The Essential Podcast, Episode 24 : Beyond the Bin - Climate Solutions in the Circular Economy

About this Episode

Michiel de Smet of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation joins the Essential Podcast to discuss how re-imagining the global economy on circular principles can yield benefits for companies, investors, and the climate.

The Essential Podcast from S&P Global is dedicated to sharing essential intelligence with those working in and affected by financial markets. Host Nathan Hunt focuses on those issues of immediate importance to global financial markets – macroeconomic trends, the credit cycle, climate risk, energy transition, and global trade – in interviews with subject matter experts from around the world.

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Show Notes

• "The circular economy financing market is taking off, with a steep increase in activity over the last 18 months. Increasingly recognized as a crucial part of the solution to climate change and other ESG issues, the circular economy also offers significant opportunities for new and better growth. Now is the time for finance to capitalize on this industrial transformation, and help scale the circular economy," the Ellen MacArthur Foundation said in a recent report.

• Michiel leads the Finance Programme at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. In that role, he works to grow the financing available for the circular economy, and he is a member of the EU Platform for Sustainable Finance. Previously, he was Policy Officer at the European Commission, as well as earlier work with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's New Plastics Economy initiative.