March 5, 2021
Separation work of recyclable materials in a work cooperative in the Glicerio neighborhood of Sao Paulo. Photo by Alf Ribeiro at Shutterstock.
People make the world go round. With that in mind, it s important to put them first as both consumers and contributors when designing new circular models and processes.
As noted in the description for a GreenBiz 21 session titled The Human Side of Circular Supply Chains, Without intention, a circular economy will continue to reinforce the inequity and injustice inherent in the current linear system and communities will be no better off than they were before.
For Ashish Gadnis, CEO and co-founder of BanQu, a logistics and supply chain company, addressing inequity in the circular economy looks like enabling people to use the resources they already have differently.