🔈 "Circular business models can unlock $4.5 trillion of economic value"

Sustainability

February 19, 2020

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Related regions: EMEA, Asia Pacific, North America, Latin America

Wesley Spindler, Business Strategy & Sustainability Senior Manager at Accenture, speaks to David Clark about her latest book ‘The Circular Economy Handbook.’

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Waste is a valuable resource and can be an input. Once you transition that definition of waste to an opportunity you start to see things you didn’t see before,” says Wesley on how businesses can change their thinking on waste and take advantage of the circular economy.

Wesley, a graduate of Bentley University, is Boston born but London based. A strategist with a passion for sustainability, purposeful business and tech innovation, Wesley has experience working in Europe and North America supporting leading global organizations across a range of industries and functional areas. Wesley is also Program Director for World Economic Forum's globally recognized initiative The Circulars.

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David Clark

Vice President Sustainability, Amcor

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Wesley Spindler

Business Strategy & Sustainability Senior Manager at Accenture

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