ITS EDUCATION ASIA ARTICLE

Implementing Circular Economy

By Danny Harrington, MD ITS Education Asia

As part of my own CPD, I recently completed a course on the Circular Economy with the United Nations Systems Staff College. Participants were selected from 122 countries and from a variety of government, corporate, IGO, NGO and academic backgrounds. The peer group was highly enriching and the expert input to the learning equally valuable. Key takeaways:

• Sustainability needs properly thought out, designed and governed circularity
• Both business and government have their part to play
• Ultimately, as individuals we must drive institutional behaviour and create a virtuous circle of truly transformative systemic change through our consumption choices and our political demands.