Material Matters

Name: Material Matters
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781032193274
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Developing Business for a Circular Economy

By Thomas Rau and Sabine Oberhuber

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Material Matters addresses the urgent issue of resource depletion in today’s linear economy by proposing a transformative circular economic model. It explores how to harness renewable energy, data and intelligence to shift from a 'take-make-waste' approach to one focused on circular business models. These models emphasise selling performance over ownership, designing products as resource banks, and implementing 'material passports' to ensure sustainability and reuse across generations. Featuring real-world cases such as Philips’ innovative approach to selling light rather than lamps, the book offers a comprehensive and optimistic agenda for businesses and individuals to adopt radical change.
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This book is ideal for professionals, academics and policymakers in sustainability and business, as well as engaged consumers seeking practical solutions for circular economy principles. It suits those interested in innovative economic models, environmental stewardship, and the future of resource management.

Our planet is a closed system with limited material resources, yet our current economic model is designed in a one-way direction from resource extraction to disposal, leading to resource depletion. This book proposes a new economic model, offering an alternative to this linear ‘take-make-waste’ economy - a comprehensive agenda for change.

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Material Matters shows a way of creating a circular economy by using the unlimited resources we have: renewable energy, data, and intelligence. It describes a system based on circular business models centred on selling performance rather than ownership, designing products and buildings as resource banks and equipping products with a ‘material passport’ to ensure their usability for future generations. Businesses thereby become custodians of materials, rather than consumers of materials and sellers of products. The book evokes the vision of a radically new economic model based on a compelling narrative, supported with cases that have been developed in conjunction with major companies, for example, convincing Philips to sell light instead of lamps, saving energy and materials by creating a whole new business model, a case which has become iconic for the circular economy.

Material Matters is not a somber analysis of the state of the planet but a concrete and comprehensive agenda for change, offering perspectives for taking action for business and individual consumers alike.

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Praised by leading experts, Material Matters is described as an accessible and practical vision of the circular economy by Dame Ellen MacArthur, a bold manual for the future economy by Prof. Dr. Martin R. Stuchtey, and an inspiring agenda of hope in challenging times by Prof. Dr. Jan Peter Balkenende. Prof. Dr. Walter R. Stahel highlights the book’s insight into using today’s products as tomorrow’s resources. Together, these endorsements stress the book's relevance, clarity and actionable approach.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781032193274

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 December 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 2 Line drawings, color; 36 Halftones, color; 38 Illustrations, color

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 460g

Pages: 260

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Business & Entrepreneurship Business Leadership & Management Education & Reference Finance & Economics Finance & Investment Marketing & Sales Non-Fiction Sabine Oberhuber Thomas Rau

About the Author

Thomas Rau is an architect, entrepreneur, innovator and recognized thought leader on sustainability and circular economy. His office RAU has been recognized for being at the forefront of producing innovative CO2 neutral, energy positive and circular buildings as a norm. Thomas was elected as Dutch Architect of the Year 2013 and awarded with the ARC13 Oeuvre Award for his widespread contribution in both promoting and realizing sustainable architecture and bringing awareness of the circular economy through international delivered lectures, TV documentaries, TED talks and publications. In 2016, he was nominated for the Circular Economy leadership Award of the World Economic Forum. In 2021, he received the Circular Hero Award by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure.

Sabine Oberhuber is an economist; together with Thomas Rau, she cofounded Turntoo, one of the first companies in the world focusing on the transition to a circular economy. Sabine is a renowned expert on circular economy; together with her team at Turntoo, she assists corporate clients and public institutions in the development and implementation of circular business models and management strategies and facilitates the transition to a circular economy. She studied economics at the Freie Wilhelms University in Münster (Germany) and received her Master of Management from the ESCP (EAP) European School of Management in Paris, Oxford and Berlin.

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