Issue 01, April 2025 (inaugural)
From Linear to Circular
Made in collaboration with Circular Economy Leadership Canada and Circular Innovation Council, the inaugural issue explores what's possible for the circular economy in Canada and highlights the organizations, governments, and businesses driving its adoption.
Contents
Front
Theme Spreads
Solving Canada’s Challenges With the Circular Economy
- Canada’s Biggest Challenge #1: Climate How cutting emissions and keeping materials in use turn out to be the same job.
- Canada’s Biggest Challenge #2: Affordability What reuse and repair do to a household budget.
- Canada’s Biggest Challenge #3: Productivity, Innovation & Competitiveness The industrial case for using less material.
- Canada’s Biggest Challenge #4: Equity & Inclusion Who the circular transition includes, and who it leaves out.
Features
- Seven Megatrends Driving the Global Circular Economy The forces reshaping material flows worldwide, and where Canada sits in each of them. By Paul Shorthouse and Jo-Anne St. Godard
- CERIEC FR Tester des solutions concrètes pour l’économie circulaire au Québec et au-delà. Daniel Normandin & Émilie Chiasson
- Twenifor FR Réduire les déchets de construction grâce à une plateforme de marché innovante. Vincent Croteau
- Ville de Montréal FR Lancer les bases pour propulser Montréal vers un modèle économique circulaire. Marie-Andrée Mauger
- Fondaction FR Déployer des capitaux pour générer des retombées positives et mesurables. Mathieu Sasseville
- RLG and Reconomy Progressing the circular economy through the power of data. Brad Wright
- L’Oréal Canada Making circularity the centre of the beauty industry ecosystem. Maya Colombani with Patricia Miotto
- Debrand Driving systemic change in Canada’s textile industry. Amelia Eleiter
- Fashion Takes Action & the Canadian Circular Textiles Consortium Building the collaboration Canadian textile circularity has been missing. Kelly Drennan
- Canada Plastics Pact Working together to eliminate plastic waste and pollution in Canada. Cher Mereweather
- CSA Group Removing barriers to adoption through universal circular economy standards. Michael Leering
- Prioritizing Critical Enablers to Accelerate Canada’s Circular Economy What has to be in place before circular models can scale nationally. By Paul Shorthouse and Jo-Anne St. Godard
Contributors
The people interviewed in this issue, and the team that made it.
Circular Economy Leadership Canada
Paul Shorthouse and Kiana Klassen
Managing Director; Program & Communications Coordinator. Contributing editors
Circular Innovation Council
Jo-Anne St. Godard and Andrew Telfer
Executive Director; Director. Contributing editors
Canada Plastics Pact
Cher Mereweather
Managing Director
CERIEC
Daniel Normandin and Émilie Chiasson
Directeur du CERIEC et Directeur exécutif du RRECQ; Conseillère en communication en économie circulaire (coauteure)
CSA Group
Michael Leering
Director, Environment & Business Excellence
Debrand
Amelia Eleiter
CEO and Co-Founder
Fashion Takes Action and the Canadian Circular Textiles Consortium
Kelly Drennan
Founding Executive Director, Fashion Takes Action
Fondaction
Mathieu Sasseville
Directeur, Investissements durables et d’impact
L’Oréal Canada
Maya Colombani, with Patricia Miotto
Chief Sustainability & Human Rights Officer; Communications & Engagement Manager, Sustainability & Human Rights
Reverse Logistics Group (RLG) and Reconomy
Brad Wright
Executive Vice President, RLG Americas
Twenifor
Vincent Croteau
Directeur du développement des affaires
Ville de Montréal
Marie-Andrée Mauger
Membre du comité exécutif, responsable de la transition écologique et de l’environnement
Editor-in-Chief
Hamish Khamisa
Editors
Libby Shabada
Meghan O’Neil
Art Director
Elisabeth Choi
Project Manager
Alexandra Nikitina
Project Coordinator
Ken Yeung
Photo Editor
Sonia Lau
Publisher
Sparx Publishing Group Inc.
Issue 01, April 2025