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Google’s circular economy | Kate Brandt

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🗓️ 5 April 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

To accomplish environmental change at the scale and pace we need, huge corporations have to make some fundamental changes. How will they do it? In this talk, the head of sustainability at Google, Kate Brandt, shows how one of the biggest companies in the world is aiming to translate techniques from nature, to build a circular system where nothing goes to waste.

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0:00.0

Ted Audio Collective

0:07.8

Did you know that by 2030, global emissions need to be cut roughly in half, half, in order

0:15.3

to keep the earth from becoming a hot blazing mess due to climate change.

0:20.6

There is absolutely no way we can meet that goal without serious action from big companies.

0:26.5

But how do these massive businesses begin to make real change?

0:34.5

I'm Madu Baccanola, and this is Ted Business.

0:38.3

And today we're going to hear from Kate Brandt.

0:41.2

She's the former Chief Sustainability Officer at the White House, and she currently leads

0:46.0

sustainability for all of Google.

0:48.0

Have you heard of the term circular economy?

0:51.5

In this talk in 2018, she explains what a circular economy looks like and how it's

0:56.8

helping a massive business like Google make real change.

1:00.8

I'm keeping this episode super short.

1:03.0

We're getting ready for the next season.

1:04.7

We need a little bit of time.

1:06.3

So that means I'm not going to be back for a lesson, but there is so much to learn from

1:10.0

this talk.

1:11.0

So let's hear from Kate after a quick break.

1:19.8

Now for this podcast comes from BCG.

1:22.2

There are so many urgent questions in the minds of business leaders today.

1:26.1

What will the economy look like in six months?

1:28.6

Should you be investing in generative AI for your company?

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