Which partnerships for Circular Economy?

A look back at the conference "Which partnerships for Circular Economy?" organised by the Circular Economy Chair and the European Research Project R2Pi, on March 28.

Aurélien Acquier and Valentina Carbone, Professors ESCP and co-Scientific Directors of the Circular Economy Chair were happy to welcome:
- Aleyn Gillespie, Associate Director, Carbon Trust
- Alexis Figeac , Head of Sustainable Business and Entrepreneurship, Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production gGmbH
- Fabio Menten, Manager, Deloitte Development Durable

"Beyond the school walls" experience at the Maison des canaux for the ESCP students presenting their company projects to the Circular Economy Chair's partners

Circular economy cannot be learned only at school.

Professors Valentina Carbone and Aurélien Acquier are convinced of this. They explain it in this video.
Involving companies and institutional actors, developing interdisciplinarity, and encouraging a reflexive posture by opening innovation spaces for students... are the 3 pedagogical principles of teaching circular economics at ESCP.

A new framework to better understand sharing economy business models

New systems for sharing and ‘collaborative consumption’ like Airbnb are increasingly gaining a foothold in society. In an article freely shared until 24 April 2019, an international team of authors including ESCP Berlin Professor Florian Lüdeke-Freund, tries to rise above the current debate over the meaning and content of the sharing economy, and thereby help improve the understanding of the phenomenon while acknowledging its diverse nature.