Circular Economy: Symposium, Master Class and Peer Review

Circular Economy: The Future of Business

Symposium  of 23 June 2017 – https://goo.gl/af5oEU
École des Ponts Business School

Closing commentary, Eric Britton.
Professor. Sustainable Development, Economy and Democracy.
Institut Supérieur de Gestion, Paris
eric.britton@ecoplan.org | Twitter @ericbritton | Skype newmobility

INTRODUCTION: I was invited by the Dean and faculty of the Ecole des Ponts Business School to participate in a full day Symposium on the Circular Economy at their campus on 23 June 2017,. The objective of the event was to introduce  and invite peer comments on  a new program of  graduate seminars and faculty research exploring the boundaries and potential of this relatively new, environmentally sensitive planning and process technique, which takes as its starting point to scrutinize and reorganize productive units to eradicate waste  systematically, throughout the life cycles and uses of products and their components. I was invited to provide a brief  closing summary of what I had observed and heard over the day, with a certain number of recommendations if that should prove useful. My closing remarks are summarized below.  For background on the program click to  https://lineupr.com/ecole-des-ponts-business-school/circular-economy.

ISG 2013 Master Class – Final reports

Authors, countries, titles of final reports for ISG 2013

Note: All these reports have been placed in the SDES course library at http://goo.gl/6GHu7a, however since they are the private property of the student you will not be able to access them directly there. If on the other hand you would like to see their report, please get in touch via seminars@ecoplan.org and your request will be transferred to the author.

8 May 2013 – Work in progress:

Work in progress for the 6 June seminar opening.  Please come back next week for the working and useful website in support of our course.

This year in addition to the main curriculum we will be looking with eminent guest speakers at three themes to illustrate our topic: The sharing economy. China and  sustainability surprises. The new energy business. And possibly a session on Business and Storytelling.

Comments, suggestions or hints for us, including on our challenging topic, are welcome. You can reach me either as a Comment here or via eric.britton@ecoplan.org or Skype: newmobility. You may also wish to check out the Facebook page which is just getting into gear for the course at http://www.facebook.com/SDES.MasterClass.