The Circulars

♻️📈 The Traceability for Circularity Challenge is now open! UpLink and Accenture have partnered to accelerate solutions from early-stage start-ups across different sectors and industries to help drive the circular economy. We're seeking innovative data and traceability solutions to revolutionize circular business models for everyday materials like textiles, plastics, and food items. Do you have a data solution that can optimize value chains and enable waste reduction? Submit your innovation for the chance to join our network of key partners and gain access to visibility opportunities and connections that can help your business scale: https://ow.ly/5zV050RGSf8 The Circulars Circularise GIB Asset Management Gobi Partners H&M Foundation HSBC University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School #circulareconomy #traceability #circularity #innovation #startup

Are you attending #Circularity24 (May 22-24) in Chicago? Be sure to make the most of your week by attending Accelerating Circularity’s report launch, outlining textile-to textile trial processes for cotton, learnings and opportunities for future growth. Learn more about the report launch and several other events coordinated by leading organizations at #CircularEconomy here: https://buff.ly/44jZ1jY

It’s time for us to share our #Accelerate at #Circularity24 finalists! ✨ Who they are ✨ Evolectric - CircularEV™ Solutions: Clean, efficient, and safe fleet electrification solutions. Lucent Bio: Innovative crop input solutions Magnomer: Magnetizable coatings for recyclable packaging.  Mycocycle, Inc.: Waste materials transformed into bio based raw materials via mushrooms. TULU: On-demand rentals of household and lifestyle products. 📌 What happens next 📌 Accelerate finalists will pitch on the Circularity main stage on Thursday, May 23 at 11:15am CT.  💡 Learn more: https://buff.ly/3xnb97y 💡

♻️ Imagine a future where nothing goes to waste… The Circulars Accelerator, an initiative from Accenture, the World Economic Forum, and UpLink, empowers circular economy entrepreneurs working to transform production, consumption and recycling methods. Hear from Top Innovators like Joanne Rodriguez, LEED AP, FitWel Amb, CDT of Mycocycle, Inc. and Rodrigo Oliveira of Green Mining sharing their experiences as part of The Circulars Accelerator. Join us as we launch The Circulars Acceleration Network, the next step in our journey to redefine business and sustainability. ⚡ Learn more: https://ow.ly/F3vc50QsaJ0 The Circulars Wesley Spindler Ecolab Anglo American Amazon Web Services (AWS) NFW AmorSui #WEF24 #circulareconomy #innovation #sustainability

We are delighted to announce at #Davos2024 that Mandulis Energy is scaling up operations, to over a dozen countries across three continents, with an initial sixteen utility-scale hybrid mini-grids, incorporating over a megaton of annual high quality biochar based carbon removal & sequestration, alongside delivering affordable, sustainable, & reliable electricity, clean cooking, & sustainable fuels. This is the first scale up towards our shovel-ready project pipeline of over a hundred sites. Being part of the amazing delegation of Uplink Top Innovators attending the World Economic Forum annual meeting this year has enabled us strengthen synergies with our ecosystem of stakeholders. We're grateful for this awesome opportunity to highlight Mandulis Energy's #NaturePositive #CircularEconomy #REPARLE hybrid approach to #BECCS, #BiCRS, & high quality #Biochar-based #CarbonRemovals; which concurrently delivers #Sustainable, #affordable, & #Reliable #Energyaccess, #CleanCooking & #SoilFertility. We leverage #ClimateFinance to #DecarbonizeDevelopment; by deploying #SustainableInfrastructure which: #PowersAgriculture, & enables Industrial Supply Chains to become more #Green, #Robust & #Inclusive. We have been in operation for a decade thus far & are excited to be scaling up with projects across #Botswana, #Cambodia, #Guinea, #Indonesia, #Kenya, #Nigeria, #SouthAfrica, #Spain, #Tanzania #Uganda, the United Kingdom & #Zambia; with thanks to partnerships developed & strengthened through the World Economic Forum's Uplink Top Innovators ecosystem especially The Circulars Accelerator and the Humanitarian Resilience Investing Initiative. We look forward to a bright future ahead for #Sustainability, #CarbonRemovals #CDR, & #ClimateResilience; alongside #SustainableEnergy:- #MiniGrids, #EnergyAccess, #SustainableFuels & #CleanCooking; & are committed to continuing to explore more synergies to further amplify impact in the countries we're scaling up in, and in rural farming communities across the World. #RebuildingTrust #PoweringHope 🐘🌾🍀🌻🕊 Gratitude to: UpLink - World Economic Forum Lisa Satolli Andrej Kirn John Dutton Unreasonable Accenture Gabriella Oken Wilbur Louise James Thomas Liu HoSt Group - Bioenergy Systems Energy Catalyst Energy Catalyst (an Innovate UK programme) Innovate UK KTN Verst Carbon Laudato Si' Challenge United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) African Development Bank Group Rural Electrification Agency of Nigeria Rural Electrification Authority Zambia Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development EEP Africa Deloitte Salesforce Citi Standard Bank Group Dutch Fund for Climate and Development Creating Hope in Conflict: a Humanitarian Grand Challenge University of Oxford Alexander Betts Stephanie Perham UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency IESE Business School The Flourishing Circle Alex Theran Lumansi Raymond Howard Piwang The Villars Institute https://lnkd.in/d6fJDjyH

🙌 What a week it’s been at #wef24! As we wrap up, here are some of our highlights… On UpLink day, we brought together members of our Innovation ecosystem with innovators, investors and partners from the community getting to know each other. Top Innovator Rebekah Braswell, CEO of Land Life, shared her thoughts alongside a panel of sustainability experts at ‘Mainstreaming Ecopreneurs’ on Tuesday. Throughout the week, our in-depth Hub sessions featured: 💡 Philipp Engelkamp (INERATEC ) on sustainable aviation. 💡 Asim R. Bhalerao (Fluid Analytics Inc.) and Karina Peña (FieldFactors) on water security. 💡 Felipe Cardoso (Ecopanplas) on advancing recycling. And at our Press Conference on Wednesday we announced a host of exciting partnerships and launched our latest Annual Impact Report. There were so many more highlights - the launch of 3 brand new Top Innovator cohorts among them - which made this week one to remember. Many thanks to all our innovators and partners for contributing their vision, insight and enthusiasm! 👏 Check out our events page for the full lowdown: https://ow.ly/HWTJ50Qsuxy Peter BenHur Nyeko Mandulis Energy Nidhi Pant S4S Technologies Serge Raemaekers ABALOBI Tiya Gordon itselectric Deloitte Salesforce Manulife #UpLinkatDavos