Circular Economics
Our Vision
The governments, businesses and communities have rightfully started to prioritize sustainability in recent years especially when climate risk is no longer being considered remote and distant. There is an increasing interest and commitment in addressing the climate risks exposing the increasing capacity gap in public and private sectors.
Circular Economics Pte Ltd has been founded with a clear vison of bridging the capacity gap using tangible and measurable strategies. The company represents a multi-disciplinary network of sustainability professionals from Asia, Australia, and Europe with experiences in private sector, government agencies and academic institutions. The management clearly acknowledge that the sustainability challenges must be tackled with multi-disciplinary approach and collaborIation among the stakeholders.
Our Team
Management
Our nearly 8,000 committed staff members are critical to the University of Chicago’s tradition of excellence.
Dr. Asif Iqbal Siddiqui
Dr. Siddiqui is trained in environmental economics and has more than 25 years’ experience in multi-stakeholder setup working with universities, NGOs, industries, and government agencies, promoting business cases for sustainable development since joining the Green Accounting Initiative of IUCN-World Bank as an Environmental Economist in 1997.
Subsequently, he led projects on economic cost of ASEAN transboundary pollution, ASEAN carbon market, SDG localisation in Bangladesh, corporate sustainability, ESG due diligence, sustainable finance and climate policy with private and public sector clients and collaborators in Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Bangladesh.
He obtained his BA (Honours) in Economics from Delhi University, MSS in Economics from National University of Singapore (NUS) and MBA from Murdoch University. He wrote his PhD thesis on Sustainable Investment and Venture Capital in Australia at the Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute.
He has had teaching positions with Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Sydney University and Curtin University; research and visiting positions with ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute (Singapore), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (NUS), Economic Growth Centre (NTU), College of Mining (MISIS, Russia), among others.
Ms Constanze Meier
Ms Meier has more than ten years of managerial experiences working internationally in Germany, Austria, Canada, Dubai and Singapore with medical technology, healthcare and tourism. She has also been active in training and capacity building in medical rehabilitation technology with DIH Pte Ltd. (former Hocoma Pte Ltd) and Canadian Specialist Hospital across APAC and Middle East.
In the recent years, she has been focusing on sustainability practices in the healthcare industry, ESG strategies and SDG Localization adding to her managerial portfolio. In 2022, she successfully added her ESG certification from the Corporate Financial Institute. She is also holding position as a researcher with the Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute specializing in circular economy, green urbanization and SDG localization.
Ms Meier has obtained bachelor’s degree in business administration at IMC FH Krems in Austria. She is currently pursuing a Master degree in Environment and Climate Emergency at Curtin University, Australia.