EU GREEN WEEK PARTNER EVENT.
WORKSHOP PRESENTED BY. Alison Jose Global Circular Network and Alice Paisley-Carruthers WALK Consulting.
Smart DPP Tools for a Smarter Circular Economy
Design circular networks that link businesses, prolong product life, and close the loop. See how staples like denim jeans can lead the circular revolution. See additional information below.
View the Workshop slides below and Recording on Youtube
Monday 9 June 2025. ONLINE WORKSHOP
GLOBAL CIRCULAR NETWORK: Circular Economy Smart Tech Tools & Platform
As global brands prepare for the EU’s pivot to a circular economy—driven by the EcoDesign for Sustainable Products Regulation and mandatory Digital Product Passports (DPPs)—the Global Circular Network offers insights as an Expert Working Group partner as part of the EU Commission’s Cirpass-2 joined by and WALK Consulting - "an agency leveraging scientific insights to bridge the gap between intentions and actions".
Join this comprehensive workshop where we introduce a full suite of smart tech tools and an open-source platform designed to create interconnected human-centred circular pathways for textile-based products.
Discover how to activate circular design strategies, boost ROI, and meet compliance reporting requirements using efficient DPP solutions. Our tools enable brands to connect products to circular businesses worldwide and help address the growing challenge of waste and emissions at scale to address this "wicked problem" contributing to climate change.
In this session, you’ll learn about:
✔ using smart tech tools and the importance of separate DPPs; one for products and DPPs for consumers
✔ using RFiD THREADS® DPPs to manage textile-based products at scale
✔ Link designers, manufacturers, retailers, transport systems, and R-CYCLER businesses
✔ Integrate rental, resale, repair, redesign, remake, and recycling into circular business models
✔ Use RFID technology to bulk scan to create cleaner recycling streams and sustainable supply chains
✔ Separate secure B2B cradle to cradle traceability (Product Passport via RFiD THREADS®)
✔ B2C for consumer engagement (Customer Passport via QR Codes and NFC)
✔ Use smart tech to communicate your values and Certifications to your valuable customers
✔ Combat greenwashing and strengthen trust with accurate, verifiable lifecycle data
Alice Paisley-Carruthers will present WALK Consulting's Philosophical Blueprint for Behaviour Change - a comprehensive framework that helps consumers align their purchasing decisions with their personal values through structured ethical decision-making. The blueprint addresses the persistent value-action gap in fashion consumption by guiding individuals through their unique moral reasoning process, from understanding their personal circumstances to making informed choices that reflect their authentic values.
Alice and Alison discuss how their partnership enhances this framework by providing the verified value chain data essential for Brands to meet compliance regulations and consumers to make informed decision-making, addressing transparency challenges and greenwashing concerns that currently prevent consumers from making truly values-based choices.
Alice's research has been accepted for presentation at the Second Symposium of the International Research Network on Sustainable Fashion Consumption 2025 hosted at Yale University, sponsored by Yale Center for Business and the Environment, demonstrating how philosophical frameworks can create meaningful behaviour change when supported by reliable, transparent information.
CIRCULARITY IN ACTION. EVENT HIGHLIGHT:
Follow the circular lifecycle journey of one of the most resource intensive products; denim jeans, and how the Global Circular Network uses two DPPs to foster communication and equitable collaboration between brands and B2B 'entities' and then how WALK Consulting uses this verifiable data to assist brands and customers to 'choose' to invest and why.
PRESENTED BY.
Alison Jose of Global Circular Network and Alice Paisley-Carruthers of WALK CONSULTING will demonstrate how a digitally connected circular economy can reduce upstream and downstream emissions and pollution while unlocking new levels of visibility on resource circulation and embed circular design strategies from the get-go to meet Regulations. By capturing unprecedented data on product repairability, usability, longevity, recyclability and ultimate circularity, we can help shape AI-driven strategies for future circular design. #EUGreenWeek
Alison Jose
CEO, Global Circular Network
www.globalcircularnetwork.com
Alice Paisley-Carruthers
Founder, WALK Consulting
www.thewalk.co
EU GREEN WEEK PARTNER EVENT. #EUGreenWeek
FREE ONLINE WORKSHOP:
DATE. MONDAY 9TH JUNE 2025
TIME. 11:00 AM CEST (Central European Summer Time)
7:00 PM AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time)
DURATION. 1 hour
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