Breaking Linear Models: Saint-Gobain Circular Economy Solutions

Decision Compass Call – Sustainability and the Circular Economy

Topic: Breaking Linear Models: Saint-Gobain Circular Economy Solutions

Abstract: Join us for our next Sustainability and the Circular Economy DC call with 2025 Manufacturing Leadership Award nominee Anirban Ghosh, Senior Manager of Circular Economy Business Development and Strategy at Saint-Gobain, where he will cover the project that was nominated: Breaking Linear Models – Saint-Gobain Circular Economy Solutions (CES).Saint-Gobain CES works with their businesses to identify new circularity growth areas, incubate new waste-to-value business models, support and develop their circularity roadmaps, specific projects, reporting, and foundational competencies. In this case study you will learn about this project’s approach in the building materials industry, its process impacts, business impacts, innovation and scale

Speaker Bio:
Anirban Ghosh is on a mission to make circular economy a cornerstone in the building materials industry. He is deeply passionate about decarbonizing the built environment and believes that sustainability and profitability are not mutually exclusive. Currently, he is a Senior Manager at Saint-Gobain where he leads strategy and business development for Circular Economy Solutions, one of Saint-Gobain’s venture businesses in North America.Functioning as a start-up within a 360-year-old behemoth, he is accountable for developing value creation pathways centered on circular economy through new business models and innovative collaborations with value chain participants while leveraging Saint-Gobain’s competencies. Prior to this he has excelled on product, lean engineering, and has 3 granted patents whilst working in US,Canada, India, and Singapore. He holds an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Drexel University. In his spare time, he loves hiking, cooking, following soccer, and cricket.

Facilitator:
Steven Moskowitz, Ph.D., Senior Director, Manufacturing LeadershipCouncil