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Biography of Speaker: In a career spanning 33 years and across multiple continents, Hemant has built an international reputation as a pioneer and a thought leader in the circular economy, climate change and ESG space. Hemant works on global impact initiatives in collaboration with the UN, World Bank, governments, and several international agencies. Hemant has covered diverse sectors that include water, waste, renewable energy, major infrastructure, mining, oil & gas, manufacturing, food, and education and has worked on multi-billion-dollar projects of significant scale, sensitivity and impact.

Hemant has worked with large corporations, all tiers of the government, peak industry bodies, clean technology start-ups, and venture capital investors. He has played a key role in the supporting early establishment and success of key entities such as the SA Environment Protection Authority, Zero Waste South Australia (now Green Industries SA), Circular Economy Alliance Australia (CEAA), and Maharashtra Australia Sustainable Energy Alliance.

Hemant developed and introduced the iconic ‘Global Leadership Program on the Circular Economy’, an executive leadership program in collaboration with the United Nations Centre for Regional Development.  He is actively involved in international trade missions, conferences and seminars and has delivered more than 300 presentations around the world.

Hemant founded CEAA with a vision to lead the global transition towards a sustainable and circular world. CEAA and partners are at the forefront of promoting circular principles and practices, inspiring and empowering organizations and leaders to integrate sustainability into their core operations.  CEAA is now recognized as a pioneering, impact agency on Circular Economy, ESG and Climate Change, building a global knowledge community of 15,000 plus leaders, decision-makers, CEOs, experts, and change agents.

CEAA focuses on 5 key areas: Capacity Building and Mentoring, Innovation Incubators, Thought Leadership,

Strategic Consulting and Knowledge and Technology Transfer. Hemant invests a considerable amount of time in building institutions, knowledge hubs, and multisectoral collaboration platforms bringing together government, industry, academia and community organizations.

Brief overview of the Webinar:

Embracing Circular Economy: A Blueprint for Sustainable Projects

Today’s Project Managers as Future Sustainability Leaders

• Brief overview of the circular economy concept
• Importance of integrating circularity into modern projects
• Key Fundamentals of the Circular Economy
• Global Trends Driving Circularity
• Circularity as a Core Component of Modern Projects
• Case studies highlighting successful integration of circular principles.
• Benefits of circularity in terms of cost savings, resource efficiency, and environmental impact reduction
• Opportunities for collaboration and partnership across industries
• Role of project managers in driving sustainable practices and fostering a culture of innovation
• Importance of sustainability literacy and leadership skills
• Opportunities for professional development and networking in the sustainability field

Year 2020 saw the world reach a frightening milestone! For the first time, the world used more than 100 billion tonnes of material resources! 3.7 times increase in just 40 years. In another 20 years, this number could reach between 170 and 184 billion tons result in an overuse of earth’s total capacity by more than 450%, a physically impossible feat.

Our current take-make-dispose model is linear with only 7.4 % is returning in the value chain again. We are fast approaching the ‘perfect storm’ situation where population growth, imminent scarcity of finite resources, climate change and pollution of our water, air and soil threaten to push the world over the tipping point. Transitioning to a circular economy is the only way we can combat this situation.

Irrespective of our background, every one of us can play an important role in making the world sustainable for our future generations. Let us discuss how.