Posts made in September, 2013

Collaborating to achieve a circular economy: shared vision to reality

Philips’ longstanding ambition is to bring meaningful innovation to people’s lives. In today’s resource-constrained world, fulfilling this 122 year old commitment against a backdrop of explosive population growth, rapid urbanisation and climate change means creating greener products, closing material loops and preventing harm to the environment. What’s more, says the €24.8bn lighting, healthcare, and consumer lifestyle giant, this must be done in a way that’s economically sound and profitable. Having grown by 4% in 2012, invested €570m in sustainable...

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