EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

ToTCE emphasises the unique power of bringing change to education in order to accelerate the circular economy transition. Mobius Foundation invites collaborative efforts from leaders, practitioners, and educational institutions to strengthen academic expertise for providing knowledge beyond formal education.

The programme is designed to emulate educational institutions’ sustainability practices to induce core circular values. It aims to ensure sustainability practices amongst future generations and share the knowledge of the circular economy with teachers, lecturers, and academicians who are the strong forces behind the students’ future. Everyone from the educational sector can attend the training session, including academicians, university students, scholars, teachers, professors, and students above 11th and 12th class if nominated by their schools. There are multiple benefits of attending this training session as attendees will be able to implement Circular Economy into their organisation and institutes. Students will get a chance to understand the Circular Economy and integrate this practice into their everyday lives, which will act as a saving grace for future generations. It will also cater to sustainable development goals such as SDGs 11, 12, and 13. The participants will receive a checklist and toolkit to accelerate their organisation’s transition from linear to circular and to create a large-scale impact on society.

Small and medium-sized businesses know the advantages of a closed-loop system for improving resource efficiency, such as cost savings, competitive advantages, and access to new markets. However, a few challenges, like financial constraints, technical skills, or lack of systems, hinder maintaining a circular economy. The projects for SMEs introduce design thinking concepts, methodology, and best practices to enable the supply chains of OEM to complement the circular economy at their organisational premises and leverage long-term and short-term economic, environmental, and social gains. The project aims to support SMEs to attain green cover. The greening of SMEs will be a great value addition for OEMs keen to reduce plastic in their supply chain and reinforce their commitment towards SDG2030. Plastic sector SMEs, CFOs, CSOs, investors, and vendors keen to expand their knowledge about the circular economy can participate in the training[a].

The project benefits in greening the supply chain of OEMs. It equips individuals to take action against waste management. This programme will help to strategize for green finance and the end motive of environment conservation. The project will contribute to SDG 8, 9, 12, 13, and 14.