Course: Supply Chains in Practice: How Things Get to You

The need to move beyond supply chain as function, and embrace the end to end supply chain is critical if businesses want to realise their full potential. Lora Cecere, also …

Be brave and educated, educated and brave. Money is power, and you Can decide who you give yours to. In this final poem by Pangaea Poetry, we are challenged to …

We hope that you have enjoyed the course. The six weeks have flown by. They were structured in a way to allow you to explore not only the general concept …

In this week we have seen how economic and environmental reasons urge for the reduction of waste and a better use of natural resources. There are already several solutions for …

Sustainability professionals have an important role to play in the circular economy. As companies across the globe get to grips with the idea of circular economy, professionals and systems thinkers …

You are now becoming familiar with the concept of Circular Economy and you know that this new idea incorporates previous concepts such as recycling and reusing. So, what is the …

What is a Circular Economy? There are different definitions and points of view which however share some core principles. By watching the above video, an interview with Miriam Gilbert, the …

Before moving to the more precise definition of circular economy, we want to offer another perspective on the urgency of changing the current production and consumption patterns. In the above …

What does a refurbishing plant look like? As we’ve already seen, there are very different kinds of refurbished products and therefore there are very different kinds of refurbishing plants and …

While ownership may still be favoured for some items such as a classic car, guitar or teddy bear, companies and individuals may readily lease functional products such as washing machines …

Many have presented the benefits of a sharing economy for customers. However, the progressive rise of a sharing economy has also some potential downsides, related for instance to the workers …

A key strategy for reducing the consumption of scarce natural resources is the adoption of green materials. Scientists and researchers are developing an increasing number of materials with a minimal …

The sharing economy is another possibility for a more efficient use of resources and therefore for the creation of a Circular Economy. In a Sharing Economy people can rent beds, …

We tend to relate the reduction of resource consumption with important changes in our lifestyle, and this is likely to be one of the reasons why reducing is often not …

Plastic bottles and containers are among the most recycled materials, but we do not know what actually happens to the plastic that we recycle and to the plastic that we …