Michael Hanf and his guest Johanna Stemberger, VP of Operations at @Tomra textiles, explore textiles & recycling at TOMRA. They discuss the role of TOMRA in revolutionising recycling technologies with sensor-based solutions, explore the challenges and opportunities in the textile industry, and highlight the necessity of regulation and partnerships in scaling up recycling efforts. circularcoffeebreak.com

Michael Hanf and his guest Terhi Vapola, Managing Partner & Founder at Greencode Ventures, explore the world of Venture Capital concerning the circular economy. They discuss the difficulty of balancing the importance of financial returns and the environmental impact in investment decisions and explore the different stakeholders and their roles in the transition towards CE.

Michael Hanf and his guest Kati Pallasaho, SVP Strategy & Sustainability at Lindström, explore how Lindström approaches circular economy. They discuss the goals, challenges, opportunities, and initiatives that are ongoing or starting at Lindström, how the company manages all the different stakeholders within the company and between partners, and explore what product-as-a-service means in practice.

Michael Hanf and his guests Reetta Kohonen, Sustainability Solutions Specialist at Sitra, and Hatty Cooper, Strategy & Impact Director at Circle Economy Foundation, have a chat about the World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) 2024. They discuss the impacts and underlying motivations for WCEF, explore what it takes to organise an event of such magnitude, and highlight the key takeaways from the various events this year.

Michael Hanf and his guest Rasmus Pinomaa, Director of Corporate Sustainability at Kemira, discuss how traditional value chains need to change to transition towards circularity, explore practical applications such as enhancing resource efficiency in water treatment processes, and highlight the importance of tracking and measuring the progress of initiatives.

Michael Hanf and his guest Karel J. Golta, Founder and CEO at Indeed Innovation GmbH, discuss ways for companies to balance economic growth with environmental responsibility, the role of collaboration in advancing CE practices, and explore the challenges in the mainstream adoption of circular practices.

Michael Hanf and his guest Harri Nieminen, Co-creation manager at VTT, dive into the Sustainable Industry X (SIX) initiatives. They discuss the battery life-cycle data utilisation and related challenges, what is needed from the privacy standpoint in data sharing, and what kind of business models can encourage companies to participate in battery life-cycle practices.

Michael Hanf and his guest Dr. Sara Lindeman, Founder and Managing Partner at Leapfrog Projects, explore the role of innovation in driving systemic change, talk about the challenges and opportunities of conducting interdisciplinary and action-oriented research in emerging markets, and explore what is the state of change today in the Nordics when it comes to societal transformation.

Michael Hanf and his guest Heidi Peltonen, VP of Sustainability at Outokumpu, discuss the targets the company has set for circularity and sustainability, explore how the circular economy is developing in the industry, and talk about how green transition and impacts are created for example through partnerships.

Michael Hanf and his guest Olli Helppi discuss how the handprint concept has been developed, explore two cases in which the positive impacts were assessed, and explore what are some of the ways companies can influence their foot- and handprint.