Navigating the Circular Business Transition: Introducing Practical Guidance for Thai Businesses

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ACEBA PH Circular Business Webinar Series: Circular Business Transition

This 3rd Circular Business webinar will focus on key activities that businesses can undertake to advance circular business transition.

ACEBA PH Circular Business Webinar Series: Designing for Circularity

This second session of the ACEBA PH webinar series will tackle circular design as an approach to business product and systems development.

ACEBA and East Asia Business Council forge partnership to boost circular economy among MSMEs

ACEBA and EABC sign partnership to equip micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with tools for the circular economy transition.

ACEBA business cases highlight business action for circular economy in ASEAN

ACEBA is supporting the transition of ASEAN Member States to low-carbon, resource-efficient, and circular economies. A number of businesses in the region are already taking action. Learn more about what these companies are doing.

About ACEBA

Catalyst for Business Action on Circular Economy in Southeast Asia

The ASEAN Circular Economy Business Alliance (ACEBA) is a dynamic and growing ASEAN-centric, business-led alliance focused on advancing the circular economy transition in Southeast Asia. Its mission is to drive business action through peer learning, knowledge sharing, networking, and advocacy.

Guiding Principles for Business Action in Southeast Asia

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Net Zero for Climate, Nature and Environment

Circular Economy advances the net zero target by addressing the unsustainable extraction and use of materials and natural resources as common root cause of the triple climate, nature and pollution crises.

Resource Circularity, Efficiency and Substitution

Circular Economy targets closed loop use of materials and other natural resources through resource circularity, resource efficiency and resource substitution.

Responsible Business

Circular Economy demonstrates business taking its responsibility for the impacts on environment and society of the materials and other natural resources that are used throughout the lifecycle of its products and services.

Ideation and Co-Creation

Circular Economy frames ideation and co-creation by business and in its value chains to innovate and develop circular product and service solutions.

Net Benefits

Circular Economy aims for net socio-economic benefit, including from de-risking the economy and society from the impacts of unsustainable extraction and use of materials and other natural resources.

Our Alliance

ACEBA is a responsibility initiative of and for businesses and industries in Southeast Asia. It unites organizations and enterprises committed to leading by example in adopting circular economy solutions tailored to the region's needs, and benefiting businesses, governments, and communities.

Country Leads

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Country leads are business membership organizations operating in ASEAN member states. They represent ACEBA within their home countries, encourage national business participation, and lead national advocacy and support efforts.

Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI)

Founded in 1903, the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) is a civil service organization (CSO) and business membership organization (BMO) composed of businessmen, merchants, professionals, and entrepreneurs. CCCI is one of the largest and most prominent local business service organizations in the Philippines, with over 800 member companies and business associations coming from various sectors such as trade and industry, service, and ICT.

Thailand Environment Institute (TEI)

The Thailand Environment Institute Foundation (TEI) is a non-profit, non-governmental, organization, focusing on environmental and sustainable development issues. It was established in May 1993 in order to drive sound environmental policies; assist community on natural resources management; raise public awareness on environmental and sustainable development; and provide training to strengthen environmental management capacity.

Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN)

Kadin Indonesia was established in 1968, and designated in 1987 as the hub organization for Indonesia’s state-owned enterprises, cooperatives, and private enterprises. The business network of Kadin Indonesia covers all provinces, cities, and municipalities in the country, and encompasses business associations in all sectors of the economy.

Participants

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ACEBA participants pledge to champion the circular economy through strategic actions. They promote circular economy principles in their business dealings, advocate to government and stakeholders, develop and implement circular solutions in their products and services, and communicate the impacts of their initiatives through transparent reporting.

Millennium Destinations

Millennium Destinations provides creative consulting services, solutions, and capacity building to small businesses and organizations engaged in responsible travel and sustainable tourism.

Wacoal Thailand

Thai Wacoal Public Company Limited manufactures and sells finished garment products such as ladies' lingerie and outerwear, and children’s wear, manufactured under licensed brands and the company's own registered brands. Thai Wacoal is the first company certified for the standard of the Circular Economy Management System (CEMS) from the Bureau Veritas Certification (Thailand) Ltd., under the scope of Wacoal trademark bras.

Business Case

Husk Ventures (Cambodia) Co. Ltd.

HUSK is a Phnom Penh-based company that produces organic biochar, carbon-based fertilizers, and biopesticides to enrich the soil in farming communities in Cambodia.

Business Case

Bahar

Bahar is a law and consulting firm established in 1992, with offices in Jakarta and Bali, Indonesia. In addition to established expertise in areas such as digital business and technology, finance and securities, infrastructure and energy, trade, investment and industry, and restructuring and transformation, the firm is expanding its focus to include emerging fields like privacy and cyber security, digital health, renewable energy, sustainability, industrial and economic zones, and Sharia finance.

Partners

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ACEBA is an initiative of ARAIBA Sdn Bhd, a purpose-driven, not-for-profit business organization registered in Malaysia which takes forward the initiatives of the former ASEAN CSR Network in promoting responsible, inclusive, resilient and sustainable enterprises in ASEAN. ACEBA is further developed and implemented in collaboration with the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN BAC) and its set-up has been supported by the EU funded SWITCH-Asia Policy Support Component.

SWITCH-ASIA Policy Support Component (PSC)

The SWITCH-Asia PSC facilitates cooperation, strengthens networking, and builds a platform for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) learning, policymaking, and programming in the region. It supports the public and private sectors in addressing the triple planetary crises, and meeting international commitments, including the SDGs and the Paris Agreement.

Global Compact Network Philippines

Global Compact Network Philippines is the local entity of the United Nations Global Compact in the Philippines whose primary goal is to help participant companies to align their strategies and operations to the Ten Principles and Sustainable Development Goals.

Resources

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ACEBA Publications, Info Sheet

Circular Business Check: A self-diagnostic tool for Small and Med...

The Circular Business Check (CBC) aims to support East Asian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to advance Circular Economy in a business-oriented, strategic and comprehensive manner, and monitor the...

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ACEBA Publications, Reports

Circular Solutions Canvas: Background report on the development o...

A practical tool for analysing, curating, and designing circular solutions

ACEBA Publications, Guides

Unlocking the Circularity Opportunity: guidance to advance circul...

This publication aims to support Southeast Asian businesses with adopting Circular Economy. Firstly, this involves supporting businesses to navigate the why and what of Circular Economy. Why is Circul...

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