Business Sustainability in the Circular Economy (RH/UoL)

https://www.coursera.org/learn/business-sustainability-circular-economy

• Lower food miles is not necessarily better - green beans grown in Kenya (hand-raised, natural fertilisers) and flown to the UK may emit less than those grown in the UK (tractors, oil-based fertilisers).
• Emissions from the entire supply chain must be considered, and the bottom of the pyramid (the most distant suppliers in the supply chain) are usually hardest.
• Linear (take, make, dispose) vs circular (make, use, return) → reduces virgin material use (and hence mining etc), reduces landfill (and hence emissions and waste)
• Reverse logistics (getting something back to the supplier)
  • What: End-of-use product or packaging
  • Why: For recycling, repurposing, reuse
  • How: More complicated than forward logistics due to uncertainty (when, where, what (condition), etc) so often use third-party logistcs (3PL) companies
  • Who: B2B is easier than B2C
• New legislation
  • Design must consider end-of-life dismantling for recycling/reuse
  • Right to repair