Circular Economy, Resource Efficiency, Life Cycle Innovation: Same objectives, same impacts?

Speakers for this event

• David Lazarevic

  David Lazarevic

  Senior Researcher at the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE

  David Lazarevic is a researcher at the Division of Industrial Ecology (20%) and a Senior Researcher at the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE (80%). His research interests are centred on socio-technical system innovations for more sustainable material and energy flows. He has a background in industrial ecology and science and technology studies. His work focuses on the legitimacy of processes in social coordination, innovation management and socio-technical transitions related to the circular economy, the building and energy sectors and smart sustainable cities.

  Senior Researcher at the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE

• Franz Speer

  Franz Speer

  Corporate Director, Industry Affairs Laundry & Home Care at Henkel

  Corporate Director, Industry Affairs Laundry & Home Care at Henkel

• Martin Stuchtey

  Martin Stuchtey

  Founder & Managing Director of SystemiQ Ltd.

  Dr. Martin R. Stuchtey is the founder of SYSTEMIQ, a company that develops new markets and assets in the sustainability space. Before founding SYSTEMIQ Martin has worked for the McKinsey & Co for twenty years. There he served clients in a range of sectors, from transportation to energy and infrastructure. In 2006, Martin co-founded McKinsey’s Sustainability Practice, working with corporate, government and social sector clients on the challenges of climate change, water scarcity and resource depletion at large. Most of his work was dedicated to circular industrial systems. He initiated – together with Ellen MacArthur – the Circular Economy Initiative at the World Economic Forum. He has been a strategic advisor to the World Economic Forum and is the author of many articles, TV and radio broadcasts of resource management. He is a lecturer at Innsbruck University for Resource strategy and management. Prior joining McKinsey, Martin served as a company commander in the German Alpine forces and worked as geologist on mining projects in Southern Africa. Martin Stuchtey holds a BSc. Hons.-degree in economic geology/mineralogy from Rhodes University (South Africa), a Masters in business economics from the Coblence School of Management (Germany), an MBA from Lancaster University (UK) and a PhD in regional economics from the Technical University of Dresden. Martin is married and has six children, he lives in Pöcking and Anras.

  Founder & Managing Director of SystemiQ Ltd.

• Peter Saling

  Peter Saling

  ‎Director Sustainability Methods at BASF SE

  Peter studied chemistry at the University of Göttingen. After the PhD Thesis in 1993, he joined BASF. He worked in the research department for dyestuffs and was specialist for toxicological question of dyestuffs. In 1997 he changed within BASF to the division of environment, health and safety. He started there with the development of the Eco-Efficiency Analysis together with the German Consultant Roland Berger and Partners. He was as senior scientist involved in the process of implementation of more than 60 studies of Eco-Efficiency. He was project leader for the development and integration of social aspects into the sustainability analysis named SEEBALANCE. From 2007 to 2013 he was the Director of Eco-Efficiency Analysis and of Sustainability Evaluation within Sustainability Strategy department of BASF. In 2011 he finalized the development of the new AgBalance methodology. Since 2014 he is responsible as Director for the Sustainability methods of BASF worldwide with centers in USA, Brazil and Asia.

  ‎Director Sustainability Methods at BASF SE

• Ralph Pfitzner

  Ralph Pfitzner

  VP Corporate Sustainability - Strategy and Environmental Portfolio at Siemens

  VP Corporate Sustainability - Strategy and Environmental Portfolio at Siemens

• Ralph Thurm

  Ralph Thurm

  Founder A|HEAD|ahead, Co-Founder ThriveAbility Foundation

  Ralph Thurm is a leading professional in sustainable innovation and strategy, operational sustainability, sustainability change management, sustainability reporting, and ThriveAbility. With more than 25 years experience working for major corporates, industry federations, governments, NGOs and advisory services globally, Ralph adds value as a advisor, trainer, facilitator, moderator and writer on a huge variety of sustainability topics. He is the Founder & Managing Director of A|HEAD|ahead, a management advisory focused on sustainable transformation and strategic positioning. Ralph is a frequent blogger at www.aheadahead.wordpress.com, a very personal logbook on sustainable change.

  Ralph has accepted roles as Director Engagement at GISR and as senior advisor at various organizations and networks, including UNIDO, the Dutch Transparency Benchmark, Turntoo and Katerva.

  In 2012 Ralph co-initiated the Reporting 3.0 Platform, instigating change towards a decision-useful new reporting impetus for a green & inclusive economy.

  Furthermore, Ralph is a co-founder of the ThriveAbility Foundation, set up to build the future agenda for the nexus around sustainability, innovation, behavior and design, host of the ‘ThriveAbility Journey’ and ‘ThriveAbility Index’.

  Founder A|HEAD|ahead, Co-Founder ThriveAbility Foundation

• Rodney Irwin

  Rodney Irwin

  Managing Director, Redefining Value & Education at WBCSD*

  Managing Director, Redefining Value & Education at WBCSD*

• Zura Nukusheva-Béguin

  Zura Nukusheva-Béguin

  International Resource Panel

  Zura Nukusheva-Béguin is working within the Secretariat of the International Resource Panel. She’s responsible for the work related to Environmental Impacts, Circular Economy and Metals. She’s currently coordinating the development of two new IRP reports: 1) “Resource Efficiency and Innovation in Circular Economy through Remanufacturing, Refurbishment, Repair, and Direct Reuse” and 2) “Green Technology Choices: Risks, Benefits and Trade-offs of Energy Efficiency Technologies”. She has a background in waste management engineering, energy efficiency and environmental management.

  International Resource Panel