Circular economy: The strategic role of Procurement
Mar 30, 2023 | 4:00 PM CEST - 4:30 PM CESTStudio Gabriel
Mar 30, 2023 | 4:00 PM CEST - 4:30 PM CEST
Studio Gabriel
Description
How to reduce environmental impacts by limiting the use of natural resources and the
production of waste? The circular economy is a promising alternative that can meet these challenges through 5 R: Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle
Europe (with the new CSRD), the USA (with the EPA), the United Nations (with the circularity plaform)... support circular economy initiatives. We will see that the role of Procurement is crucial in each stage of the circular economy:
- How to promote eco-design in collaboration with suppliers?
- How to integrate product life cycle analyses?
- How to develop new collection, sorting and recycling channels?
- How to benefit in advance from suppliers' circular innovations?
- ...
These are some of the questions we will be answering during this round table discussion led by Dr Natacha Tréhan from Grenoble Alpes University with a panel of CPOs.