Lauren Phipps
Yale School of the Environment
Lauren Phipps works to accelerate the transition from a linear to a circular economy. She is a Master of Environmental Management student at the Yale School of the Environment, with concentrations in industrial ecology and business. Her work focuses on circularity, critical materials and strategies to forge and future-proof mineral value chains for the clean energy transition. Lauren is a 2050 Fellow at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, leads the Business & Environment Club at Yale and served as a 2023 EDF Climate Corps Fellow. Prior to Yale, Lauren led circular economy strategy, programs and partnerships as Vice President and Senior Analyst at GreenBiz Group. During her time at GreenBiz, Lauren launched Circularity, the world’s largest circular economy conference, and authored an industry-leading weekly newsletter on the topic. She holds a BA in Environmental Analysis and Sociology from Pitzer College.
Calculating the carbon footprint of circular strategies
Why is there disconnect between circular economy strategies and most corporate climate roadmaps? Read More
A circular approach to electrification and renewable energy
If current, low recycling rates continue, decommissioned PV modules could instead add up to 1 million tons of waste in the U.S. by 2030. Read More
The circular economy shows its human side
Just as companies have prioritized transparency and traceability in upstream operations to address human rights, a circular supply chain calls for the same level of scrutiny downstream. Read More
The rise of the corporate circular economy professional
Nearly all jobs have the potential to “go circular” but there is a new class emerging of specific positions designed to accelerate this transition. Read More
Biodiversity and the circular economy
A central aim of the circular economy is to curb the extraction of finite resources and to regenerate living systems. Those strategies support the preservation of biological diversity, but only if they are done right. Read More
We need to talk about consumption
The roots of overconsumption — culture, values, worldviews, capitalism — are some of the most unpopular and uncomfortable topics of conversation at any company. Read More
The Wild West of plastic credits and offsets
Thanks to the rise in plastics pledges, an emerging and undefined market for plastic offsets is just beginning to take shape. And it's messy. Read More
Want to switch to reusable cups? Here’s how to get started
A workable system must consider consumer demand and readiness, cultural differences and financial barriers. Read More
5 circular economy questions for 2021
Along with some predictions about the answers. Read More
3 circular economy trends that defined 2020
And why these themes will resonate more loudly in the year to come. Read More
