In My Opinion: Building a circular economy business
The leader of ATRenew, China’s largest used phone reverse logistics and resale company, explains how his NYSE-listed company has found success by building itself around government sustainability initiatives. | Y Photo Studio/Shutterstock
Looking beyond COP26, we aspire to give a second life to all idle electronic devices.
The 2021 U.N. Climate Change Conference, aka COP26, became the single largest global platform acting to mitigate further rises in temperature: It brought together 197 parties to commit to the Glasgow Climate Pact. This was a landmark event. But a wide group of folks needs to take action, including crucial participation from the private sector.
At the event, the International Data Sanitization Consortium (IDSC) and others took the opportunity to encourage Alok Sharma, the COP26 president and a member of the U.K. Parliament, to include e-waste in the climate summit’s agenda. The IDSC’s efforts, which were…
