M24: Close the loop: circularity best practices

Duration: 1 hr | Language: English | Handout: EN, CN

This training provides an overview of how circularity principles can be applied in product development, illustrated through selected real-world examples.

It highlights how solution approaches are explored, evaluated, and refined to meet technical, functional, and sustainability requirements. By expanding the solution space and challenging conventional thinking, innovative and scalable concepts can emerge.

The session also demonstrates how sustainability assessments, including life cycle analysis (LCA), support decision-making and help validate environmental benefits.

Overall, the training introduces how the Eco Design process and the 12 Eco Design criteria can be applied to enable circular, future-oriented solutions.

Agenda:

• Introduction to Circularity & Eco Design
• From Requirements to Circular Solutions
• Case Examples & Key Learnings
• Sustainability Assessment (incl. LCA)
• Key Takeaways for Suppliers & Discussion

• Type: Live webinar
• Level: Intermediate to advanced
• Target Group: Focus on production companies
• Recommendation: Module 6: Circular Economy; Module 12: Circularity – Sustainable Product Design; Module 13: Product Carbon Reduction Levers
• Date: Mar 17, 2027 | 5 pm (CET) | Americas & EMEA