Professor
NTU
Circular Economy as an ESG Strategy
Education:Ph.D., Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
Experience:Director, Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, NTU; Secretary General, Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering
Awards/Honors/Patents/Publications:Excellent Teaching Award, NTU; Academic Research Paper Award, Best Research Paper Award, Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering
By modifying use of resources in the production and consumption system, circular economy aims to maintain the value of products and resources at a high level so as to decouple resource use and environmental impact from economic development, and becomes an important ESG strategy for businesses. This presentation highlights circular economy’s rationale and directions of development.