HKSTP organized a seminar named “Know
More about Circular Economy – Benefit Both of Your Company and the Society!” on
21 Feb 2017. Ms. Catherine Touzard was
the guest speaker and she is sustainability and circular economy consultant and
teacher serviced in Cirulab. First, she
introduced Cirulab’s network in 12 countries and introduced in Hong Kong since
October 1916.
Then she briefed their mission
that “Help companies to renew, innovate and rethink opportunities”. She used the following diagram to distinct
among knowledge, experience and creativity.
Ms. Catherine Touzard also introduced their set of tools and business games to us.
After that she introduced the
concept from Linear Economy to Circular Economy. She said based on linear
economy that “we understand we will have rising issues concerning our raw
material supply, but how to avoid it?”
She predicted “we are losing
clients for lack of sustainability or social credentials.” And then questioned “threats
of new regulations will make our life harder and responsibility higher as manufacturers,
but how to anticipate?” Then she asked
us to learn from the nature that “Nature in itself is a perfect economic
circle.”
Finally, she introduced the
circular economy from raw material to products and then reuse, repair and
remake. So the recycling was the last
step and could be skipped if previous steps were effectiveness and efficiency. The definition from Ellen MacArthur
Foundation is “Circular economy is restorative and regenerative by design, and
aims to keep products, components and materials at their highest utility and
value at all times”.
During Q&A, Kevin Edmunds
also shared our science park sustainability performance such as waste recycle
system.
At the end, Ms. Catherine Touzard demonstrated their business game.
(P.S. My comment is that game
seems to modify the Business Model Generation in which added sustainability
items for consideration.)
Reference:
HKSTP - http://www.hkstp.org
Circulab - http://www.circulabhk.com/
沒有留言:
發佈留言