Denmark's Big and Wonderful Second Hand Econo...

The Danish brick is the basis of almost every Danish home, school, church, and public building. 95% of Danish single-family homes have a brick facade, and builders of concrete apartment blocks sometimes put fake bricks across the surface to make them look warm and homey. Denmark ...  Show more

Just fifteen or twenty years ago, bakeries in Denmark seemed to be dying. They couldn't find staff. Nobody, it was said, wanted to get up in the middle of the night and make bread. The few bakeries that were left tended to have dirty windows and sour service and offer stale, dust ...  Show more

How does tiny, cold Denmark defy the odds to become one of the richest nations? Despite sky-high taxes and a lack of oil wealth, it boasts free education, universal healthcare, and global giants like Novo Nordisk. Unpack the Nordic model, flexicurity, and explore why high taxes h ...  Show more

As Malmö receives the keys to this year's event, we look at how Copenhagen in Denmark could be the real economic winners - without having to pay for it. When the Swedish city last hosted the competition in 2013, officials estimated around a third of overnight stays were in the Da ...  Show more

There are significant material, energy, labour and carbon savings to be made by reusing, rather than remaking, a product.

How does this work in business? And how does it fit into a circular economy?

In this episode, Colin Webster from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation ...