The circular economy can help save the planet –⁠ if we start innovating now

Feb 10, 2021

Desire Koffi, 24-year-old artist, holds discarded phone keyboards at his workshop in Abidjan, Ivory Coast November 30, 2018. Picture taken November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Luc Gnago - RC16ECE14CE0

In a circular economy, waste is designed out, and products are looped back into the production system at end of use. Image: REUTERS/Luc Gnago - RC16ECE14CE0

Peter Lacy

Global Sustainability Services Lead and Chief Responsibility Officer, Accenture (UK) Ltd.

Wesley Spindler

Senior Manager & Circulars Program Director, Accenture Strategy

John Dutton

Head, Uplink; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum

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