Circularity.fm
Understanding, building and managing circular business models
Patrick Hypscher
Show overview
Circularity.fm has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 111 episodes. That works out to roughly 60 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 27 min and 41 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Business show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed earlier today, with 32 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 44 episodes published. Published by Patrick Hypscher.
From the publisher
Circularity.fm is the podcast about understanding, building and managing circular business models. Most episode showcase one specific organisation that runs a circular business model or a business model in the circular economy. This can be a startup, an established SME or a business field of a corporate. Hence, interviews are both about founding and funding a circular business as well as transforming an existing linear business to a circular one, be it in Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa or Australia. The podcast focuses on experiences made in this build-up and transformation phase.
Latest Episodes
View all 111 episodesUnpacking the EPR Legislation for Textiles
Unpacking the EPR Legislation for Textiles
Textile Collection, Sorting & Recycling: The challenges we need to overcome
How Textile EPR Will Influence Brands’ Business Model
Textile EPR in Germany: What Brands Need to Know
Best Startups in Critical Raw Materials & Automated Disassembly
Circular Economy Startup Landscape 2026
BDI & BCG Study: Where Circularity Pays Off
Circular Sovereignty Forum
Startup Collaboration: How to Build Win-Win Partnerships
Sustainability Reporting: Turning ESG into Decisions
100th Episode: Key Lessons from Six Years of Circularity.fm
Carbon Capture: How Waste-to-Energy Cuts CO2
Waste as a Resource: How Data and AI Cut Recycling Costs
Waste Incineration: Its Role in Circular Economy
Waste Incineration: How Waste-to-Energy Really Works
Business Interruption Insurance: When Circularity Pays Off
Insurance Claims: How Tryg Made Repair the Default Choice
Ep 93Climate Resilience: How Allianz Evaluates Supply Chains
How does climate risk exposure connect to supply chain decisions, and where does circularity come in? Michael Bruch, Global Head of Risk Consulting Advisory Services, and Lena Fuldauer, Head of Resilience & Business Development at Allianz Risk Consulting, talk about how companies can assess climate risk across their locations and supply chains, and what role circular strategies play in strengthening supply chain resilience. What you'll hear in this episode: • How companies use location-level climate risk data to spot vulnerabilities within the supply chain and compare potential investment sites. • Why the most productive conversations happen when risk managers and sustainability teams work together. • How circular approaches like battery recycling reduce dependence on geopolitically concentrated raw materials. This episode opens the series Enabling Circularity Through Insurance. The series looks at the concrete levers insurance companies hold, from risk assessment and advisory services to product design and claims policies, and how these can enable circularity.
Ep 92Circularity at Airbus: How SecondLife Cuts Waste and Costs
How can a reuse marketplace for unused industrial assets reduce costs and waste at scale? In this episode, Nathalie Clement, Amanda Fiorillo, and Bernd Schmid from Airbus Defence and Space explain how Airbus built SecondLife, a digital platform where employees trade unused equipment. In three years, 160 tons of waste were avoided and 1,600 tons of CO₂ were saved. What you'll hear in this episode: • How Airbus structured a three-step reuse strategy: internal marketplace, external resale and supplier buyback, and donation as a last resort • Why the financial case is central: a 150% ROI over three years and €1.5 billion in asset value exchanged internally • How KPIs turned a pilot into a scalable system across the company Featured in this episode is also Heiko Tullney from Indeed Innovation as co-host. This is the final episode of the Irresistible Circular Business series, produced in partnership with Indeed Innovation, the global design and innovation firm pioneering the circular economy.