Our guest speaker: Ellen MacArthur Foundation

To introduce our Circular Economy Leaders Conference, we will have the privilege to welcome the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a not-for-profit charity based in the United Kingdom formed in 2010 by retired English sailboat racer Ellen MacArthur.

The Foundation works around the world in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and North America and has a United States affiliated foundation.

MacArthur created the Foundation “to accelerate the transition to a circular economy.”

James George, the Management Lead from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, will be our guest speaker.

As part of the business team at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, James' role is to engage with the broad business community for Ellen MacArthur Foundation and stimulate holistic network development across all levels and programmes.

Working with team leads and Executive Leads, James influences the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Network Strategy, develops pursuit strategies and looks for opportunities for collaboration with the Foundation. He spots opportunities for organisations to advance the transition to a circular economy.

Circular Economy Leaders Conference

This inaugural event will bring together leaders, key thinkers and practitioners who are working to guide us towards a circular economy.

This event is an opportunity to join our community of circular economy leaders, learn and share your knowledge and experience, and connect and allow collaboration to occur across the areas of finance, policy and business practice to help you and your business in your journey towards a circular and sustainable system.

THURSDAY 19/11

• From 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm

Climbing the Mountain: The barriers and enablers to a Circular Economy transition

Hosted by Anna Minns & Piers Grove, from Boomerang Labs

with Mike Ritchie from MRA Consulting, Nik Comito from Bingo, Tim Williams from Arup and Ashleigh Morris from Coreo

Transitioning to a circular economy will not only reduce waste, make better use of our resources and benefit our environment for future generations, it is also an important driver of new jobs and economic growth.

We will explore where Australian businesses up to in the transition to a circular economy? What are their motivations, challenges and bottlenecks and the pace of progress?

Our panel will include large businesses in various sectors, and we will hear from them about the differing challenges and waste streams they are working with, and how they are working to bring about more circularity in their business practices and systems.

• From 3.30 pm to 5.00 pm

Setting the Course: What is the policy roadmap

Hosted by Lisa McLean, from NSW Circular

with Scott Valentine from KPMG, Scott Bryant from City of Greater Bendigo, Gayle Sloan from WMRR and Ian Overton from Green Industries SA

From global policy shifts such as China’s National Sword policy to local councils – what changes are governments implementing to enable supply chains with circular frameworks?

Our speakers will share what policy governments are introducing in different parts of the world and explore what direction we can expect policy to take in Australia.

• From 5.00 pm to 6.00 pm

Guest Speaker James George, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

FRIDAY 20/11
• From 1.30 pm to 3.00 pm

Counting the Beans: Building the Business Case

Hosted by James Tilbury, from EnergyLab

with Tania Smith from ANZ, Zoe Whitton from Citi, Mac Irvine from CEFC and Phil Vernon from Beyond Zero Emissions

The transition to a circular economy is going to require a rethink of the role of finance and how we fund this transition. How can circular solutions be more investable and how are businesses building the business case for circularity?

Our panel will include speakers from the superannuation industry, the banking industry and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation.

• From 3.30 pm to 5.00 pm

Rubber on the Road: Case Studies

Hosted by Jason Graham-Nye, from gDiapers

with Lachlan Feggans from Brambles, Natasha Ryko from Mirvac, Bel Chellingworth from Australia Post, Jean Bailliard from TerraCycle & Loop with Woolworths and Steve Morriss from Planet Ark

Who is already working to implement circular systems and structures in their business? We will explore real-world case studies beyond theory from some circular economy pioneers.

Our speakers will share examples of how they have implemented circularity into their business’ practices, their experiences and how we can learn from them.

Notes:

• We'll record the full event and send the link to each participant if you are not available during the 2 half-days (or if you want to listen to it again!)

• You will be able to pay by credit card or invoice as your convenience

• You will receive the Zoom link on Wednesday 18 November, after registration

• If you are a student, you can have a discount code.

>> Please contact Chloe Cohen at chloe@boomeranglabs.org.au.