Lecture 10: Circular Economy Flashcards

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integrated thinking

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holistic decision-making, optimising the whole performance of the organization. Both ecological and sociological.

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integrated control

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steering system for integrating the strategy and completing a culture change / mindset change.

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integrated reporting

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reporting on the three P’s: people, planet and profit. Now its is more about human capital, social capital and social relations.

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integrated thinking full definition

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Integrated thinking is the active consideration by an organization of the relationships between its various operating and functional units and the capitals that the organization uses or affects.

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string model

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mono-capital model. business and shareholders.

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spring model

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multi-capital model. also focus on society and environment

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how do you go from string to spring model: management model:

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maximizing profit to optimizing value

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how do yo go from string to spring model: capital focus

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financial capital to multi-capital

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how to go from string to spring model: timing considered

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short term to short and long term

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10
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how to go from string to spring model: company behaviour

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reactive to pro-active

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several kinds of capital

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  1. financial capital
  2. manufactered capital
  3. intellectual capital
  4. human capital
  5. social and relationship capital
  6. natural capital
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financial capital

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pool of funds that is available to an organisation for use in production of goods or the provision of services

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manufactered capital

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manufactered physical objects

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intellectual capital

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organisational, knowledge-based intangibles

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human capital

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people’s competenties, capabilities and experience, and their motivations to innovate

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social & relationship capital

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relationship and institutions in networks of stakeholders, communities and other networks

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natural capital

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all renewable and non-renewable environmental resources and processes that provide goods or services that support the past, current or future prosperity of an organisation

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outline of a circular economy:

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principle 1: preserve / enhance natural capital

principle 2: optimise resource yields

principle 3: foster system effectiveness

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smarter product use and manufacture

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refuse

rethink

reduce

20
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extend lifespan of product and its parts

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reuse

repair

refurbish

remanufacture

repurpose

21
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useful application of materials

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recycle

recovery

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refuse

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make product redundant by abandoning its function or by offering the same fucntion with a radically different product

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rethink

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make product use more intensive

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reduce

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increase efficiency in product manufacture or use by consuming fewer natural resources

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reuse

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re-use by another consumer or discarded product

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repair

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repair so it can be used with original function

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refurbish

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bring old product up to date

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remanufacture

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use parts of old product in a new product with the same function

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repurpose

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use old product or its part in a new product with different function

30
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recycle

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process materials to obtain the same or lower quality

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recovery

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incineration of material with energy recovery

32
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preserve / enhance natural capital through:

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controlling stocks / balancing resource flows

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optimise resource yields through:

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circulating products / components and materials

34
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foster system effectiveness through:

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revealing or designing out negative externalities