Circular Economy Specialist & Speaker
Connecting design, business, and regenerative concepts into practical and inspiring action.
Advisory Positions
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Doughnut Economics is an international framework to promote regenerative systems and social equality.
Ben's work within the Swiss Doughnut Economics Network (SDEN) focuses on supporting national initiatives, and knowledge sharing between SDEN and the Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL).
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Circular.Fashion is a leading actor on circular design standards within textile, footwear, and recycling.
Ben's work with Circular.Fashion spans hands-on workshop training to the standard, implementation of the criteria with design teams, and as an advisor to ongoing iterations of Design Standard.
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The ISPO Impact Foundation is a 1 million Euro conservation fund, run by the ISPO sport group.
Ben's role within the ISPO Impact Foundation (IIF) is as a member of the advisory council, who together assess and distribute the annual funding to multiple social/environmental organizations
Industry Positions
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Responsible for global ESG strategy across retail, product development, and brand relations.
Circular business models at retail
Brand & retailer eco-ratings + data analysis
Climate & biodiversity risk analysis
CSRD and double-materiality analysis
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Responsible for leading work on product eco-design, sustainability strategy, and circular business models.
Product eco-design and rating systems
Corporate-focused sustainability/ESG strategy
Secondhand business models for sporting goods
Repair initiatives for customers + repair guides
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Responsible for product-focused sustainability & marketing, and strategy & implementation.
Sustainable material selection & certifications
Development of sustainability marketing assets
Product-focused sustainability strategy
Cross-category (textile, footwear & hardgoods)
Publications
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Supporting the publication launched at COP28, in conjunction with the sporting industry and the UN.
Ben's perspective (3.2) highlighted that repair can be powerful for human thriving, and a radical way for citizens to choose sufficiency over consumerism.
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Writing in the sport industry's Suston magazine, regarding the "product scorecard" eco-data project.
Ben explained the challenges of designing a unified sustainability rating protocol for sport brand partners, and how it had succeeded through collaboration.
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Interviewed by EcoTextile News in relation to textile-to-textile recycling, and circularity.
Ben discussed his concerns that a tunnel-vison approach to recycling risks sidelining other circular services, while perpetuating unchecked growth.
Public Speaking
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As a guest speaker to the Zurich design school, this keynote overlaid doughnut economics onto design.
Duration: 2 hours
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Part of a panel discussing the "Cost of Growth" film, topics spanned economics, justice and degrowth.
Duration: 30 minutes
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Part of a panel organised by Deloitte and ISPO, topics spanned circularity at material, brand, and retail level.
Duration: 45 minutes
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Speaking at one of largest sporting tradeshows, this presentation focused on citizen-led repair.
Duration: 1 hour
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Speaking at the Greenbuzz circularity event, the presentation explored pragmatic circularity tools.
Duration: 1 hour
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Presenting to executives, and on a tight schedule, this stage content was concise and target-driven.
Duration: 10 minutes
Qualifications
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A masters policy & development course, focused on global and economic challenges of sustainability.
Materials, process, and design for manufacture
Human centered design & interactions
Circular economy & sustainable design
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An undergraduate design & engineering course, focused on the essentials of product development.
Materials, process, and design for manufacture
Human centered design & interactions
Circular economy & sustainable design
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A course specifically challenging the paradigm shift from sustainability to regenerative systems.
Core topics:
Understanding alternative worldviews
Embracing complex & uncertain systems
Moving to localised solutions and biomimicry