Emma Burlow
Emma Burlow is the founder of Lighthouse Sustainability. She is one of the UK’s leading specialists on circular economy and sustainability in businesses. She has worked with business on sustainability for 25 years. She has an excellent overview of how to manage large scale projects, alongside the detail of what drives individual businesses and ultimately, sustainability outcomes. This experience gives Emma a unique depth of understanding of the critical success factors for implementing more circular business models, particularly the importance of understanding the financial model, establishing key partnerships and understanding the marketplace. She works with established businesses to help them find a pragmatic, solid pathway through sustainability, carbon and circularity, supports start-ups to disrupt conventional industries and delivers bespoke training.
In 2020, Emma started her #CE100 series to profile businesses working in the circular economy. Her network continues to grow, and she uses this to catalyse the rapid change we need to meet future sustainability challenges. Emma was the Head of Circular Economic at Resource Futures from 2016-2020. She grew the business’s CE capacity to a successful team across England and Scotland working with clients such as Waitrose, Central England Co-op Beko, WRAP and Zero Waste Scotland. Emma was the project manager and delivery consultant for the WRAP REBus project between 2014 and 2016. Emma is a Director of SevernNet; a circular economy focused business network in the Avonmouth area and leader of the Circular Economy Club (Bristol-SevernNet) chapter.
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The Future of Circularity in Electrical Appliances July 26, 2023 from our Video Panels This webinar of the month highlights the barriers for change in the transition to a circular economy, the perspective on recycling, life-cycle analysis in the design process, challenges for e-waste repair and recycling, and drivers for change in the complex industrial system.Read More |
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Managing Waste for Conservation and Livelihood April 20, 2023 from our Video Panels This webinar takes a more holistic approach to dealing with waste, such as building local programs that are part of regional trash management plans and setting up garbage collection and sorting programs that put people to work and help their local economies.Read More |
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Greenwashing & Its Impact Upon Business? | With Emma Burlow December 1, 2022 from our Contributors, Events, Panelists, Video Panels This webinar will give an insight into what is greenwashing, how it is derailing business sustainability & how critical it is for companies to take meaningful and industry-appropriate steps to avoid greenwashing and achieve their ESG goals.Read More |
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Circular Economy in Healthcare – From Theory to Practice | with Emma Burlow May 31, 2022 from our Video Panels We discuss the contribution that circular medical textiles and instruments can make towards reducing the carbon footprint of the sector and what the circular surgical theatre of the future could look like, how decontamination technology is developing, and its potential to be rolled out globally.Read More |
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Is There Such a Thing as a Sustainable Consumer? | with Sarah Ottaway February 10, 2022 from our Video Panels What is sustainable consumption, and how do we help individuals, organisations and governments understand and take action to make it a reality for all?Read More |
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Circular Economy Meets Climate Emergency | with Emma Burlow November 1, 2021 from our Video Panels This panel explores the critical role of circular economy in carbon reduction.Read More |
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Is Reuse the New Recycling? | with Emma Burlow July 15, 2021 from our Video Panels In this webinar, we explore the role of sharing and reuse in reducing our reliance on single-use items such as takeaway food and drink and e-commerce packaging.Read More |
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Are circular business models mainstream? Examples from the #CE100 series. February 3, 2021 from our Video Panels Emma Burlow started her #CE100 series in Feb 2020 as a means of sharing some of the many successful circular business she comes across and works with.Read More |
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Circular Economy Business Models in Practice – UK and US Perspectives | with Emma Burlow September 24, 2020 from our Panelists This webinar explores what makes CE business models work in practice with panelists from the UK and the US.Read More |
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Circular Economy Mentoring – Access to Support / Networks | with Emma Burlow June 18, 2020 from our Video Panels This webinar introduces two vital support networks where you can access mentoring support, the Circular Economy Club and Sustainability Mentors.Read More |
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Next Steps to Eliminate Avoidable Plastic Waste Systematically November 26, 2018 from our 2018 Global Dialogue on Waste, Video Panels Emma Burlow & Kate Bailey participate in this panel organized as part of the 2018 Global Dialogue on Waste. Read More |
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