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• ‘Linear Risks’ – How business as usual is a threat to companies and investors

  June 06, 2018

  Today Circle Economy, PGGM, KPMG, WBCSD, and EBRD co-launch the ‘Linear Risks’ essay that demonstrates the real business threats linear economic business practices are creating. These include risks associated with the use of scarce and non-renewable resources; prioritization and sales of products produced with virgin resources; the failure to collaborate; and failing to innovate or adapt. These are all factors that will negatively impact the ability of organizations to continue business as usual. “Linear risks are real. A

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• Circle Lab, biggest global open access innovation platform for the circular economy, launches 1.000 new case studies

  May 23, 2018

  Circle Lab invites the global community to tackle humanity’s biggest challenges with circular solutions by applying the most up-to-date knowledge on the circular economy   After a successful launch in March 2018, Circle Lab introduces a new product feature today: the world’s biggest circular economy database, openly accessible and searchable for everyone. This is the result of a joint effort with many partners, geared towards making the best knowledge on the circular economy available to

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• Glasgow leads the circular events challenge

  May 01, 2018

  Three circular solutions – developed by over 60 people from 13 countries across the world – are set to help transform Glasgow’s thriving events industry. Circular Glasgow, a joint initiative from Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and Zero Waste Scotland has announced the winning solutions to the first challenge hosted on Circle Lab. Also partnered by Scottish Event Campus and the Glasgow Convention Bureau and Major Events team at Glasgow Life, the challenge asked citizens and

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• Let’s create an economy that works for everybody

  April 26, 2018

  The World is only 9% Circular by Harald Friedl With over 90% of the raw materials used globally not cycled back into the economy, our planet is left with a massive strain on its natural resources and climate that needs to be urgently relieved. What has got us where we are today, in every sense, is the linear economy. Over decades, even centuries, since the boom of the Industrial Revolution, it has delivered tremendous living standards,

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