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Discover how circular strategies can boost productivity, cut costs and build financial resilience.
Boards are navigating an environment shaped by geopolitical fragmentation, shifting trade and regulatory settings, and growing scrutiny of environmental standards. These forces are reshaping supply chains and access to materials. In this context, circular strategies are not just about sustainability - they can also help organisations reduce exposure to disruption, strengthen supply chain resilience, and operate more credibly across multiple markets.
As cost pressures persist and access to materials becomes less predictable, boards are paying closer attention to how circular approaches can support productivity, reduce dependency on volatile inputs, and protect long-term value.
This webinar will explore how circular economy thinking can be applied as a strategic, governance-level lever to support financial performance and productivity, with a focus on practical application. It will examine what this means for directors overseeing strategy, risk and investment decisions in an increasingly uncertain global environment.
The keynote will be delivered by Jonas Bengtsson, the co-founder of Edge Impact, drawing on international experience in circular economy strategy and lifecycle thinking. He will be joined by experienced directors and business leaders Chloe van Dyke MInstD and Hilary West-Reeve MInstD, who will share insights from applying circular principles in complex organisational settings.
Jonas is the co-founder and director of Impact at Edge Impact, with more than 20 years of international experience as a sustainability expert and business leader across Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and North and South America. He has contributed to transformative circular economy projects delivering practical, scalable outcomes.
As a Certified LCA Practitioner, approved EPD Verifier, Vice-chair of EPD Australasia’s Technical Advisory Group, and UNEP Life Cycle Initiative Steering Committee Member, Jonas brings the expertise to translate complex life cycle data into practical direction for business. In Aotearoa New Zealand, he oversees key projects for Edge Impact’s clients, including Inghams NZ, Holcim, and Agrifeed.
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Chloe Van Dyke is the founder and director of Chia Sisters; an innovative, sustainable, and health-focused beverage business, co-founder of Businesses For Climate Action, and on the board of Eco Choice Aotearoa. Chia Sisters is living wage, B-Corp, and Climate Positive certified.
Chloe is an Edmund Hillary Fellow, Asia Pacific Obama Leader, Asia New Zealand Foundation member, and Institute of Directors member, showcasing her strong international ties in social and environmental entrepreneurship.
Chloe has a background in Neuroscience and an interest in business ethics, sustainable systems, collaborative models, and intergenerational thinking.
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Hilary West-Reeve is a circular-economy strategist, board director, and co-founder of Phoenix Recycling Group, one of New Zealand’s most dynamic resource-recovery services businesses operating across complex, regulated supply chains. She also serves on the board of the New Zealand Green Building Council and contributes to industry advisory groups advancing circular innovation and lifecycle carbon reduction outcomes.
Known for leading with transparency and authenticity, Hilary helps boards translate circular economy thinking into practical governance levers that lift productivity, manage material and carbon risk, and strengthen supply-chain resilience. At Phoenix, she has helped scale the business nationally, enabling a service-based business model for the safe and responsible recovery of batteries and solar panels that support next-generation renewable energy infrastructure and electric-vehicle technologies. In 2025, Phoenix won the Master of Growth award at the Deloitte New Zealand Fast50 Awards, achieving 626% growth over five years and redefining the role of recycling in a high-performing circular economy.
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Judene is a Principal Governance Adviser with the Institute of Directors’ Governance Leadership Centre and Chapter Zero NZ lead providing best practice advice, guidance and advocacy for directors. She is also chair of the Nelson Historic Theatre Trust, deputy chair of the Rātā Foundation, and a trustee for the Network Tasman Trust.
Prior to joining the IoD she ran her own consultancy for over 20 years, specialising in governance, policy, strategy and communications working across a wide range of sectors, including housing, health, solid waste, aviation, energy, not-for-profit and infrastructure.
Judene was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to governance, local government and the community in the 2026 New Year Honours. She was a local government elected member for 12 years and a director on a range of private and public entity boards. She has a background in behavioural science and communications and is a Chartered Member of the IoD.
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