(16) Kearney: Circular Economy Essentials for Senior Management
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English - February 19, 2024 21:52 - 36 minutes - 29.3 MBNon-Profit Business Management circularity circulareconomy circularbusiness sustainability businessmodels startup corporate kreislaufwirtschaft paas Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This episode features Angela Hultberg, Global Sustainability Director at Kearney. She discusses the critical role of circular economy strategies in achieving sustainable business practices. She emphasizes the necessity of rethinking business models, products, and services from the ground up to integrate circularity effectively. Angela highlights the challenges of changing consumer behaviors and the importance of collaboration within and outside organizations to foster a circular economy. She concludes by stressing the urgency of making significant decisions and taking action towards sustainability, despite the complexities of defining complete circularity.
Angela Hultberg elaborates on the challenges an organisation needs to overcome to unleash the potential of the circular economy
This episode features Angela Hultberg, Global Sustainability Director at Kearney.
Angela discusses the critical role of circular economy strategies in achieving sustainable business practices. She emphasizes the necessity of rethinking business models, products, and services from the ground up to integrate circularity effectively. Angela highlights the challenges of changing consumer behaviors and the importance of collaboration within and outside organizations to foster a circular economy. She concludes by stressing the urgency of making significant decisions and taking action towards sustainability, despite the complexities of defining complete circularity.
People
Angela Hultberg, Global Sustainability Director, Kearney
Patrick Hypscher, Co-Founder of Green PO, Expert in Sustainable Business Models
Chapters
0:00 - Intro
1:42 - The Need to Create an Understanding of Circularity
4:26 - Acknowledging the implications
10:38 - Rethinking the Product
15:52 - Reflecting on Decision Criteria
18:55 - The Need for Change inside & with the customer
24:27 - More internal & external collaboration
29:56 - Inspiring examples
33:07 - Circular Outlook
35:33 - Outro
About Kearney (from website)
Kearney is a leading global management consulting firm with more than 5,700 people working in more than 40 countries. We work with more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500, as well as with the most influential governmental and nonprofit organizations.
Further Links
Angela Hultberg’s Kearney page: https://www.kearney.com/about/people/bio/angela-hultberg