Reading Time: 5 minutesAvec “trois planètes” nécessaires pour soutenir nos systèmes de consommation et de production actuels d’ici 2050, l’économie circulaire offre un modèle pour contrebalancer les pressions environnementales croissantes.
Lenka Wildnerova - (OECD)
Lenka Wildnerova is a former junior economist at the Economic Analysis, Data and Statistics Division of the OECD Centre for SMEs, Regions, and Cities. Her work focused on the analysis of firm performance using firm and employee data. She holds a PhD degree from Universite Paris-Saclay in international economics.
Can SMEs square the circle? How small businesses can boost their contribution to the circular economy
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith “three earths” needed to sustain our current consumption and production systems by 2050, the circular economy offers a model to counterbalance the environmental pressures that are mounting.
Small business, big impact: how SMEs are embracing sustainability
Reading Time: 4 minutesThere can be no net zero without SMEs. According to new estimates produced by the OECD, SMEs account for around 40% of business carbon emissions at the EU level. Their role is vital in meeting global climate commitments. So how are they embracing sustainability?
Tackling growing pains – how scale-ups can lead the recovery
Reading Time: 3 minutes “scale up” account for the majority of new jobs in the economy. These firms can play a key role in the recovery. However, scaling up brings new challenges.
Is your next-door SME scaling up?
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe success story of Fine Food Group looks different from the glitzy high-tech start-ups featured in business magazines or in investment blogs. The OECD report Understanding Firm Growth: Helping SMEs Scale Up shows that its storyis nonetheless much more representative of a typical scaler than that of a high-tech start-up.