The rise of the circular economy

The rate of economic growth has traditionally been reliant upon the use of natural resources. Ynse de Boer, Managing Director at Accenture, Strategy & Sustainability, Asia Pacific, shares insights with DNV on how more businesses are adopting methods to decouple these two issues and facilitate the circular economy. Increasingly companies are developing innovative new business models which promote sustainability and facilitate the creation of a circular economy. In this week’s episode Ynse explains how the energy sector is using these new models to become more relevant to the end consumer; discusses the impact on the economy and the challenges that these businesses are facing; and finally, explains how adopting the circular economy model might influence society and popular behaviour.