Circular Economy Professional (Foundational)

Circular Economy Professional (Foundational) This verifiable certificate is hereby issued to the holder and serves as proof that all the requirements for the award of the professional certification have been fulfilled. The certificate holder has successfully met the attendance requirements for the courses and achieved the necessary passing grade on all the respective examinations. The certificate holder grasped the key ideas behind the concept of Circular Economy by being introduced to the fundamentals of circularity, including the terminology, principles, frameworks, theories, models, mindsets, as well as the required critical thinking that will enable the certified professional to drive the transition within their domain of practice. The four courses included in the Circular Economy Professional (Foundational) program are as follows: “Circular Business Models: doing More, with Less, for Longer”: What’s inside: • What are Circular Business Models • What is the impact of CBMs? • How can we do more with what we have? • Why is remanufacturing so impactful? • How can we do more with less? • How important is refurbishing? • Closing Resource Flows • How can we turn industrial waste into raw material? “Circular by Design: Innovation, strategy and resource flows”: What’s inside: • What is circular design? • How to reach multiple product lifecycle? • How to slow resource flow? • How to close resource flow? • How to use biological strategies? • How to narrow resource flow? • How to design sustainable and circular behaviors? “Driving Circularity: The role of energy policy and legislation”: What’s inside: • What is the link between energy and climate change • What is the role of the circular economy in the energy sector? • Reshaping the energy system • What is renewable energy? • What are instrumental drivers for the transition to a circular economy? • What is the Paris Agreement? • What is the European Green Deal? • What is the New Circular Economy Action Plan? “Circular Industry 4.0: Redesigning the future”: What’s inside: • Why is Industry 4.0 crucial in the Circular Economy? • How will resources be extracted in a circular economy? • How can technology be advancing circular design? • How can smart factories enhance the circular economy? • What role do digital technologies play in enabling new circular services? • How can value be recaptured in the digital era? • How can technology support in the slowing and closing of flows?