Eco-Green Webinar 2020

1. CIRCULAR
ECONOMY AT
GENERAL MOTORS
GERALDINE BARNUEVO – SR. MANAGER
ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES &
SUSTAINABILITY

2. AGENDA
SAFETY MESSAGE
CONCEPTS
OUR VISION
SUSTAINABILITY AT GM
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
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3. MAKE SURE YOUR LOVED ONES ARE DRIVING SAFELY

4. THECIRCULAR
ECONOMY
• RESPONSE TO TAKE-MAKE-WASTE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIAL MODEL
• AIMS TO REDEFINE GROWTH, FOCUSING ON POSITIVE SOCIETY-WIDE
BENEFITS.
• DECOUPLING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY FROM THE CONSUMPTION OF FINITE
RESOURCES, AND DESIGNING WASTE OUT OF THE SYSTEM. TRANSITION TO
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
• THE CIRCULAR MODEL BUILDS ECONOMIC, NATURAL, AND SOCIAL CAPITAL.
IT IS BASED ON THREE PRINCIPLES:
• Design out waste and pollution
• Keep products and materials in use
• Regenerate natural systems
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5. THECIRCULAR
ECONOMY
IN PRACTICE:
• 7TH EU
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROGRAM
INCLUDES THE
CIRCULAR
ECONOMY
PACKAGE
• AIMED AT
MANAGING
PRODUCT TO
CONSUMPTION
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6. 6
OUR VISION

7. SUSTAINABILITY AT GENERAL
MOTORS
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8. Biochemical
feedstock
Refurbish/
remanufacture
Recycle
Reuse/redistribute
Maintenance
Cascades
Parts
manufacturer
Product
manufacturer
Service provider
Extraction of
biochemical feedstock
Regeneration
Anaerobic digestion/
composting
Biogas
Farming/
collection
Collection Collection
A REGENERATIVE ECONOMY BY DESIGN
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Serve and enhance natural
capital by controlling finite
stocks and balancing
renewable resource flows
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Optimise resource yields
by circulating products and
materials at the highest
utility at all times in both
the technical and biological
cycles.
3
Foster system
effectiveness by revealing
and designing out negative
externalities.
Minimize systematic leakage
and negative externalities
Stock managementRenewable flow management
FiniteRenewables

9. CIRCULAR ECONOMY PRINCIPLES
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10. THANK YOU
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Geraldine
Barnuevo

11. CIRCULARECONOMY
DESIGNAPPLICATION
FORSCHOOLS
• GREEN STEM DESIGN
APPROACH TO
DEVELOPING
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS
AND PROJECTS
• SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT
• Cradle to cradle
• Biomimicry
• Industrial Economy
• Natural capitalism
• Blue Economy
• Regenerative Design
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12. ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES • GM SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2018
• ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE POCACITO FELLOWSHIP (POST
CARBON CITIES OF TOMORROW IN GERMANY)
• ELLEN KETTERING FOUNDATION CIRCULAR
ECONOMY CONCEPTS
• EUROPEAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
• HTTPS://WWW.ELLENMACARTHURFOUNDATION.ORG/
NEWS/THE-CIRCULAR-ECONOMY-APPLIED-TO-THE-
AUTOMOTIVE-INDUSTRY-2
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