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Why We Desperately Need The Green Economy

Human-induced climate change and escalating environmental and social problems, including water scarcity, resource depletion, injustice, and inequity, pose significant global threats to human health and ecosystems.

Despite extensive global efforts, over one billion people remain in extreme poverty. Economic growth has largely excluded them and has come at the expense of our environment. Addressing these critical issues requires a concerted push for truly sustainable growth.

How do we move to a circular economy for plastic packaging? | The Circular Economy Show

Our plastics system is broken; recycling, burning, and burying waste are not solutions. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, through Iulia Strat, explains how we can accelerate towards a circular economy for plastics.

As a UK charity, the Foundation develops and promotes a circular economy model that, driven by design, eliminates waste and pollution, circulates products and materials, and regenerates nature.

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Redesigning the economy: the power of data and digital technologies

The circular economy represents a transformative shift from a linear "take, make, waste" model to one that eliminates waste, circulates materials, and regenerates nature. This episode explores how data and digital technologies are crucial for redesigning economic systems, showcasing innovations that are disrupting the status quo and transforming interactions across the supply chain.

Join us as we travel to Prague and London to hear from circular economy trailblazers, including leaders from MIWA and Vestiaire Collective, who are implementing and scaling these digital solutions. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, champions this vision. Learn more about our work at ellenmacarthurfoundation.org and subscribe for more insights: Subscribe to EMF.

How can businesses tackle biodiversity loss? | The Circular Economy Show

Tackling biodiversity loss is crucial for businesses, the environment, and society. Cindy Venho and Maya Adams from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation discuss how businesses can effectively take action.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, promotes a circular economy. This design-driven model eliminates waste and pollution, circulates products and materials, and regenerates nature.

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Designing buildings in a way that preserves materials: Arup | The Ellen MacArthur Foundation

This discussion, part of our Transforming Business series, explores how to create a circular economy for buildings. Grace Di Benedetto from Arup highlights innovations such as reuse, refurbishment, and material passports. This concept is championed by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity promoting a circular economy that, driven by design, eliminates waste, circulates materials, and regenerates nature.

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Fashion, reducing waste and regenerating nature | The Circular Economy Show

The fashion industry is known for wasteful and polluting practices. Innovative businesses are now adopting circular economy principles to rethink clothing, reduce waste, and allow biodiversity to thrive.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, champions this circular economy model. Driven by design, it aims to eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials, and regenerate nature.

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The products that design out waste | The Circular Economy Show

Designing out waste is essential to reduce landfill and protect biodiversity, as "there is no away" for discarded products. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, champions a circular economy model. This design-driven approach eliminates waste and pollution, circulates products and materials, and regenerates nature.

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Designing products to reduce carbon footprint: Nestle | The Ellen MacArthur Foundation

The circular economy is vital for tackling climate change by regenerating nature. In our Transforming Business series, Nestlé's Karen Cooper discusses designing new food products to achieve regenerative goals.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, champions the circular economy. This approach, driven by design, eliminates waste and pollution, circulates products and materials, and regenerates nature.

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Why biodiversity matters | The Circular Economy Show

Our linear economic system drives biodiversity loss, yet a thriving biodiversity is crucial for a strong economy. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Cindy Venho and Maya Adams explain how the circular economy can protect and restore nature.

As a UK charity, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation promotes a circular economy model that eliminates waste and pollution, circulates products and materials, and regenerates nature.

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Developing regenerative chemistry: Solvay | The Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Solvay CEO Ilham Kadri explores chemistry's role in the circular economy, discussing both challenges and opportunities for scaling solutions as part of our Transforming Business series.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, champions the circular economy – a system designed to eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials, and regenerate nature.

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Tackling biodiversity loss with a circular economy: the role of businesses

Our linear "take, make, waste" economy drives over 90% of global biodiversity loss and nearly half of greenhouse gas emissions. To restore nature and ensure our survival, a circular economy is essential. This episode explores how businesses implement and scale these vital solutions.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, champions the circular economy model: eliminating waste and pollution, circulating products and materials, and regenerating nature.

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How finance works with innovation to create a circular economy | The Circular Economy Show

The economic viability of a circular economy, particularly for innovators and SMEs, was a key discussion at Innovation Day. Jamie Butterworth (Circularity Capital) and Georgia Sherwin (Closed Loop Partners) led the conversation.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, promotes the circular economy. This system, driven by design, aims to eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials, and regenerate nature.

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How cities and policy can drive a circular economy transition | The Circular Economy Show

Achieving a circular economy requires cities, policymakers, businesses, and innovators. At the March 31st Innovation Day, Lamia Sbiti (ReLondon) and Oriana Romano (OECD) highlighted how city organizations and policymakers drive this change.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, champions the circular economy. This design-driven concept eliminates waste and pollution, circulates materials, and regenerates nature.

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Going behind the scenes of circularity with ClubZERO | The Circular Economy Show

Innovation is key to the transition to a circular economy. Business models like ClubZERO, founded by Safia Qureshi, exemplify this by reducing waste and keeping items in circulation, minimizing the need for new production. Qureshi explains how their model addresses waste reduction challenges.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, promotes the circular economy – a design-driven approach that eliminates waste, circulates materials, and regenerates nature. Subscribe to their YouTube channel, learn more at ellenmacarthurfoundation.org, and follow them on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Live from London: How do we accelerate innovation towards a circular economy?

The circular economy is a fundamental transformation beyond recycling, shifting from "take, make, waste" to "eliminate, circulate, and regenerate." Achieving this ambition requires innovative design, business models, and finance. This episode, recorded live from London, showcases fast-growing circular economy companies and key actors accelerating this vital systemic change.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, champions this vision for an economy that eliminates waste, circulates materials, and regenerates nature. For more insights, subscribe to their YouTube channel: Ellen MacArthur Foundation YouTube. Discover more about their work at ellenmacarthurfoundation.org and follow them on social media: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn.

How businesses can reduce plastic pollution | The Circular Economy Show

This video examines how businesses, including Coca-Cola and Unilever, are addressing plastic pollution by reducing their plastic use.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, promotes a circular economy model that eliminates waste and pollution, circulates products, and regenerates nature.

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How many planetary boundaries have already been crossed? | The Circular Economy Show

Johan Rockstrom, Joint Director for the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, explains the principles of the Planetary Boundaries Framework and its application in managing Earth's natural resources.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, develops and promotes the circular economy—a design-driven model that eliminates waste and pollution, circulates products and materials, and regenerates nature.

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Incorporating regenerative agricultural practices: Danone | The Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Danone prioritizes regenerative food production for its circular economy ambitions. In the 'Transforming Business' series, Gabriela Hernandez Galindo discusses how brand storytelling inspires change and engages customers.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, champions the circular economy. This design-driven concept eliminates waste and pollution, circulates products and materials, and regenerates nature.

Learn more about their work and the circular economy. Subscribe to their YouTube channel, visit their website, and follow them on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

What would a successful UN treaty on plastic pollution look like? | The Circular Economy Show

Eirik Lindebjerg, WWF Global Plastics Policy Manager, discusses the urgent need for a legally-binding UN treaty to reduce plastic pollution and hold businesses accountable. He also connects the circular economy to the UN's climate change vision.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, champions the circular economy – a system designed to eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials, and regenerate nature.

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From ambition to action: we need a legally-binding treaty on plastic pollution

Plastic pollution worsens daily, with millions of tonnes entering our environment due to a "take-make-waste" economy. This harms nature, depletes resources, fuels climate and biodiversity crises, and wastes billions in valuable materials.

While companies have made voluntary efforts like reducing virgin plastic and piloting reuse, these actions lack the necessary scale. Plastic pollution is a global challenge, transcending borders, and requires a coordinated, globally aligned response.

We must urgently translate ambition into action. A legally-binding UN treaty on plastic pollution offers a permanent solution. This episode explores its potential, featuring insights from Eirik Lindebjerg (WWF) and Rolando Castro Cordoba (Costa Rica, MINAE).

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The Thinking Game | Full documentary | Tribeca Film Festival official selection

“The Thinking Game” is the inside story of DeepMind's groundbreaking AI research, culminating in the Nobel Prize-winning AlphaFold breakthrough. Filmed over five years by the award-winning team behind "AlphaGo," this documentary explores co-founder Demis Hassabis's lifelong pursuit of artificial general intelligence and the rigorous scientific journey from mastering strategy games to solving the 50-year-old protein folding problem.

Following its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival, "The Thinking Game" is now available to watch for free. For those interested in hosting a screening for a classroom, community, or workplace, visit: rocofilms.com/films/the-thinking-game/.

 

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The Thinking Game | Full documentary | Tribeca Film Festival official selection