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Circular economy for managers

The world's resources are limited, and a linear economic (take-produce-throw) leads to increased material shortages and higher costs. Taking a circular economy course can be invaluable to you as a leader for several reasons, especially considering how companies and organizations face increased demands for sustainability, resource efficiency and innovation.

Target group

This course is oriented towards people in leadership roles in industry and public sector, such as executives and managers in sustainability, design or production.

Content

The course aims to give participants theoretical and practical foundations in circular economy, with the objective of being able to foster change and transition organizations to a more circular model. The goal of the course is to empower the participants to:

  • Learn the foundational concepts and theories in circularity, industrial ecology, industrial symbiosis and life cycle thinking.
  • Explore how to include circularity thinking in the design process of products and systems.
  • Understand how circularity can be measured, the basics of life cycle analysis, other possible KPIs, and the possibilities of digitalization.
  • Position the transition in current legislation.
  • Be able to implement circular business models and innovation processes for transitioning organizations towards circular economy.

The course is organized in collaboration with Matina Rosenberg from Växjö Municipality and Olivia Thim from Sustainable Småland.

This course is developed within the project Smart Industry phase 2 and funded by the Swedish Knowledge Foundation (KK-stiftelsen).

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