Tag: Ellen MacArthur Foundation

New Upstream Innovation guide offers practical solutions to the plastic pollution crisis

Stuart Mitchell

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation have published Upstream Innovation: A guide to packaging solutions, a practical guide to eliminating plastic pollution through circular economy solutions. Packed with practical guidance and real-world examples, this handbook has been designed for anyone directly or indirectly influencing the packaging that is put around a product. By focusing more of their efforts on upstream innovation – at the design stage of a product rather than just downstream efforts such as recycling – businesses can prevent waste from ever being created in the first place. The guide…

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NGOs and Businesses Call for UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution

Stuart Mitchell

Major businesses issued a call today for a UN treaty on plastic pollution to address the fragmented landscape of regulation and complement existing voluntary measures, supporting the existing call from leading NGOs including WWF and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation for this important international agreement. In a joint report, The Business Case for a UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution, WWF, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and Boston Consulting Group conclude that despite a doubling of voluntary initiatives and national regulations over the last five years, plastic waste continues to leak into the…

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Ellen MacArthur Foundation launches new resource for businesses

Stuart Mitchell

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has published a new Circular Economy Procurement Framework to help businesses make more circular purchasing choices. The framework provides key principles and practical advice to help businesses build strategies for better growth. It can be used to guide procurement decisions within an organisation, engage suppliers in circular economy conversations, and build collaborative circular partnerships. The guidelines provided in the framework can also be adapted by individual businesses, depending on their sector, industry, size, complexity, location, and other factors. We will continue to add case studies to…

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Bogotá and Kyoto join the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Food initiative

Stuart Mitchell

Colombia’s capital city Bogotá and the city of Kyoto in Japan have joined the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Food initiative to promote a circular economy for food. The two global metropoles are now among a group of more than a dozen cities that are participating in the landmark initiative in order to: regenerate natural systems tackle climate change generate new business opportunities create healthy cities The initiative is focused on mobilising the vision laid out in the Cities and Circular Economy for Food report, that sets out three main ambitions for…

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Future Fashion Now design competition launched in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and UN

Stuart Mitchell

Launched by WeDesign in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the UN, Future Fashion Now is a global, sustainable design competition that enables entrants to rethink how the fashion industry works. Inspired by Make Fashion Circular and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, the competition engages students, designers, fashion weeks and the global fashion industry to design a sustainable outfit or accessory to inspire the future of fashion. The fashion industry is inherently linear – resources are used to make clothing that ultimately ends up as waste. The industry is…

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