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Daniel Kaufmann

Leading Specialist, Circular economy, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

Daniel Kaufmann is an all-rounder when it comes to circular business. Currently he acts as a Leading Specialist at Sitra, focusing on designing and running circular economy projects with companies and scaling validated concepts for the international arena. He is also part of the core team curating the programme for WCEF2019. Daniel’s background is in management consulting at Deloitte and in start–ups, having co-founded his first start–up, a tech crowdsourcing company, in 2009 in Bogotá, Colombia, and carrying out advisory work for early–stage companies in the circular economy space. Daniel also presents lectures on gaining a competitive edge from sustainability and he was one of the authors behind The Finnish road map to a circular economy 2016-2025. 

Speaking at the following WCEF2019 sessions:

Monday 3 June at 14.30-16.00: Acceleration of circular businesses

What's this about?

Project

WCEF2019

The World Circular Economy Forum 2019 in Helsinki, Finland on 3-5 June 2019 built the next era of the circular economy.

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Topic

A circular economy

Circular economy solutions are needed to safeguard biodiversity and solve the climate crisis. In a circular economy we maintain the value of what we produce through smarter design and shifting from owning products to using services.

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Theme

Sustainability transition

The life, well-being and economy of Finns fully depend on nature. How can we change the way we operate so that we build a good life, successful business and sustainable public finances within the limits of nature’s carrying capacity?

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