Closing the Loop - The Circular Economy, Business and Sustainability

The world’s resources are being consumed at an unprecedented pace. In order to meet sustainability and business goals organizations must adapt their practices to eliminate waste in all processes. Consequently, a growing number of organizations around the world are shifting their business models away from a linear model of “take, make, waste,'' to a circular model where economic activity is decoupled from the consumption of resources. In circular business models, as in natural systems, waste is designed out by making products that can be repaired, disassembled and reused.

In this webinar Stanford Professor of the Practice Julia Novy will describe steps businesses are taking to integrate circular economy approaches into core business strategies. She will highlight five business models of the circular economy and discuss national and global trends.

Learn more and enroll in XEIET110 Strategies for Sustainability (https://stanford.io/3N4ODTi), a Stanford Online professional education course taught by instructors Julia Novy and Pamela Matson, that is part of the Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies Program (https://stanford.io/3KnavYi).

Introduction.
Closing the Loop: The Circular Economy, Business & Sustainability.
Implications for Business.
Circular Supply Chain.
THE EVOLUTION OF THE SHARING ECONOMY.
Haiti Supply Chain 8 $2M Washing Line Investment.