Circular Economy w Heike Hess

Join me on the journey to new work and sustainability!

Imagine your organization as a living system (not a machine) designed for people to thrive, grow, innovate, and laugh. Bringing themselves and your business forward. I believe we can create better working environments and companies that are better for communities and for the planet!

Therefore, in this podcast you can explore:

• cutting edge new work practices and sustainability practices for your organization, for your team, and for you as a leader
• hands-on conversations with international pioneers in new work and sustainability
• new insights, ideas, perspectives, methods, tools, skills, hacks, learning nuggets

so we can all get out of our silos and learn from each other!

This podcast if for:

leaders, HR and sustainability managers, agile folks, and everyone who wants to make a difference inside the workplace, while protecting our planet.

Episode 6: Circular Economy

My guest today

Heike has been working for over 25 years with and for sustainable textiles. She leads the International Association of Natural Textile Industry. Her daily work makes her an expert for many different aspects of sustainability in the global textile supply chain. It is close to her heart that fashion is produced in a socially fair and environmentally friendly way and that fast fashion is accepted less and less. For this end she works with producers, retailers, brands, politicians, consumers. Connect with her via email or give her a call.

Our topic: Circular Economy

How do we shift from a linear economy to a circular economy? Why should circular economy matter in your organization? How can you embark on this endeavour? What steps you can take to make your business circular?

In this episode we talk about why and how circular economy is important for organizations. We illustrate this with the textile sector. We suggest when introducing circularity, besides the tools, technology, and investments, it is a major mindset shift. We need to think design, sourcing, production, distribution, and end of life cycle differently! And we need to start co-creating and collaborating with our stakeholders to achieve this transformation.

Resources we mention:

• Circular Economy: Key Ideas, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
• Furferi, R.; Volpe, Y.;Mantellassi, F. Circular Economy Guidelines for the Textile Industry. Sustainability 2022, 14, 11111.

Get in touch with me:

Let us continue the discussion and connect on LinkedIn and dive deeper into today’s topic with my blog articles.

Want to work with me? Write me an email: info[a]nicole-helmerich.com or a LinkedIn DM.

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