Circular Economy & Sustainable Business Models Chair

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The mission of the Circular Economy Chair, originally created with Deloitte, is to promote the circular economy in society and to make it easier for companies to adapt to it.

In the face of today’s great environmental and societal challenges, the creation of business models that are more respectful of resources is vital. However, the transition towards the circular economy is a complex process, requiring agreement among, and joint effort by, a whole range of stakeholders: companies, investors, public bodies, private individuals, think-tanks and experts, etc.

Valentina Carbone, Professor ESCP Europe Aurélien Acquier, Professor ESCP Europe
A few words
from the
Co-Scientific Directors

« The circular economy represents a change of paradigm and a major transformation of capitalism to deal with the great issues of sustainable development. The change is managerial but also cultural, altering our relationship with value creation, progress and how we consume. »

« Management schools have a key role to play in this transformation. The Circular Economy Chair aims to promote research and teaching about the circular economy, and to build bridges between companies, students, and external stakeholders. Its approach is completely interdisciplinary, because the circular economy brings into play social science, political science, engineering science, economics, design and the various management disciplines. »

Aurélien Acquier and Valentina Carbone, Professors ESCP Europe

Objectives

Innovation accelerator

The Chair aims to accelerate innovation to facilitate the transition to the circular economy. Its fields of action include research, training and the dissemination of good practice throughout the world of management.

The Chair’s work seeks to study, identify and clarify the barriers that prevent companies from deploying a 100% circular model both within and outside their organisations (public bodies and environmental organisations, markets, consumers), in order to determine the changes that need to be made and the levers that need to be used in order to deploy the circular economy’s full potential.

Fields of activity

La chaire se concentre sur 3 types d'activités:

Research around the Chair’s central theme

New modes of coordination / cooperation between companies; conditions for the involvement of the consumer; tensions and paradoxes; instrumentation and operationalisation. This research is disseminated in academic and professional publications and white papers.

Events

Round tables and workshops bringing together academics / industrialists.

Teaching

ESCP Europe courses already include the circular economy: 30 hours in the MIM programme and the International Sustainability Management MSc since 2016, 12 hours in the Executive MBA and several modules in different MSc courses. The Chair is helping to develop the teaching of the circular economy through the introduction of professional workshops.

Team

Prof. Valentina Carbone Chaire Economie circulaire & business models durables

Valentina
Carbone

Scientific co-Director

Aurélien Acquier, Professor ESCP Europe

Aurélien
Acquier

Scientific co-Director

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Prof. Dr. Rolf Brühl, Chair Owner of  Business Ethics and Management Control, Berlin campus, ESCP Europe

Rolf
Brülh

Professor ESCP Europe

Olivier Delbard Professor ESCP Europe

Olivier
Delbard

Professor ESCP Europe

Prof. Dr. Sylvie Geisendorf, Chair Owner of the Enironnment and Economics chair, Berlin campus, ESCP Europe

Sylvie
Geisendorf

Professor ESCP Europe

Prof Dr Florian Ludeke Freund, Chair owner of the Corporate Sustainability Chair, Berlin Campus, Escp Europe

Florian
Lüdeke-Freund

Professor ESCP Europe

Joe Miemczyk, ESCP Europe

Joe
Miemczyk

Professor ESCP Europe

Joe Miemczyk, ESCP Europe

Terence
Tse

Professor ESCP Europe

Focus on...

Circular Economy Chair

News

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

25 April 2019
Circular Economy cannot be learned only at school!

Signature de la Chaire ESCP Europe - Deloitte Economie circulaire et business models durables

News

Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Models: a new chair is born!

19 November 2018
24th October 2018... Sami Rahal, CEO, Deloitte France hosted Frank Bournois, Dean & Executive President of ESCP Europe and Ghislaine Sanchez, Member of the Board of the ESCP Europe Foundation and the two Professors Aurélien Acquier and Valentina Carbone for the signing ceremony of the new Chair in Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Models.

News & Events

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Economie collaborative : les coûts cachés sur l'environnement [Aurélien Acquier]
RSE 04/10/2017 "Les différents business modèles de l'Economie circulaire" par Valentina Carbone ESCP

Research & Publications

Impact Paper
Rush for resources or preservation of common goods?
Two scenarios for managing resources in the Anthropocene era

ESCP Business School
May 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic is being apprehended by many experts as one of the symptoms of the Anthropocene, the new geological era characterised by the structural impact of human activities on the dynamic of our ecosystems

Written by Aurélien Acquier and Valentina Carbone

 

Presse
"A lever for transformation for the whole school" [FR]

Le Monde
24 November

A testimony on initiatives to integrate ecological and climate issues into the curricula of business schools. A fundamental trend that responds to a very high demand from students.

Written by Aurélien Acquier

 

Press
Interface, specialist in carpet tiles and... pioneer in the circular economy [FR]

The Conversation
2 October

Since 1995, this American manufacturer has been innovating to reduce its carbon footprint by recycling fishing nets, for example. Next step: products with a positive impact!

Written by Olivier Delbard

 

Press
Aquaponic farming: harnessing natural processes for an urban circular economy

The Conversation
17 September

Combining aquaculture and hydroponics, aquaponics unearths value in "waste" flows and re-routes them back into the economy. It’s an inspiring example of how a circular-economy business model can work.

Written by Sylvie Geisendorf and Paul Wolf

 

Press
Why Sustainability Is The Hottest Topic At Business School

Business Because
28 August 2019

Climate change is affecting businesses as much as any other part of society. But business schools, and their future leaders, hold the key to addressing it

Written by Simon Lovick

 

Blog post
Sustainability conferences cause greenhouse gas emissions, too

LinkedIn Pulse
2 August 2019

Meeting to effectively talk about sustainability requires unsustainable behaviour. Prof. Florian Lüdeke-Freund explains how this contradiction was overcome by compensating all travel-induced emissions of the 4th New Business Models Conference.

Written by Florian Lüdeke-Freund

 

Press
Between green growth and degrowth, teaching circular economy in a business school. [FR]

The Conversation
8 July 2019

The circular economy confronts very different visions of progress: green growth versus degrowth. How to teach this conflictiing concept?

Written by Aurélien Acquier and Valentina Carbone

 

Press
You’ve heard of the circular economy. Now meet the circular city

Fast Company
1 July 2019

Five examples from cities like Berlin, Germany, and Malmö, Sweden, show how circular urban planning could make like healthier and safer for all of us.

Written by Daniel Johnson

 

Press
Circular cities of the world: what can green infrastructure do?

The Conversation
24 June 2019

With the help of green infrastructure, we can take nature as the example and transform our cities into circular cities.

Written by Daniel Johnson

 

Press
Enseignement au développement durable : un mot d’ordre transversalité ![FR]

E-RSE
5 June 2019

Membre du conseil d’administration du Collège des Directeurs du Développement Durable (C3D), directeur développement durable de l’Institut Mines-Telecom et président de la commission développement durable et responsabilité sociétale de la Conférence des Grandes Écoles, Denis Guibard dresse un état des lieux des écoles qui font bouger les lignes.

Written by Denis Guibard

 

Press
The circular economy: Four million business models and counting

The Conversation
17 May 2019

Why is it so difficult to provide a comprehensive overview of circular economy business models? The answer is simple: because there are so many of them.

Written by Florian Lüdeke-Freund

 

Press
The circular economy: building an economy on the template of nature

The Conversation
25 April 2019

In a growing world with an increasing population with ever greater needs, it is high time to find a balanced solution for our activities. Nature provides us with the template.

Written by Sylvie Geisendorf and Paul Wolf

 

Press
Asics, or the MNE put to the test of CSR [FR]

The Conversation
30 January 2019

ESCP Europe professors have highlighted best practices for deploying a CSR strategy worldwide through the case of sports equipment manufacturer Asics.

Written by Aurélien Acquier, Valentina Carbone and Valérie Moatti

 

Press
"Crowd logistics" : effet de mode ou phénomène durable ?[FR]

Alternatives Economiques
1 January 2019

LUtiliser les ressources des particuliers pour rendre des services de stockage ou de livraison : ce modèle, exploité par de nombreuses start-up, est loin d'être durable.

Written by Aurélien Rouquet, Christine Roussat and Valentina Carbone

 

Press
Crowd-logistics, the new frontier of the collaborative economy [FR]

La Tribune
14 December 2018

The collaborative economy has recently entered the field of logistics, giving rise to innovations that are of great interest to traditional operators.

Written by Aurélien Rouquet, Christine Roussat and Valentina Carbone

 

Press
Is the circular economy good for the environment? Conversation with Aurélien Acquier [FR]

The Conversation
23 September 2018

Management sciences deal with the art of composing collectively with tensions and paradoxes, in situations that are always complex. Demonstration.

Written by Jean-Philippe Denis

 

Press
Rise of the Phenix: The French startup giving a second life to food waste

The Independent
30 June 2018

The case of Phenix shows how a circular economy can redefine how we tackle food waste.

Written by Aurélien Acquier, Louis Chappet and Valentina Carbone

 

Press
Food waste: how the start-up Phenix changes the game [FR]

The Conversation
3 April 2018

The case of the start-up Phenix shows that the fight to reduce food waste requires a regulatory context that encourages innovation at the level of the business ecosystem.

Written by Aurélien Acquieri, Louis Chappet and Valentina Carbone

 

Presse
Collaborative economy and cooperativism: should walls or bridge be built? [FR]

The Conversation
12 September 2016

Some elements to clarify and extend the debate on what cooperativism can bring to the collaborative economy.

Written by Aurélien Acquier and Alban Ouahab

 

Press
Supermarket "La Louve", the newest member to the alternative consumer segment. [FR]

The Conversation
5 September 2016

La Louve, a cooperative and participative supermarket owned by its customers, will open its doors in the XVIIIᵉ arrondissement of Paris in the fall of 2016. History and challenges of the approach.

Written by Aurélien Acquier and Alban Ouahab

 

Press
Is the collaborative economy a source of environmental progress?

The Conversation
29 June 2016

L’impact environnemental des nouveaux modes de consommation collaborative est une question complexe dont la réponse n’est ni évidente, ni systématiquement positive.

The environmental impact of new collaborative consumption way is a complex issue whose answer is neither obvious nor systematically positive.

Written by Aurélien Acquier, Damien Demailly and Valentina Carbone

 

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