Progress, challenges and solutions: Learnings from five years of the Global Commitment with Sander Defruyt

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Circular economy, biodiversity, and the road to COP17

Biodiversity loss is accelerating at an alarming rate, but could circular economy solutions help turn things around? In this episode of The Circular Economy Show, Lou speaks with Marianne Kettunen, Biodiversity Lead for Policy at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and Bianca Brasil, ...  Show more

What’s next for the plastics industry?

Over the past decade, leading businesses have shown that progress on plastic pollution is possible. And while individual company action has been successful, even the most ambitious businesses are running up against the same obstacles. As a result, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation h ...  Show more

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