In this week’s episode, we’re joined by Alan Young, a global circular economy expert with a contagious passion for accelerating our transformation to a zero-waste, low-carbon future. Alan has held leadership positions with organizations such as the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), the Circular Economy Leadership Coalition, the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) and the Council of Canadian Academies Expert Panel on Circular Economy. In our chat, we discuss what it takes to close the loop on mineral and metal supply chains, the innovative business models to get us there and the importance of collectively differentiating between competitive and pre-competitive factors. Alan advocates for mine sites to be re-positioned at the centre of the value chain and speaks to how ESG principles will shape the future of the industry’s circular operations.
CREDITS
Host — Elizabeth Freele, Sympact
Producer & Editor — Tommy Lee
Assistant Editor — Emielia Dahl-Sam
Sponsor — Sympact Advisory
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SELECT EPISODE LINKS
- Alan Young
- International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
- Circular Economy Leadership Coalition
- Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA)
- Materials Efficiency Research Group (MERG)
- Cameco
- Repurposing mineral/metal waste into high-value commodities: Thallium (Mined in Trail, BC), Germanium
- Sudbury, carbon capture technology
- ELYSIS (ELYSIS is a Canadian company delivering a disruptive technology for the aluminium smelting industry generating oxygen as a by-product)
- Robert Friedland
- World Circular Economy Forum, Mining for Circularity, 2020
- Mark Cutifani, CEO of Anglo-American spoke to the imperative of a circular economy & the mining companies’ transition to “materials solutions companies”
- International Resource Panel, “materials leasing”: https://www.resourcepanel.org/
- Prof. Daniel Franks
Industry leaders in integrating circular principles into mining operations:
