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? “Circular and Digital Economies: The dual transition”: What’s inside: • Repercussions of Linear Economy • The Digitally Empowered Circular Economy Alternative • The Forthcoming Digital Economy • Digitally Empowered Sustainable Competitiveness • Digitally Empowered SDGs • Policy Initiatives and Strategies as the Drivers of the Dual Transition • Circularity as Competitive Edge • Innovation Opportunities in the Circular Economy “Designing Out Waste: The challenges to full circularity”: What’s inside: • The link between waste generation and climate change • The key contributors to waste pollution • The problem with recycling • Turning challenges into opportunities • The role of the Circular Economy in waste management • How can we reduce the negative consequences of our consumption habits? • The drivers of waste prevention and circularity • Every action counts