{"id":4319,"date":"2020-09-03T08:52:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T22:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/australia\/?p=4319"},"modified":"2023-08-17T04:25:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T18:25:35","slug":"how-business-can-drive-value-from-the-circular-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/australia\/2020\/09\/03\/how-business-can-drive-value-from-the-circular-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"How Business Can Drive Value From The Circular Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"

On our most recent episode of the Best Run Podcast<\/a> I caught up with ocean advocate, skipper, Co-Founder and Director of eXXpedition \u2013 Emily Penn. We discussed the vital work she and her organisation do in understanding product lifecycles and its role in creating a cleaner planet and ocean.<\/p>\n

Emily has spent the last ten years exploring the ocean and seeing firsthand the effect of plastic pollution across the world. In 2014, she setup a project called eXXpedition<\/a>, which is a series of all female voyagers \u2013 hence the double X \u2013 who sail the seas understanding plastic and toxic pollution.<\/p>\n

\u201ceXXpedition exists through many vital collaborations, whether it\u2019s scientific partnerships or working with local NGOs in the countries we visit,\u201d she explained. \u201cThere are also the businesses who support eXXpedition\u2019s work and creating the change that we want to see in the world. Businesses supporting financially as sponsors towards the voyages to sea \u2013 taking 300 women around the world over the next couple years as part of the research into plastic and toxic pollution.\u201d<\/p>\n

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eXXpedition has spent the past year working with 麻豆原创 to delve into product lifecycles and sustainability, particularly how to help people\/businesses really navigate the hundreds of solutions that are out there, which led to the development of Shift.<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cUsing Qualtrics<\/a>, we\u2019ve set up a system on the Shift platform<\/a> that helps you navigate these hundreds of solutions,\u201d Emily said. \u201cIt takes you on this journey asking what kind of action you want to take. Are you at the beginning of your journey where you just want to learn what\u2019s going on, or are you looking to be leader in this space?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt then asks you where you\u2019re looking to make a difference \u2013 at home, with your kids, business supply chain, or government \u2013 there are a whole spectrum of places to start taking action. Then it asks your where you\u2019re looking to make an impact on the sea-to-source spectrum.<\/p>\n

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The key purpose of the Shift platform is to help people educate themselves and explore the solutions available. \u201cTo solve the problem long term, we need to ask tough questions to get to the source of the issue,\u201d Emily adds. \u201cIt\u2019s a tool designed for all sorts of people, but there\u2019s a lot on there for businesses to really help effectively change their supply chain, how they do things, and how they operate.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Emily, a vital reason why businesses should re-evaluate its processes and outputs is because consumers already expect sustainable options and legislation will inevitably follow. \u201cWhat we need right now is innovation and to put some of these new products that do exist into action at scale,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

This leads to the notion of creating a circular economy, which Emily believes is about living and producing in circles, as seen in nature. \u201cWhen you\u2019re at school you learn about the water cycle, the carbon cycle, and everything in nature goes around in these endless circles where there\u2019s no waste essentially is generated because one stage\u2019s waste becomes the next stage\u2019s resource.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea of a circular economy<\/a> is to think in that same mindset. If you can close the loop then we can avoid living how we live now, which is this very linear society where we take something, usually oil from the ground to make something like fuel or plastic, and then there\u2019s a waste product at the end, like the plastic ends up in the ocean or landfill, or in the form of fuel it\u2019s waste carbon dioxide that ends up in the atmosphere. We\u2019re trying to close that linear system into a closed loop.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emily will be explores these ideas further in the second episode of Effect 2020<\/a> (24th September) focused on sustainability. She\u2019ll be discussing her work at sea and relationship with 麻豆原创 that led to the development of the Shift platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe main takeaway is there\u2019s not one solution to fix this plastics issue. The great news is that there are hundreds of things that we can do and so many of these solutions already exist and already available.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a case of us working out what we have within our power to start doing right now and to not be overwhelmed by the hundreds of solutions, but to say, \u2018what\u2019s my opportunity? What\u2019s my role in tackling this issue?\u2019 I really hope the Shift platform will help people answer those questions.\u201d<\/p>\n

To learn more about Effect 2020 as it goes digital over three weekly episodes or register for the event, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Discover more about the work eXXpedition does in building more sustainable practices for a better planet by checking out our latest episode of the Best Run Podcast.<\/a><\/p>\n

This article originally published on Linkedin<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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