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Carmen Vercauteren

Industrial Ecologist

Carmen Vercauteren
Carmen Vercauteren
Carmen Vercauteren

Weakness:  Fun games

Enjoys:  Cooking a delicious meal for friends and family, discovering the world.

Areas of expertise:

  • Industrial Ecology
  • Design Thinking
  • Serious gaming

Professional Titles & Liaisons:

  • M.Sc Industrial Ecology (TU Delft/Leiden)
  • B.Sc Industrial Design (Antwerp University)

Location: Shanghai, China

Contact

  • [javascript protected email address]
  • Phone  0681205264
  • Twitter: Carmen__V

Carmen is an Industrial Ecologist with a big heart and a scienctific mind. With her care and insight she aims to create opportunities for a flourishing world, and inspires others to join her.

Carmen facilitates teams by adding analytical, critical, and systems thinking, and her enthusiasm and diplomatic posture encourages people to work together. Carmen has a strong affinity and knowledge base in food and urban agriculture. This supports her personal mission to bring change in food consumption, and dreams of a future in which everyone has access to sustainable and healthy food.

From a young age on Carmen is fascinated with nature and ecology. This inspiration by nature has led her to a deep passion for working towards sustainability. Exploring and discovering are two aspects central in Carmen’s life; only by getting to the bottom of things she can satisfy her curiosity.

Carmen has a Master of Science in Industrial Ecology from Leiden University and Delft University of Technology, and a Bachelor in Industrial Design from Antwerp University. Next to her work at Except she participates in local initiatives such as Den Haag in Transition and Youth Food Movement Den Haag.

 

Articles

How IKEA Is Creating a Self-Learning Supply Chain

Mei 28, 2019, Peer benchmarking tool speeds up sustainability across paper and print industries

Rotterdam, 7 oktober 2016, “I never fully realized IKEA’s true power until we did this project,” says Matthieu Leroy, Sustainability Specialist at IKEA Media Production. To improve the green procurement of paper and print for its 200-million-copy catalogue, Media Production of the furniture giant from Sweden teamed up with Except Integrated Sustainability. Together they worked with suppliers, Trade Extensions, and Deloitte on creating the world’s largest sustainability-driven Self-Learning Supply Chain.

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Natural Capital & new innovation strategies

Feb 24, 2014, How to accelerate natural value systems

The land we grow our food on, water that flows through it, animals and plants living in this environment, and the oceans - the birthplace of life. This, and more, is our natural capital; the value represented by our ecosystems, species, and everything in between that we rely on to persist on this planet. All of our natural systems are declining fast, and this threatens our future. It puts at risk the continuation of any business with a complex supply chain, and jeopardizes the resource availability of any nation.

The Natural Capital (NC) movement attempts to halt and reverse this trend by embedding the value of natural systems into economic systems. This article talks about how Natural Capital works, what the pitfalls and opportunities of such a system are, and how we can accelerate implementation in government and business.

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Projects

Natural Capital is Business

Jan 31, 2017, How to bring Natural Capital into the boardroom?


Natural Capital plays a title role in our economy. To help you clarify the relationship between your economic activities and Natural Capital, Except and NXTE developed the Natural Capital Quick Scan. The scan delivers instant insight and suggests dozens of ways to mitigate risks and pick up on opportunities.

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Een betere IKEA catalogus

Jun 28, 2021, Hoe we de wereldwijde printindustrie veranderden

Voor Inter-IKEA hebben we de duurzaamheidsprestaties van de IKEA catalogus verbeterd door de hele toeleveringsketen te optimaliseren met één kleine maar slimme big data-tool. De tool bevat data dashboards voor inkopers, leveranciers en retailers, die de hele levenscyclus van de catalogus beïnvloeden.

De tools voor de toeleveringsketen resulteren in enorme duurzaamheidswinst op het gebied van onder ander energie, afval, en water, direct vanaf het eerste jaar, en ieder jaar daarna een beetje meer. Vanwege het printvolume van de catalogus heeft dit project een positieve invloed op de wereldwijde printindustrie. De jaarlijkse verbeteringen spreiden nu zelfs uit naar gerelateerde industrieën.

Lees de onderstaande projectcase over het proces, de strategie, de innovaties en verdere verbeterprocessen van het project.

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IKEA Catalogue Story of Print

Mei 08, 2017, Interactive Story Telling Tools Promote Stakeholder Engagement

IKEA Media Production engaged Except to showcase the sustainability achievements and ambitions of its 200-million-copy catalogue. Together we created a storytelling infographic for the IKEA customer-facing staff, and a data-packed dashboard for internal stakeholders such as store co-workers, catalogue responsibles, PR, social media, communication, sustainability and marketing managers and teams. The tools have been introduced to thousands of employees, permeating learning and awareness.

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IKEA Catalogue Supply Chain Dashboards

Aug 25, 2020, Intuitive Dashboards Enable Sustainable Decision Making

The IKEA catalogue with more than 200 million copies is the largest annual print run in the world. IKEA Media Production has worked diligently to improve the catalogue’s sustainability performance. To find new ways to boost its performance, IKEA Media Production engaged Except. Together we applied a new systems-thinking approach and found powerful ways to raise performance.

With implementation partners Trade Extensions and Deloitte we created new visual big data tools in less than a year. Together we realized a sustainability-driven learning supply chain that is now helping transform the biggest paper and print suppliers worldwide.

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