Redefine the production system detaching social progress from a greater material footprint.
Circular Economy
Mission.
Problem introduction.
The population trends and economic growth have increased the pressure that we exert on our planet due to the consumption and use of natural resources in our economic activity.
The time is over for a linear economic system in which we produce, sell, buy and dispose products without considering their environmental impact. Creating a new economic model based on circularity is the unique alternative for achieving social progress without compromising the health of our planet.
Material footprint per capita (Tonnes / capita).
Source: United Nations Statistics division (UN Stats).
The sum of material footprint for biomass, fossil fuels, metal ores and non-metal ores per person per year represent the material resources we are using as a society. This material footprint has rapidly grown in the last years achieving 12.18 tons per capita en 2017.
Global greenhouse gas emissions from food production (% of emissions).
Source: Science. Reducing food’s environmental impact (Joseph Poore & Thomas Nemecek).
26% of global emissions are generated in food production. Livestock, fisheries and crop production accounted for 58% of total food emissions. The food industry has a great opportunity to transform to circularity.
Global greenhouse gas emissions from food production (Million Tonnes).
Source: Science advances. Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made (Geyer, R).
Our economic single-use system has made plastic production grow rapidly since its inception, reaching 381 tons in 2015.
Mission description.
This mission seeks to redefine the production and consumption system in which we live, detaching well-being and progress from a greater material footprint on the planet. Faced with the population growth challenges that we face, the only way to guarantee sustainable development is to bet on more circular products and a sustainable management of the food chain. Circularity offers also a great economic opportunity to generate efficiency and optimize costs.
Problems included
in the mission.
Responsible consumption and production.
- Promote a circular economic system.
- Promote conscious consumption.
- Redefine the role of packaging.
Food.
- Promote a sustainable and efficient agriculture system.
- Promote the desintermediation and increase the value perceived by farmers.
- Guarantee food security and traceability.
- Stop soil degradation and desertification.
Waste.
- Reduce and reuse food waste.
- Reduce and reuse electronic waste.
- Manage waste and increase reuse in all the economic activities.
SDG alignment.
Zero hunger.
- 2.3 Double agricultural productivity.
- 2.4 Ensure sustainable food systems.
- 2.5 Maintain genetic diversity.
- 2.c Ensure functioning of food market.
Responsable consumption and production.
- 12.1 Promote sustainable consumption and production.
- 12.2 Sustainable use of natural resources.
- 12.3 Halve global food waste.
- 12.4 Achieve chemical management.
- 12.5 Reduce waste.
- 12.7 Promote sustainable procurement.
- 12.8 Information for sustainable lifestyles.
- 12.a Support developing countries.
Life below water.
- 14.1 Reduce marine pollution.
- 14.7 Sustainable marine resources.
Life on land.
- 15.3 Combat desertification.
Potential solutions.
Below you can find some of the innovative impact solutions we are working on.