{"id":10932,"date":"2019-08-01T01:01:53","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T15:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/?p=10932"},"modified":"2019-09-27T13:58:05","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T03:58:05","slug":"circular-economy-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/us\/2019\/08\/01\/circular-economy-event\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI &#8211; Circular Economy Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][cmsms_text]<\/p>\r\n<p>Circular economy is the most talked about topics in sustainability. But while it has everyone talking, it&#8217;s also amongst the least well defined concepts that sustainability professionals have to deal with. Few companies have worked out what it means to them, while consultants across the world are agonising over what a meaningful circularity advisory service really looks like!<\/p>\r\n<p>To help cut through the noise Edge, together with the Australian Supply Chain Sustainability School and Mirvac, hosted an event on circular economy in the built environment. It featured a range of speakers discussing what circular economy meant to them, and how what they were doing in practice to bring the term to life. For those that missed it, the short video below provides a summary of what we discussed.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Circular Economy - Event summary - Jonas Bengtsson CEO Edge Environment\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nayEfUxQaPU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>The event also gave us a chance to launch our new &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/tools.edgeenvironment.com\/circularity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">circularity tool<\/a>&#8220;. Built following a pilot funded by the NSW EPA, the tool draws on our experience working on hundreds of projects, spanning circular economy, life cycle assessment, waste and sustainability strategy. 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