Catherine Weetman, Rethink Global presents at CILT International Convention 2019 in Manchester

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Catherine Weetman FCILT, FRSA, Rethink Global
Revolution!

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Agenda
Global context
Circular economy
Impact on logistics and supply chains
Revolution!

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Global risks
Adapted from World Economic Forum (2019),
Global Risks Report 2019
KEY
Top 10 in terms of Likelihood
Top 10 in terms of Impact
Top 10 for both Impact & Likelihood
ECONOMIC
GEOPOLITICAL
SOCIETAL
TECHNOLOGICAL
Extreme weather
events
Large-scale involuntary migration
Natural disasters
Failure of climate change mitigation & adaptation
Data fraud or theft
Asset bubbles in
a major economy
Water crises
ENVIRONMENTAL
Spread of infectious diseases
Biodiversity loss &
ecosystem collapse
Weapons of mass
destruction
Food crises
Man-made environmental disasters
Cyber
attacks
Critical information
infrastructure breakdown

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Industrial processes – take, make, dispose
MAKE
PRODUCT
KEY
GHG & emissions
Sewage, effluent, run-off
Landfill
USE
Store
& sell
TAKE
MATERIALS
TECHNICAL AND BIOLOGICAL
MATERIALS MIXED UP
ENERGY FROM FINITE SOURCES

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Value leakage....

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Crossing the chasm?
Tipping point – when
~10-20 per cent of
people adopt new
behaviour or thinking
Chasm!
People
"The Stone Age didn't end because we ran out of stones."
Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani, OPEC Minister, 1973

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Agenda
Global context
Circular economy
Impact on logistics and supply chains
Revolution!

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Products have a life of their own...

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Circular Economy Components
Process
recovery &
reuse
 Catherine Weetman 2019
End-of-use
recovery

Business models
Design for
durability &
recovery
Sustainable,
safe inputs

10. Circular service
provider
Original brand/
manufacturer
Peer to peer
 Catherine Weetman 2019
The tightest
loops retain
most value...

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Agenda
Global context
Circular economy
Impact on logistics and supply chains
Revolution!

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Creating new value: the ‘rectangle of recovery’
Make parts Make product
Reuse partsRecycle &
reuse
materials
Remanufacture Repair & refurbish Resell/
repair &
maintain
C
L
O
S
E
D
L
O
O
P
Reuse parts/
materials
Remanufacture/
Upcycle
Key: Process waste
recovery
Primary flow
Recovery flow
By-productsO
P
E
N
L
O
O
P
Repair & refurbish
Resell
Closed loop = in-company
Open loop = other company/same sector
or = other company/other sector
UseStore Sell
Share
& resell
Resell
 Catherine Weetman 2015

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Agenda
Global context
Circular economy
Impact on logistics and supply chains
Revolution!

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Future history?
Source:
Sense & Sustainability, Ken Webster & Craig Johnson, 2010

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16. Are you lagging or leading?
Image Kantonia from Pixabay
The future is already here,
it's just not widely distributed
William Gibson

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www.RethinkGlobal.info
• Definitely, it’s the best tool we have
• Maybe, but it doesn’t solve all the problems
• No, it’s just greenwash
Poll time!
Is circular economy thinking
essential for profitable, resilient and
sustainable businesses?
“Sector by sector, Catherine
Weetman systemically unpicks
why we need to build a circular
economy and, crucially,
complements this analysis to
explain how we can do this.​”
Mike Barry,
Director of Sustainable Business,
Marks and Spencer plc

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@cjweetman
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