circular business practices.

• Introduction to the Circular Economy
• Preliminary remarks
• Welcome to the course
• The path to a low-carbon future is circular
• What has the linear economy done for us?
• A good disruption
• Introduction to circularity
• Designing out waste
• The circular economy mindset
• Exercise: Think about an example from your daily life
• Major themes in the circular economy
• Downloads
• Assignment Week 1
• The Circular Butterfly
• The circular economy butterfly
• Keeping the highest value - Are all loops equal?
• Examples from everyday life - Check your knowledge!
• Business examples - Check your knowledge!
• Regenerating the environment
• Waste as resource, waste as value
• Secondary waste markets
• Cleaning up the linear economy - Ocean plastic
• Exercise: If only….
• Downloads
• Assignment Week 2
• Circular Business Models and Drivers for Change
• Why do business models have to change?
• Responsible consumption
• Principles of responsible production
• Financing the circular economy
• Product as a service and consumer sharing
• Product life extension
• Product remanufacturing
• Value sharing in a circular economy
• Exercise: Where is it already happening?
• Downloads
• Assignment Week 3
• Technology Enablers for Circular Business Models
• Circular economy: It takes a network
• Analytics with the Internet of Things
• Technology for reverse logistics
• Analytics for your environmental footprint
• Blockchain
• Machine learning and artificial intelligence
• Digital inclusion
• Repurposing Ghana’s Plastic
• Exercise: Your favorite tech for enabling circular economy
• Downloads
• Assignment Week 4
• SAP Solutions for the Circular Economy
• Sustainability and circular economy at SAP
• SAP product mapping
• Shift to new business models
• Responsible design and production
• Responsible sourcing and marketplace
• Responsible consumption and resource recovery
• Your next step in the circular economy journey!
• Downloads
• Assignment Week 5