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Catherine Weetman talks to to Matilda Jarbin, Sustainability Manager of GIAB, a Swedish company with a business model based on the circular economy. In 2017 Matilda was nominated as one of the top 30 young sustainability talents in Sweden. She is also a board member of Cradlenet, which is Sweden’s platform for knowledge and networking around the circular economy.
GIAB works with a wide range of business partners, repairing products for reuse and resale. We’ll hear how GAIB got started, back in 2012, working with insurance companies. We find out how GIAB adds value for its clients, and how it’s expanding into new products, markets and services. It’s a fantastic example of how simple ideas can convert potential waste into valuable resources, providing wide-ranging benefits for both businesses and society.
Podcast host Catherine Weetman helps businesses use circular, regenerative and fair solutions to do better, with less.
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Read on for more on our guest and links to the people, organisations and other resources we mention.
Links we mention in the episode:
- Catherine’s blog: Why reuse is #1 tool in the circular economy toolkit https://www.rethinkglobal.info/why-reuse-is-1-tool-in-circular-economy-toolkit/
- GIAB’s website godsinlosen.se/foretag and the shop www.returhuset.se
- GIAB on Linkedin: Godsinlösen
- Matilda Jarbin on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/matilda-jarbin-39a15a58/
- IVL, the Swedish Research Institute https://www.ivl.se/
About person
Matilda Jarbin is Sustainability manager at GIAB, a Swedish company with a business model based on the circular economy. GIABs business idea is to implement circular processes into organizations, mainly by reusing products.
In 2017, Matilda was nominated as one of the top 30 young sustainability talents in Sweden. She is also a board member of Cradlenet. Cradlenet is Sweden’s platform for knowledge of, and networking around the circular economy.
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