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So what is the Circular Economy? First and foremost, the Circular Economy is an opportunity.  It’s an opportunity to make money, save costs and do better for the environment.  But what does it actually mean? If you work in manufacturing and are just starting to...

Margaret Munro of ISO Expertise and Dr Vicky Lofthouse of  EN:ABLE Sustainability have joined forces to offer businesses with an interest in improving their Environmental Management Systems and reducing costs/generating value through sustainable innovation,  a  FREE...

Refillable packaging has come a long way in the last 20 years.  Back in 2003 no major retailers in the UK operated any schemes in the reuse of primary packaging [1], and now there are many, especially in personal care, beauty and cleaning. By 2032, the global...

I already feel like a winner! I’ve spent the last 2-3years following my dream to help companies improve the sustainability performance of the products they make and sell. That is all I’ve wanted to do since I was 20 yrs old. On top of that, I've just had the most...

The Design Abacus: qualitative assessment The Design Abacus is a highly visual way of seeing problem areas when it comes to sustainability; it quickly communicates the good and bad characteristics of the ‘thing’ being assessed and assesses different ‘focal areas’ such...

Small changes can make a big difference.  What is the ONE THING that you could do to reduce the sustainability impact of the products you make and sell? 💡Could you use less material? 💡Should you be using a different material? 💡Could you make them lighter? 💡Could you...

I quite often get asked where to look for cool stuff. Do I have a list of go to places for examples of sustainable innovation…? The answers is no - I don’t. What I have is a love of innovation and a decent helping of curiosity. When I first created the now defunct...