Course overview
The Global Shift
Embracing the global shift to sustainability means understanding the circular economy, which is a movement away from the current “take, make, waste” model of production and business to one that is waste-free and regenerative: i.e., circular!
In this short course, you’ll immerse yourself in the core understanding of what the Circular Economy is, how it’s affecting businesses, and what opportunities this presents.
Understand the key science that underpins the circular economy, get up to speed with critical circular concepts, and review circular business models that can help inform your own circular redesign strategy.
Curriculum
What’s inside this course
Strengthen your foundational knowledge and provide a solid support to build your comprehensive understanding of why the current linear economy endangers sustainability, what the circular economy is all about, and how both the opportunities and challenges alike may impact your business.
- Comprehend the key concepts of the circular economy
- Know how those key concepts apply to business
- Understand the shift from linear to circular
- Be familiar with the core goals of the circular economy
- Know and explain how the circular economy is not about recycling
- Goals & Principles
- Circular Economy & Sustainability
- Linear to Circular
- Breaking the cycle of disposability
- The disposability culture
- Cycling resources
- Exploring linear waste systems
- Benefits of a circular economy
- Benefits and opportunities
- Product service system models
- Circular economy action plans
- Circular economy examples
ISO 59000 CE Standards
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What you get
- Review circular business models
- Understand the key CE science
- Help inform your circular redesign strategy