Description
Product ID: | 9781032193274 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Material Matters |
Subtitle: | Developing Business for a Circular Economy |
Authors: | Author: Sabine Oberhuber, Thomas Rau |
Page Count: | 260 |
Subjects: | Environmental economics, Environmental economics, Research and development management, Sales and marketing management, Sales and marketing, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Research & development management, Sales & marketing management, Sales & marketing, Environmental science, engineering & technology |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Our planet is a closed system with limited material resources, yet our current economic model is designed in a one-way direction from resource extraction to disposal, leading to resource depletion. This book proposes a new economic model, offering an alternative to this linear ‘take-make-waste’ economy - a comprehensive agenda for change. Our planet is a closed system with limited material resources, yet our current economic model is designed in a one-way direction from resource extraction to disposal, leading to resource depletion. This book proposes a new economic model, offering an alternative to this linear ‘take-make-waste’ economy. Material Matters shows a way of creating a circular economy by using the unlimited resources we have: renewable energy, data and intelligence. It describes a system based on circular business models centred on selling performance rather than ownership, designing products and buildings as resource banks and equipping products with a ‘material passport’ to ensure their usability for future generations. Businesses thereby become custodians of materials, rather than consumers of materials and sellers of products. The book evokes the vision of a radically new economic model based on a compelling narrative, supported with cases that have been developed in conjunction with major companies, for example, convincing Philips to sell light instead of lamps, saving energy and materials by creating a whole new business model, a case which has become iconic for the circular economy. Material Matters is not a somber analysis of the state of the planet but a concrete and comprehensive agenda for change, offering perspectives for taking action for business and individual consumers alike. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2022-12-30 |