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Cyrus Wadia

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Cyrus Wadia is Vice President, Sustainable Business & Innovation, where he leads NIKE, Inc.’s global sustainability strategy.

Cyrus Wadia is Vice President, Sustainable Business & Innovation, where he leads NIKE, Inc.’s global sustainability strategy. His team is at the forefront of scientific discovery and the incubation of sustainable products and technologies that minimize the company’s environmental footprint, turn risk into opportunity, and power and protect the future of sport. Prior to joining Nike, Cyrus spent more than five years directing clean energy and materials policy within the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He also served as the Co-Director of Cleantech to Market –a dual appointment with the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and spent more than seven years in Silicon Valley as a tech entrepreneur. Cyrus holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.S. and an S.B. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Unleashing the global circular economy

Unleashing the global circular economy

October 31, 2018

WithJoel Makower, Kara Hurst, Cyrus Wadia and Del Hudson

A demystifying exploration into the phenomenon that is the "circular economy," why recycling will not get us there, how organizations around the world are unlocking upstream solutions, and why upending models across industries is a $2.3 trillion opportunity. Today’s economy is phenomenally wasteful: from clothing and food to buildings and smart devices - most of what's produced and consumed follows a ‘take, make, dispose’ model.

How Nike and Google are jumping into the Circular Economy

How Nike and Google are jumping into the Circular Economy

January 16, 2017

WithKate Brandt, Cyrus Wadia and Ellen MacArthur

In just a few short years, the circular economy has gone from a movement to a market. How are large and legacy companies are approaching the transition? What is Nike doing to reuse materials? How is Google, whose products are by-in-large digital, getting involved in the circular economy? 

Kate Brandt, Cyrus Wadia and Ellen MacArthur sat down at VERGE 16 to discuss.

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