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It explores how the circular economy increases social-ecological resilience, dives into potential trade-offs between the two and highlights the labour market characteristics that are prerequisites for both a more circular and resilient economy.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>This report first introduces the definition and key principles of social-ecological resilience. Then, using this framework, circular economy trends have been mapped along the key principles of resilience. In identifying the relationship between these two schools of thought, risks (where one may harm the other) and opportunities (where one reinforces the other) are identified. For every circular economy trend, recommendations are formulated for businesses and companies to build resilience through circularity. Lastly, three case studies exemplify what resilient circular economy strategies look like in practice.\u003C/p>",[450,452],{"name":451,"type":267,"value":451},"https://www.circle-economy.com/resources/resilience-and-the-circular-economy-opportunities-and-risks",{"name":453,"type":267,"value":453},"http://www.circle-economy.com/circular-jobs-initiative",{"id":19,"type":233,"cta":6,"cta_link":6,"created_at":455,"updated_at":456,"owner_id":4,"owner_relationship":237,"views":224,"owner":457,"image":458,"contributors":461,"article_locations":464,"article_industries":465,"view_count":224,"like_count":224,"collection_count":255,"content":473,"can_edit":269},"2021-06-15T13:25:17.020Z","2022-10-05T06:56:43.001Z",{"id":4,"type":5,"owner_id":4,"about":6,"job_title":6,"url":6,"linkedin":6,"email":6,"staff_of_id":6,"organisation_id":6,"organisation":6},{"id":459,"link":460,"alt":6,"source":6,"created_at":455,"updated_at":456,"article_id":19,"image_profile_id":6,"banner_profile_id":6},"Idm9fERKZ-c=","https://kh-assets.prod.circularity-gap.world/main-image/1778152476721-RztrQnTb.jpeg",[462,463],{"contributor_id":413},{"contributor_id":4},[],[466,468],{"article_id":19,"industry_id":332,"created_at":13,"updated_at":6,"industry":467},{"id":332,"name":334,"description":335,"sector":336},{"article_id":19,"industry_id":469,"created_at":13,"updated_at":6,"industry":470},"electronics_and_appliances",{"id":469,"name":471,"description":472,"sector":336},"Electronics and Appliances","Producing electronics products for businesses and consumers, including cellular phones, personal computers, printers, servers, electronic computer components and peripherals, TVs, audio equipment, as well as household appliances, such as refrigerators, washing machines, etc.",{"id":474,"score":224,"body":475,"status":268,"article_id":19,"created_at":455,"updated_at":456,"published_at":455},"uG9r",{"title":476,"summary":477,"attachment":478},"Avoiding blind spots: promoting circular and fair business models","\u003Cp>To create circular and fair business models, businesses and governments need to consider an address environmental, social, market and governance blindspots. This report dives into three specific business models within the textiles and electronics sectors-repair, resale and product-as-a-service (PaaS)-to map the potential side effects of circular business models and their value chains.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Based on these insights, the report provides recommendations for businesses, policymakers, public procurers and civil society to ensure they can avoid blindspots and build business models that are not circular, but also just and fair.\u003C/p>",[479,481],{"name":480,"type":267,"value":480},"https://www.circle-economy.com/resources/avoiding-blindspots-promoting-circular-and-fair-business-models",{"name":482,"type":267,"value":482},"https://www.circle-economy.com/circular-jobs-initiative",{"id":35,"type":484,"cta":6,"cta_link":6,"created_at":485,"updated_at":486,"owner_id":4,"owner_relationship":237,"views":224,"owner":487,"image":6,"contributors":488,"article_locations":492,"article_industries":499,"view_count":224,"like_count":224,"collection_count":255,"content":520,"can_edit":269},"business_case","2021-01-06T14:04:05.321Z","2022-06-21T13:02:20.661Z",{"id":4,"type":5,"owner_id":4,"about":6,"job_title":6,"url":6,"linkedin":6,"email":6,"staff_of_id":6,"organisation_id":6,"organisation":6},[489,491],{"contributor_id":490},"o74umQ",{"contributor_id":4},[493],{"article_id":35,"location_id":494,"created_at":495,"updated_at":6,"location":496},"1264527","2026-05-07T12:00:42.947Z",{"id":494,"type":497,"name":498,"color":6,"parent_location_id":321,"created_at":325,"updated_at":6},"city","Chennai",[500,506,511,513,515],{"article_id":35,"industry_id":501,"created_at":495,"updated_at":6,"industry":502},"metal_and_glass",{"id":501,"name":503,"description":504,"sector":505},"Metal and Glass","Refining and processing ores and producing ferrous and non-ferrous metal and glass products, including packaging","materials_and_fuels",{"article_id":35,"industry_id":507,"created_at":495,"updated_at":6,"industry":508},"wood_and_paper",{"id":507,"name":509,"description":510,"sector":505},"Wood and Paper","Extracting and gathering wood through forestry and producing wood and paper products",{"article_id":35,"industry_id":380,"created_at":495,"updated_at":6,"industry":512},{"id":380,"name":382,"description":383,"sector":384},{"article_id":35,"industry_id":434,"created_at":495,"updated_at":6,"industry":514},{"id":434,"name":436,"description":437,"sector":438},{"article_id":35,"industry_id":516,"created_at":495,"updated_at":6,"industry":517},"chemical_and_plastic",{"id":516,"name":518,"description":519,"sector":505},"Chemical and Plastic","Producing basic and specialty chemicals, inks, agricultural chemical such as fertilisers and pesticides, plastics including packaging, and rubber",{"id":521,"score":224,"body":522,"status":268,"article_id":35,"created_at":485,"updated_at":486,"published_at":485},"RCgd",{"title":523,"outcome":524,"problem":525,"summary":526,"solution":527,"attachment":528},"Kabadiwalla Connect technology-based solutions for integrating informal waste pickers in Chennai (India)","\u003Cp>Kabadiwalla Connect uses its technology platform to leverage the already existing informal infrastructure. The KWC platform makes the informal ecosystem more accessible to other players. Municipalities can utilise informal infrastructure to bring down operational costs; waste management firms can source from it; corporations can carry out their extended producer responsibility through it; apartments and small businesses can send their recyclable waste directly to informal stakeholders that are a part of the informal ecosystem. Since Kabadiwalla Connect’s business began in 2014, 500 tons of PET bottles have been collected by the informal economy sector between 2014 and 2017, some 2,000 kabadiwallas in Chennai have joined the KWC paltform, and around 100 have decided to specialize and professionalize. The long-term goal is to reduce the volume of waste sent to landfill by 70% across the Indian subcontinent. In other words, 48.16 million metric tons of material recovered.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Chennai is mega-city of 9 million people in India. It generates 5,000 metric tons of urban waste every single day, but 90% of the waste collected ends up in open dumps where it is incinerated in the open air, adding to air pollution and causing serious public health and safety problems. As in most major cities in South Asia and Africa, garbage collection is one of the main activities found in the informal sector. In Chennai, it is estimated that the informal sector recycles 19,000 metric tons of plastic and generates 4.3 million dollars in revenue each year. Street collectors, therefore, not only contribute to better waste management, but also earning a living along the way, sometimes above the poverty line. However, in developing countries, municipalities, multinational brands, and waste management companies struggle to work effectively with informal stakeholders – despite increasing evidence of the commercial, environmental, and social benefits of forming mutually beneficial partnerships.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>The recovery of post-consumer waste in cities in the developing world is driven by the informal ecosystem. Kabadiwalla Connect, a technology-based social enterprise based in Chennai, is leveraging the informal ecosystem of urban waste recyclers with the aim of decreasing the amount of waste sent to landfills in Indian cities by 70%.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Through a unique business process and award winning technology, Kabadiwalla Connect (KWC) seeks to improve the living conditions and incomes of the people working in the shadows and integrate them into existing waste management channels, helping municipalities, brands, and waste management companies recover postconsumer waste efficiently and more inclusively in the developing world. In 2015, thanks to an initial grant from the World Economic Forum, KWC started mapping and identifying all the actors in the informal waste recovery and recycling sector - from street collectors to specialist dealers. Their study proved that it was possible to procure consistent volumes from the informal sector and provide certain benefits (better price, better pick up time, clearer signal on the market dynamic of recycling). Once identified all actors, KWC provided them with a whole logistical framework to guarantee outlets for them. KWC is based on \"Kabadiwallas\", \"waste aggregator-entrepreneur\" in Chennai’s dialect. They prepare a raw material destined for wholesalers-dealers who are able to purify these recycled materials and sell them to reprocessors. KWC offers them computer applications that allow them to plan their everyday work and better set the prices of their material. KWC is also helping them improve the quality of the sorted material and work as a network to increase the amount of waste purchased. In other words, KWC offers traceability of material movement in the informal supply chain, traceability of compliance, but is also engaging in collection, and soon moving to processing.\u003C/p>",[529,531,533,535,537],{"name":530,"type":267,"value":530},"https://www.planet.veolia.com/en/kabadiwalla-start-up-management-waste-urban-collection-india",{"name":532,"type":267,"value":532},"https://www.livingcircular.veolia.com/en/city/how-one-indian-start-revolutionizing-informal-waste-management",{"name":534,"type":267,"value":534},"https://www.circle-economy.com/resources/the-social-economy-a-means-for-inclusive-decent-work-in-the-circular-economy",{"name":536,"type":267,"value":536},"https://www.kabadiwallaconnect.in/",{"name":538,"type":267,"value":538},"https://www.circle-economy.com/resources/thinking-beyond-borders-to-achieve-social-justice-in-a-global-circular-economy",{"id":79,"type":484,"cta":6,"cta_link":6,"created_at":540,"updated_at":541,"owner_id":358,"owner_relationship":237,"views":224,"owner":542,"image":6,"contributors":543,"article_locations":546,"article_industries":552,"view_count":224,"like_count":224,"collection_count":255,"content":553,"can_edit":269},"2021-11-29T09:55:53.915Z","2022-03-21T14:38:47.145Z",{"id":358,"type":5,"owner_id":358,"about":6,"job_title":6,"url":6,"linkedin":6,"email":6,"staff_of_id":6,"organisation_id":6,"organisation":6},[544,545],{"contributor_id":358},{"contributor_id":4},[547],{"article_id":79,"location_id":548,"created_at":495,"updated_at":6,"location":549},"GHA",{"id":548,"type":250,"name":550,"color":6,"parent_location_id":551,"created_at":325,"updated_at":6},"Ghana","AF",[],{"id":554,"score":224,"body":555,"status":268,"article_id":79,"created_at":540,"updated_at":541,"published_at":540},"Vcea",{"title":556,"problem":557,"summary":558,"solution":559,"attachment":560},"Gender analysis of the plastics and plastic waste sectors in Ghana","\u003Cp>- There are more women in the informal segment of the plastics supply chain than men (pickers).\u003C/p>\u003Cp>- Roles such as machine operators, drivers, riders, janitors, and procurement are heavily skewed towards men. As are management positions and decision-makers in regulatory authorities.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>- Washers and sorters and cash collectors are skewed towards women\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Use of Harvard Analytical Framework for Gender Analysis to identify the gender roles and responsibilities of men and women along the value chain.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Women as market actors, as workers, as regulators, as end users, as community members.\u003C/p>",[561],{"name":562,"type":267,"value":562},"https://globalplasticaction.org/wp-content/uploads/NPAP-Ghana-Gender-Baseline-May-2021.pdf",{"id":37,"type":233,"cta":6,"cta_link":6,"created_at":564,"updated_at":565,"owner_id":4,"owner_relationship":237,"views":224,"owner":566,"image":6,"contributors":567,"article_locations":570,"article_industries":579,"view_count":224,"like_count":224,"collection_count":255,"content":585,"can_edit":269},"2021-02-26T12:22:57.427Z","2022-03-21T14:37:04.872Z",{"id":4,"type":5,"owner_id":4,"about":6,"job_title":6,"url":6,"linkedin":6,"email":6,"staff_of_id":6,"organisation_id":6,"organisation":6},[568,569],{"contributor_id":490},{"contributor_id":4},[571,575],{"article_id":37,"location_id":572,"created_at":495,"updated_at":6,"location":573},"SEN",{"id":572,"type":250,"name":574,"color":6,"parent_location_id":551,"created_at":325,"updated_at":6},"Senegal",{"article_id":37,"location_id":576,"created_at":495,"updated_at":6,"location":577},"BFA",{"id":576,"type":250,"name":578,"color":6,"parent_location_id":551,"created_at":325,"updated_at":6},"Burkina Faso",[580],{"article_id":37,"industry_id":581,"created_at":495,"updated_at":6,"industry":582},"education_and_government_services",{"id":581,"name":583,"description":584,"sector":384},"Education and Government Services","Providing public and private education and support services at any level or for any profession, and governmental and public administration services, including judicial, regulatory, and legislative activities, taxation, defence, public order and safety, immigration services, foreign affairs and the administration of government programmes",{"id":586,"score":224,"body":587,"status":268,"article_id":37,"created_at":564,"updated_at":565,"published_at":564},"LB-_",{"title":588,"summary":589,"attachment":590},"National Strategy for the Promotion of Green Jobs (SNEV)","\u003Cp>The National Strategy for the Promotion of Green Jobs (SNEV) serves as a reference framework for green jobs in a resilient economy. It focuses on strengthening the legislative, institutional and regulatory framework; creating green job opportunities; building human capacities; developing an appropriate financing policy; advocacy; and setting up mechanisms for monitoring and sustainability. The SNEV strategy was implemented through the PACEV programme which enables the promotion of inclusive entrepreneurship that is more open to youth and women (especially the heads of poor, low-income households). In particular, it promotes and develops new sectors for green jobs creation, such as distributing and maintaining mobile kiosks with solar panels, a drinking water production sector, and a sector recycling energy-efficient lamps. It also reinforces and consolidates existing sectors, such as urban and rural waste valorization, aquaculture, sustainable agriculture and forestry.\u003C/p>",[591,593],{"name":592,"type":267,"value":592},"https://www.un-page.org/files/public/burkina_faso_-_results_factsheet_2018.pdf",{"name":594,"type":267,"value":594},"https://www.futurepolicy.org/global/senegals-national-strategy-for-the-promotion-of-green-jobs-snev-strategy/",{"id":31,"type":484,"cta":6,"cta_link":6,"created_at":596,"updated_at":597,"owner_id":4,"owner_relationship":237,"views":224,"owner":598,"image":6,"contributors":599,"article_locations":601,"article_industries":602,"view_count":224,"like_count":224,"collection_count":255,"content":603,"can_edit":269},"2020-12-24T11:29:16.216Z","2022-03-21T14:32:12.252Z",{"id":4,"type":5,"owner_id":4,"about":6,"job_title":6,"url":6,"linkedin":6,"email":6,"staff_of_id":6,"organisation_id":6,"organisation":6},[600],{"contributor_id":4},[],[],{"id":604,"score":224,"body":605,"status":268,"article_id":31,"created_at":596,"updated_at":597,"published_at":596},"ovbi",{"title":606,"outcome":607,"problem":608,"summary":609,"solution":610,"attachment":611},"Robedrijf - Segregating tasks for inclusive jobs","\u003Cp>Robedrijf splits up workstreams into packages of tasks, so that there are tasks suited to people with different levels of abilities. By breaking up tasks, Robedrijf can ensure that the services they deliver to their customers are high quality as well as ensuring there are good quality, tailored jobs available for people that otherwise face barriers to work. This means people who might find traditional job roles challenging are given the opportunity to learn circular skills like disassembly and repair, while working in a supportive environment.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Jobs are an important vehicle for social inclusion. They help us to feel valued and have a sense of purpose. They improve our quality of life and are a way of participating in society. They provide us with the resources we need to support and spend time with our family and friends. In the current linear — take-make-waste — economy, financial drives often come before social protection and participation. Too often this means that people find it hard to access work or find a job that meets their needs. An inclusive labour market should provide decent work opportunities for all people no matter their age, ethnicity, gender, educational level or geographic location.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>In Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Robedrijf connects people with a distance from the labour market to employers through the outsourced services they offer in the assembly, packaging and repair of products. Once commissioned by a local company, these services are then delivered by people working in Robedrijf's sheltered workshop who have physical, mental or psychological difficulties. This means people who might find traditional job roles challenging are given the opportunity to learn circular skills like disassembly and repair, while working in a supportive environment.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>The transition to the circular economy will be labour intensive, especially in the coming 10 to 20 years, requiring more people to drive its principles of reuse, repair, refurbish, recover and recycle, and requiring people to work together across companies and sectors, using skills such as empathy, craftsmanship and ingenuity. In Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Robedrijf is working towards this goal. Robedrijf connects people with a distance from the labour market to employers through the outsourced services they offer in the assembly, packaging and repair of products. Once commissioned by a local company, these services are then delivered by people working in Robedrijf's sheltered workshop who have physical, mental or psychological difficulties.\u003C/p>",[612,614],{"name":613,"type":267,"value":613},"https://www.circle-economy.com/blogs/leaving-no-one-behind",{"name":615,"type":267,"value":615},"https://www.rotterdam.nl/werken-leren/robedrijf/",[]]