Technology
SSIR Online, Winter 2025 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about strategic philanthropy, strengthening global democracy, crisis planning, and nonprofits leveraging AI innovations
Tag: Circular Economy
Business
How Regeneration Is Redefining Business
Aiming for sustainability has not fundamentally altered the environmentally destructive effects of business. Only by embracing regeneration as a model can we meet the challenges posed by today’s biggest global crises.
Energy
Circular Construction
A multinational team is upcycling old concrete and brick for new buildings in the Czech Republic.
Leadership
2023 Summer Social Innovation Reading List
Suggested books and articles from SSIR’s editors.
Environment
Response: Increasing Environmental and Social Sustainability at the Same Time
The fashion industry could decrease its environmental impact by shifting its sources of revenue from material and energy to labor.
Environment
Response: Contextualizing the Colonial Climate Crisis in Black and Indigenous Thought
Currently, every predominant aspect of sustainability discourse and practice is white-centered. It’s time to change that.
Environment
Response: Embracing Regulation and Fighting ‘Corporate Capture’
Funders must examine how to realistically drive measurable progress on sustainability in the fashion industry.
Environment
Response: Collaborating Can Optimize Circularity’s Benefits
People working within fashion supply chains must collaborate to determine where and how their evolving business models can contribute to circularity.
Environment
Response: Driving Sustainability From Within Business
Rather than canning the circular-economy concept altogether, business leaders and policy makers should prioritize sufficiency over recycling.
Environment
Response: Investing in the Transition to a Less Wasteful Future
Opportunities for innovative solutions exist across all areas of the value chain, including design, supply chain technologies, and molecular recycling.