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I recommend that recent paper A FRAMEWORK TO ENABLE THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY https://lnkd.in/eEtpSk2q

📣An official definition for circular economy! 🎉The ISO - International Organization for Standardization has recently released new standards for the circular economy. ISO defines circular economy as an economic system that uses a systemic approach to maintain a circular flow of resources, by recovering, retaining or adding to their value, while contributing to sustainable development. 🧰The International Organization for Standardization is a nongovernmental organization that comprises standards bodies from more than 160 countries. By publishing international standards that cover a variety of sectors, ISO helps facilitating international trade by establishing criterias to ensure that products and services meet international norms. 🔍The new standards provide a complete toolkit for companies to shift to a circular economy, covering different topics from principles to measurements and providing standardization and technical terminology. Here are the new circular economy standards in detail: 📍ISO 59004: Vocabulary, principles, and guidance for implementation. Defines what the circular economy is, including its vision, principles and general guidance including how it can be implemented and contribute to sustainable development. 📍ISO 59010: Guidance on the transition of business models and value networks. Provides business-oriented guidance on how to transition towards circular business models and circular value networks by setting goals, identifying circularity aspects to be addressed and taking actions. 📍ISO 59020: Measuring and assessing circularity performance. Provides a structured approach to measure and assess circularity performance and sustainability impact based on standard indicators and complementary methods. This represents an important step towards standardisation, which is the key to making circular economy an always more spread business model. Stay tuned as two more standards will be released soon! Find out more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eQDKXEQE #ISOstandards #CircularEconomy #Reuse #Refill #NewERA #ReuseRevolution

There's still time to register for our webinar tomorrow. Walter Jager and I will cover the three new Circular Economy standards we've been working on for the past four years. These important standards define the principles of the circular economy, how to manage the transition as a business, and how to baseline and quantify your progress using circularity metrics. #circulareconomy #standards #ISO59004 #ISO59010 #ISO59020 #sustainability

Our new webinar replay is up! https://lnkd.in/gJ_TdiCy Walter Jager and James Goddin ran a 30 min masterclass explaining how the ISO 59000 series support businesses to implement and measure circular economy strategies effectively. Check out our replay webpage for extra Q&A's that they didn't have time to answer in the original webinar. 👤👤 Walter Jager, from the Canadian mirror committee on the standards and thinkstep-anz’s Head of Circular Economy Jim Goddin were both heavily involved in developing the international ISO standards. This webinar covered: ✅ Definitions and six principles for the transition from linear to circular (ISO 59004) ✅ Framework guiding businesses through continuous improvement (ISO 59010) ✅ Metrics for measuring and assessing circularity performance (ISO 59020) Read the extra Q&A's and watch the webinar here: https://lnkd.in/gJ_TdiCy Sustainable Business Network Planet Ark acehub Circular Economy Network #circulareconomy #thinkstepanz #ISOstandards #ISO59000

We look forward to sharing more information about the PC Solution and how it help manufacturers in overcoming a number of barriers in facilitating circularity across the value chain. Moreover ensuring the achievement of a key priority highlighted by PwC in improving the "collaboration between suppliers, manufacturers and industry peers would help to create an integrated and cost-effective infrastructure of resource minimisation, end-of-life collection and recycling". https://lnkd.in/euE_TUc8

Have you heard about the brand new standards for circular economy? Join Walter Jager and James Goddin for a 30 min masterclass on 31 July https://lnkd.in/eVc3bW9J They will explain how the ISO 59000 series support businesses to implement and measure circular economy strategies effectively. 👤👤 Walter Jager, from the Canadian mirror committee on the standards and thinkstep-anz’s Head of Circular Economy Jim Goddin were both heavily involved in developing these international standards. This webinar will cover: ✅ Definitions and six principles for the transition from linear to circular (ISO 59004) ✅ Framework guiding businesses through continuous improvement (ISO 59010) ✅ Metrics for measuring and assessing circularity performance (ISO 59020) 📅 31 July 2024 🇦🇺 Australia: 11am NSW, VIC, QLD; 10:30am SA; 9am W 🇳🇿 New Zealand: 1pm Register: https://lnkd.in/eVc3bW9J Sustainable Business Network #circulareconomy #thinkstepanz #ISOstandards #ISO59000

This is a great opportunity for any Australian business to hear from two experts who helped develop these standards. #circulareconomy #circularity #sustainability

For all intrested in #circular economy and new #csrd standards in #eu economy - great update from Leyla Acaroglu ♻️ Worth to have a look! #sustainabledevelopment #circulareconomy #csrd #regulations #aluprof

From a sustainability perspective, the trend towards greater vertical integration could have positive impacts by reducing waste in supply chains. Now, as companies look at how to gain control of their supply chains for regulatory compliance purposes, Carlos Cordon believes they can also seize opportunities to reduce waste and other environmental impacts through partnerships, consolidation, and other innovative approaches such as those shared in this article.

We collaborated with Standards Australia on the report Implementing Circular Economy Standards in the APEC Region.   The project’s goal was to enhance the adoption of circular economy standards and practices within the APEC region.  The report draws on findings from a comprehensive desktop review of the standards and policy landscape, a hybrid workshop in Seattle conducted by Standards Australia with standard experts from the APEC region, workshop surveys, and interviews with circular economy experts.  The report identified several barriers to the adoption of circular economy standards, which include:   -Standard development and access   -Markets, value chains and labour  -Policy and regulations  -Socio-cultural and knowledge  Project participants proposed recommendations for key actors, including industry, standards development organisations, governments, and international/regional organisations, to support a greater adoption of circular economy standards and practices. These recommendations recognise the varied roles these actors play in standards development, application within industry, and their interplay with other governance tools such as policy and regulations. Find the report and more information here: https://lnkd.in/gcYWnbWz Taryn Kong Maja Arsic Colleen MacMillan CSIRO #circulareconomy #standardsandbestpractice #standards #bestpractice