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Episode 179: Shell's clean energy aspirations, green chemistry's role in a circular economy

July 12, 2019

By Heather Clancy and Joel Makower
Featuring chats with Shell executives Brian Davis and Harry Brekelmans. Also on this episode, we chat about corporate and employee activism.
Factory OS, prefab, construction

Why Autodesk is investing in an urban prefab construction startup

July 11, 2019

By Heather Clancy
The software company's strategic investment in Factory OS includes goals for impact metrics such as waste reduction, jobs creation potential and how the collaboration can stimulate the development of more affordable housing.

Target's Julie Guggemos and 3M's Gayle Schueller on designing for circularity

July 3, 2019

WithHeather Clancy, Julie Guggemos and Gayle Schueller
How do you get an entire company thinking about circular economy principles at the “drawing board” phase? 3M and Target are among the organizations that are actively prioritizing factors such as durability and reuse potential far earlier in the product development cycle.
IKEA, furniture, disassembly

How P&G and IKEA talk about circularity

July 1, 2019

By Heather Clancy
The concept is gaining resonance with consumers, but pioneers are treading carefully with messaging — both internally and externally.
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Episode 178: EVs vs. muscle cars, more Circularity 19 voices

June 28, 2019

By Heather Clancy and Joel Makower
Featuring commentary from investment advisor Erika Karp and recycling pioneers Kate Davenport and Lynn Hoffman.
Winnow, artificial intelligence, food waste

AI, the secret ingredient in curbing food waste?

June 27, 2019

By Heather Clancy
The opportunity for technologies related to more efficient production and distribution schemes could be worth about $127 billion.
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Nominate a cleantech visionary for the VERGE Vanguard

June 24, 2019

By Heather Clancy
Help us identify the courageous entrepreneurs, investors and business leaders shaping innovations in renewable energy, sustainable transportation, carbon removal and the circular economy.
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Episode 177: Sounding off at Circularity 19

June 21, 2019

By Heather Clancy and Joel Makower
Highlights from keynotes by Google's Kate Brandt, Ellen Macarthur Foundation's Andrew Morlet, and Cradle to Cradle co-founder Bill McDonough. Plus, on-the-spot interviews with UL engineer Bill Hoffman, General Motors materials guru Lauren Smith and World Wildlife Fund researcher Erin Simon.
Bill McDonough

Before it can be circular, it has to be safe

June 21, 2019

By Heather Clancy
A renewed focus on resources to help companies understand what’s in the materials they’re using — and reusing.
TOMRA recycling technology, artificial intelligence, sensors

How artificial intelligence helps recycling become more circular

June 18, 2019

By Heather Clancy
The process of sorting things for reuse gets faster and more specific.