11-14, 13:15–13:45 (Europe/Berlin), Helmut Schmidt Auditorium
Language: English
The life cycle of ICT hardware has a significant impact on the environment and the scarcity of raw materials. Resource extraction and processing are responsible for 50% of greenhouse gas emissions and 90% of biodiversity loss. Scaling up the circular economy is key to achieving climate neutrality by 2050, while decoupling economic growth from resource use and keeping resource use within planetary boundaries. Optimizing the lifetime of ICT hardware is necessary to be able to achieve the circular and environmental goals.
Mathieu Sueters is Corporate Development Director at the Circular IT Group, member of the Management Team Implementation Program Circular Economy of the Government of the Netherlands and a member of the Committee Circular Investments of the Central Bank of the Netherlands. Mathieu Sueters studied at e.g. Insead, Harvard and University of Groningen.