Andres Oliva Lozano
SUSTAINABILITY
Andres Oliva Lozano
TITLE : SENIOR RESEARCH ANALYST
COMPANY : ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION
Andres Oliva Lozano is a Senior Research Analyst at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation . His work focuses on supporting companies to accelerate their transition to the circular economy through the creation of insights , resources and collaboration on cross-sectoral projects . The main focus of his research revolves around the link between the circular economy and supply chain management as a critical piece to delivering nature-positive business outcomes . principles because of out-dated business systems .
“ Some of the main challenges supply chain and procurement teams face are legacy team structures and incentives , IT systems and metrics optimised for linear models , high levels of opacity across the supply chain and low visibility on product or material composition and circulation opportunities ,” saysVenho . It also requires a radical change in how procurement and supply chain collaborate with other areas of the business .
She adds : “ Supply chain teams will need to work more closely with internal teams like product design – to ensure products are made from safe and available circular inputs and can circulate within the supply chain – and external actors like customers – which
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