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9 March 2021
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The over-exploitation of natural resources required to achieve economic growth and development has had a negative impact on the environment while also causing these resources to become scarcer and costlier. So it’s easy to see why the idea of a circular economy that offers new ways to create a more sustainable economic growth model is taking hold across the globe. This programme is designed to help you understand the growing business case for sustainable solutions and learn how to manage and lead a sustainable business by incorporating circular economy principles into your strategies to support sustainable growth.
DOWNLOAD BROCHUREDefine sustainability and its link to over-consumption and over-production from a business and economic standpoint. Describe multiple metrics for measuring sustainability, including the Triple Bottom Line (TBL); environmental, social and governance (ESG); and the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Define the fundamentals of a circular economy and the characteristics of a circular business model. Describe the business benefits of transitioning to a circular business model.
Learn how to build a sustainable culture in organisations, including how to incorporate other business strategies into the process. Recognise and make plans to avoid the potential pitfalls that arise when changing organisational culture.
Analyse how circularity enables sustainability, describe the various other enablers of sustainability, and learn how to design waste out of your business processes.
Learn how sustainability can drive innovation and describe innovations that have improved sustainability. Use the ReSOLVE framework as a springboard for creating sustainable innovations.
Describe the characteristics of sustainable finance and learn how impact investments are measured.
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of raw materials used in manufacturing in Europe become waste before the product leaves the factory.
Source: Cambridge Judge Business School Circular Economy Centre (CEC)
of products made in Europe get thrown away in the first six months of their existence.
Source: Cambridge Judge Business School Circular Economy Centre (CEC)
is the annual material cost savings in the fast-moving consumer goods industry with the implementation of a new circular economy.
Source: Ellen Macarthur Foundation Circular Economy
Assignments are structured around a sustainability workbook that allows you to reflect on each week’s concepts and then plot next steps to apply what you’ve learned in the context of your own organisation. Some examples of these types of assignments might include:
Describe how your company contributes to (or impedes) the conservation of the earth’s natural capital.
Identify stakeholders in your organisation how you would engage them, including the change management techniques that could be employed to ensure a successful transition from traditional to circular.
Build a one-page pitch for a business case to make your business more sustainable while incorporating all five markers using examples from your own industry.
Explain the advantages and disadvantages of a planned obsolescence model and how a circular economy can keep planned obsolescence and plan for the economy.
Share an impactful investment you’ve done in your industry in the last five years and whether you can measure its impact as well as a new plan for a potential future impact investment.
This programme was developed to provide participants with in-depth knowledge of the fundamentals of sustainability and the benefits of implementing a circular economy. It is ideal for:
Dr. Soufani has published extensively in economics and finance in areas relating to financial management, corporate restructuring, M&A, private equity, venture capital, family business and the financial and economic affairs of small to medium-sized enterprises. His research also includes work on economic growth and innovation relating to the circular economy and fast-growing markets and economies.
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Dr. Othman Cole is a Senior Faculty in Management Practice (Finance) and the Deputy Director of the Executive MBA Programme at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School. He is also a Fellow of Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge.
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Upon successful completion of the programme, participants will be awarded a digital Certificate of Completion by Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education.
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Dr. Soufani has published extensively in economics and finance in areas relating to financial management, corporate restructuring, M&A, private equity, venture capital, family business and the financial and economic affairs of small to medium-sized enterprises. His research also includes work on economic growth and innovation relating to the circular economy and fast-growing markets and economies. His work is widely cited and included in policy reports by organisations such as the EU, OECD and the Institute of Directors. His work has also been cited and published by the World Economic Forum. He sits on the editorial boards of a number of international academic journals. Before joining academia, Dr. Soufani worked in investment banking in the area of bond and money market trading. He has been the Academic Programme Director for many Executive Education programmes for major companies and financial institutions as well as government organisations.
Dr. Othman Cole is a Senior Faculty in Management Practice (Finance) and the Deputy Director of the Executive MBA Programme at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School. He is also a Fellow of Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. Dr Cole holds a PhD and an MPhil in Finance, both from Cambridge Judge Business School; an MSc in International Securities, Investment and Banking; and an MEng in Computer Systems Engineering.
Prior to his current role, Dr. Cole was a Research Associate and then Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School. He was also an Assistant Professor of Finance at ESCP Europe Business School, where he is now an Affiliate Professor. His areas of teaching include corporate finance, project finance and mergers and acquisitions and his areas of research are capital structure of companies, behavioural biases, National Oil Companies (NOCs) and International Oil Companies (IOCs), carbon emissions and economic growth.
Dr. Cole has published a number of peer-reviewed academic articles and book chapters and has presented papers at a number of international conferences. His previous experiences were in investment banking during his roles at Barclays Capital and DNA Project Finance. He has also consulted for a number of companies in risk management, real estate and energy.
