Watch the presentation video from the 2020 PM² Alliance Conference.
Presentation Summary
The presentation provides insights on the topic of transitioning to Circular Economy with focus on Circular Supply Chains and its relationship to sound project management and the PM² methodology.
Franco Petocchi is an experienced executive and the founder and managing partner of Accirculate, a niche consulting firm dedicated to accelerate circularity and a PM² Alliance’s Affiliated Training Provider. He is also a PM² Alliance’s Corporate Advisory Committee member.
Accirculate and the PM² Alliance recognized the strategic importance of sound project management in the twin transitions towards a green and digital economy, central to circular supply chains. The contribution to the PM² Conference 2020 is one of the several collaborative initiatives planned by Accirculate and the PM² Alliance.
The presentation summarizes the following topics:
- The relationship between circular economy and the climate change, its definition, the Covid-19 context and its momentum in Europe;
- An introduction on circular supply chains and the current state of supply chain sustainability;
- Circular supply chains projects in the fields of resource efficiency and producer ownership, an overview and a few examples;
- The importance of sound project management and the application of the PM² methodology in the complex transition towards circular supply chains.
