"This work effectively and engagingly responds to the increasing interest and demand for real-world circular economy transition applications and insights, presenting consolidated critical perspectives, linkages, and examples in an accessible and intelligent format. This is a resource that circular economy educators and practitioners have been waiting for!" Dr Jennifer Russell, Virginia Tech, USA
About the Editors
List of Contributors
Foreword
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
The circular economy: landscape, dimensions and definitions
Stefano Pascucci, Allen Alexander, Fiona Charnley & Jessica Fishburn
Part I-Introducing transformation
Introduced by Allen Alexander
1 Walter Stahel on envisioning circular systems, lifecycles and products
2 Ken Webster on framing potential circular economies
3 Kate Raworth on creating regenerative and distributive economies by design
4 Frances Wall on virgin resources, scarcity and circularity
5 Hugo Spowers on transforming established industrial trajectories with a circular business strategy
6 Andy Rees OBE on waste, re-use, recycling and the power of positive governance
7 Ladeja Godina Kosir on transformation of people and the power of networks
Part II-The state of transition
Introduced by Stefano Pascucci
8 Circular design in practice: eight levers for change - Merryn Haines-Gadd, Fiona Charnley & Conny Bakker
9 Biomimicry and the Circular Economy - Saskia van den Muijsenberg
10 The transformational power of circular Innovation - Daniel Guzzo, Janaina Mascarenhas & Allen Alexander
11 Three lenses on circular business model innovation - Paavo Ritala, Nancy Bocken & Jan Konietzko
12 Finance and accounting in the circular economy - Aglaia Fischer, Diane Zandee & Marleen Janssen Groesbeek
13 Circular economy regulation: An emerging research agenda - David Monciardini, Eléonore Maitre-Ekern, Carl Dalhammar & Rosalind Malcolm
14 Circular society activism: prefigurative communities in everyday circular economy action - Steffen Böhm, Chia-Hao Ho, Helen Holmes, Constantine Manolchev, Malte Rödl, Wouter Spekkink
15 Circular economy jobs: Risks and opportunities in the labour market - Esther Goodwin Brown, Marijana Novak, Constantine Manolchev, Sharon Gil & Esteban Munoz
16 Resources, waste and a systemic approach to circular economy - Fenna Blomsma & Geraldine Brennan
17 Plastic futures: mobilising circular economy contexts to addressing the plastic crisis - Marta Ferri, Alison Stowell & Gail Whiteman
18 Aesthetic engagement: material practices of organising towards regenerative futures - Kim Poldner & Domenico Dentoni
Part III-Industrial Vignettes exploring industry transition
Introduced by Fiona Charnley
19 BAM Bamboo Clothing
20 Winnow Solutions Ltd
21 Riversimple
22 Rype Office
23 Elvis & Kresse
24 Circularity Capital
25 Teemill
26 Forest Green Rovers
27 Grover
28 ReStore Project
29 PackShare
30 Lendwithcare
31 Páramo
32 Circular & Co
33 Terragr'eau
34 LUSH Cosmetics
35 Shark Solutions
36 gDiapers
37 Ricoh
38 Riverford Organics
39 Oxwash
40 Triodos Bank
41 Co Cars
42 Oddbox
43 Fairphone
44 Ooho from Notpla
45 Repair Café
46 Gerrard Street
47 Patagonia
48 Whirli
List of figures
List of tables
Index
Allen Alexander is Associate Professor of Innovation & Circular Economy and Deputy Head of Management - Sustainable Futures at the University of Exeter Business School. His research explores the role that innovation and entrepreneurship can play in circular economy transitions and leads the Circular Economy theme for the International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM).
Fiona Charnley is a Professor of Circular Innovation at the University of Exeter Business School, Co-Director of the UK National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Hub and Co-Director of the Exeter Centre for Circular Economy. She also leads the University partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, exploring circularity through the lens of design.
Stefano Pascucci is Professor of Sustainability and Circular Economy at the University of Exeter Business School, Professor (part-time) at the University of Auckland Business School and visiting research fellow at the Department of Business, Management and Organisation at the University of Wageningen. His research focusses on institutional analysis and sustainability connected to entrepreneurship, organisation studies and innovation.