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The Share Reuse Repair Initiative and the Vancouver Economic Commission are once again pleased to announce the Greater Vancouver Circular Economy Network Series (GVCEN), a series of interactive sessions tailored to the community of circular entrepreneurs in the Greater Vancouver region, powered by Vancity. The six free sessions took place between September 2022 – February 2023.
The series offers a platform for circular innovators to connect, share, learn from, and engage with entrepreneurs and business operators facing similar challenges on their circular journey. |
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Do you have a circular business, but are not sure of how to integrate inclusive employment into your business model?
This session dug into questions around how circular businesses can create an inclusive culture, how circular businesses can connect with job seekers from a variety of communities and backgrounds, and how workers can be prepared for the circular economy. |
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
10:00am – 11:30am PT |
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The kinds of stuff people want is changing. Is your business changing with them?
This Greater Vancouver Circular Economy Network’s session on "Stuff in Flux: Market Insight for Circular Innovation" is about the circular attitudes and behaviours found in four new innovation territories for consumer goods with mass-market potential in Canada. SIF2 is a global insights study that includes the Canadian market for the first time thanks to sponsorship by Canadian Tire and the efforts of the project team that includes the Share Reuse Repair Initiative and Circular Citizen Consulting with support from Alice Labs management consultants. |
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
9:00am – 10:30am PT |
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This session is designed for ventures and businesses that provide a service within the circular economy. Examples of service-type activities include transportation of recovered goods, washing facilities for durable goods, software platforms for exchange of goods, and more.
Carbon Accounting for Circular Services will introduce carbon accounting principles and build a business understanding of how to calculate and report greenhouse gas emissions for circular service providers. This 4-hour session will focus on parsing out carbon accounting aspects most relevant to your organization’s service offerings. |
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
8:30am – 12:30pm PT |
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As we transition towards a circular economy, access to R&D opportunities becomes key to the growth of a circular business. This session highlights the ways a circular entrepreneur, innovator and/or business owner can obtain the necessary resources for growth in the circular economy, such as access to technical skills, research capacity, testing, verification and more. As part of the session, attendees had the opportunity to connect with fellow circular economy businesses.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2023
10:00am – 11:30am PT |
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Are you a circular economy business seeking knowledge on how to grow and expand within or outside of Canada? Curious how to expand your circular business in a way that upholds and maintains your circular value?
This session focused on scaling circular economy efforts. Speakers touched on programs that support circular businesses in becoming export ready, and next steps once they are ready for expansion. As part of the session, attendees also had the chance to hear from an entrepreneur who had successfully expanded outside of British Columbia and Canada. |
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
10:00am – 11:30am PT |
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In Fall 2021, Vancouver Economic Commission, Vancity, and the Share Reuse Repair Initiative co-hosted the five-part Greater Vancouver Circular Economy Network online series exploring circular economy metrics, financing and policy. The sessions included shared knowledge and collaborative learning opportunities, highlighting local leaders, and encouraging dialogue in dedicated breakout rooms. Together we can advance the circular economy in Greater Vancouver! Check out this five part series in the videos below.
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The Share Reuse Repair Initiative is a project on the MakeWay Shared Platform.
To learn more, visit MakeWay here. |