Practicing Circular Economy

Circular Economy (CE) is considered as one the important strategies to address the Sustainable Development Goals.

Practicing Circular Economy provides an overview of CE, covering its evolution describing the key concepts, programs, policies and regulations. It illustrates several business opportunities over a hundred hand-picked case studies that encompass numerous sectors, various scales of operations and geographies. Another unique feature of the book are the activities listed in each chapter to invoke thoughts, frame assignments and generate discussions. Each chapter lists key additional reading materials and takeaways.

Aimed at mid and senior-level managers, policy makers, investors, entrepreneurs, consultants, researchers, professors and academic students involved in the subject of environmental management and sustainability, this book:

• Introduces evolution of circular economy to clarify the key concepts and introduce some of the important global programs and initiatives
• Explains the 12Rs of circular economy with case studies
• Gives a global overview of adoption of circular economy covering countries such as India, Japan, Korea, China, EU, North America, Australia and several more.
• Includes information on methodologies followed, tools and knowledge resources for practicing circular economy
• Provides insight to the business models with numerous case studies covering product design, manufacturing and services and the role of innovation and financing
• Presents a comprehensive overview of opportunities in CE in sectors such as textile, steel, agriculture & food.
• Covers newly emerging paradigms of CE such as regional circular economy, circular supply chains and sustainable procurement and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on CE.

Practicing Circular Economy is thus an important resource for every circular economy practitioner and especially to those who aspire to make a career in circular economy.