Sandy Rodger

Sandy is a business leader, whose key strength is strategic leadership of systemic change, to deliver business results. His track record comprises senior roles in industry (Unilever and Diageo), the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a prominent economic think-tank, and with the Toilet Board Coalition, driving a business-led approach to sanitation. He has qualifications in business, engineering, and environmental systems. His key specialism is the Circular Economy, mobilising the introduction of this new model with large and small companies and international organisations.

Tata Group Initiatives

Tata Group is committed to embedding sustainability in its business strategies. The company subscribes to the philosophy of circular economy, applies the Natural Capital Protocol to assess and value the impact of natural capital on its operations, and supports green initiatives.

Greening Industry: Improving Resource Use, Reducing Waste

Growing volumes of waste are not matched with equal recovery and treatment capacity, especially in developing countries, making waste as one of today’s major global concerns. This session examines how a range of industries address resource use and efficiency and showcases some successful examples of market acceleration approaches to advance green technology and waste-related businesses.

ANJA GmBH

Food systems are a vital component of sustainable development as highlighted in this presentation. The importance of using the One Planet Living sustainability approach in addressing global challenges is also discussed.

The Circular Economy Advantage

Compared to today’s linear’s “take, make, dispose” economic model which disregards loss of materials, a circular economy provides a powerful lens to review every process within a framework of material flows and reduces waste or inefficiencies. Switching from a linear to a circular economy is essential to addressing the pressing challenge of waste management in Asia.

Stephen Peters

Steve Peters is a Senior Energy Specialist (Waste-to-Energy) in the Energy Sector Group of the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank. He is responsible for developing the knowledge base, project development and implementation in waste to energy and supporting projects across waste, the circular economy, and ocean impacts.