Scaling Circular Platforms Read more about Scaling Circular Platforms This presentation gives an overview of how circular platform business models can help accelerate the transition to a circular economy.
Peter C. Evans Keywords business planning circular economy business model waste management climate change Read more about Peter C. Evans Peter C. Evans is Chief Strategy Officer at McFadyen Digital. He has over 25 years of experience leading teams in identifying, framing, assessing, and communicating high-priority marketplace trends and disruptions that support business planning and investment prioritization. He has held senior strategy at large global enterprises (former partner at KPMG, senior director, strategy and analytics at General Electric). Peter been at the forefront of identifying and articulating significant new trends, including the rise of experience platforms.
Scaling the Circular Economy with Circular Platforms (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 18) Read more about Scaling the Circular Economy with Circular Platforms (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 18) The circular economy offers a framework for reducing waste and increasing sustainability by keeping materials in use through repair, reuse, and recycling. However, scaling the circular economy requires overcoming challenges like connecting suppliers and buyers of used materials, tracking materials flows, and financing circular business models.
Institutional Challenges: Case Study on Low Carbon District Heating in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the People’s Republic of China Read more about Institutional Challenges: Case Study on Low Carbon District Heating in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the People’s Republic of China The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a resource-rich province located in a severe cold climate zone of the People's Republic of China, relies heavily on coal to provide heating for its population. With support from Asian Development Bank, a new and gender-sensitive business model for wind-based district heating was introduced in the region.
Video - Session 6 - Alternative Financing Schemes and Business Models Read more about Video - Session 6 - Alternative Financing Schemes and Business Models This video covers Session 6 of the conference entitled “Alternative Financing Schemes and Business Models.” It draws lessons from a solar home program implemented in Bangladesh that demonstrates how business models can address inclusive energy challenges. It also shows how private sector partnership can bring inclusive development to a solar park similar to the one introduced in India’s Rajasthan State.
Strengthening Enterprises through Gender Capacity Building Read more about Strengthening Enterprises through Gender Capacity Building The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves explicitly prioritizes women’s empowerment in its mission statement. It implements a robust gender capacity building program to ensure cooking sector enterprises prioritize and understand how to integrate gender throughout their business models.
Making Renewable Energy a Success in Bangladesh: Getting the Business Model Right Read more about Making Renewable Energy a Success in Bangladesh: Getting the Business Model Right More than three quarters of Bangladeshis in rural areas have no electricity in their homes, forcing the villagers to complete their work during daylight. This paper analyzes the success of the solar home system program in Bangladesh, which today provides clean and reliable electricity to millions of people in off-grid areas.
Economic Challenges in Korea and Korea Institute of Finance's Research Read more about Economic Challenges in Korea and Korea Institute of Finance's Research This presentation analyzes Korea’s economic challenges and how the research activities of the Korea Institute of Finance (KIF) helped address these. KIF contributed several technical reports to better manage household debt problem; provided research outputs on macro-prudential policies to address volatile capital flows; and conducted researches on new business model development to help financial firms overcome stagnating profitability.