The Circular Guide to Christmas

Why China is Embracing the Circular Economy. MBDC is the leading consulting firm helping companies worldwide to design products and services for the Circular Economy using Cradle to Cradle® design principles and practice.

MBDC had an inspiring time at the World Ethical Apparel Roundtable (WEAR) conference in Toronto last week. WEAR, put on by Canada’s only not-for-profit fashion industry organization, Fashion Takes Action, brought together fashion and sustainability leaders as well as journalists and government representatives with the mission of transforming the global apparel and textile industries toward […]

Published on Greenbiz.com July 9, 2014 The World Economic Forum has appointed famed designer and author William McDonough to its new group that aims to advance the circular economy. As the leader of the new Meta-Council on the Circular Economy, he will be charged with overseeing programs to prove the benefits of a closed-loop economy to […]

The three biggest circular economy myths

Many of the programs that took place at Davos 2015 were related to Cradle to Cradle and the circular economy.  The number of sessions that discussed these themes compared to previous years has grown.  Seeing Cradle to Cradle and circular economy becoming mainstream after several years, was a delight for McDonough: “They’re just business as usual now. That’s […]

One of the most prominent advocates for the circular economy is Michael Braungart, co-author of Cradle to Cradle (with Bill McDonough). Today, Braungart holds academic chairs in Cradle to Cradle innovation and quality at Rotterdam School of Management and for design at the University of Twente in the Netherlands, where Braungart has found his intellectual [...]