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Circular Economy in ICT – Completing the circle of supply

EcoVadis

The French telecom leader’s goal by 2020 is to collect 30 percent of all sold mobile phones which would normally go to waste. Accordingly, the industry will be responsible for 1.25Gt CO2e in 2030, or 1.97 percent of global emissions ( Fibre-Systems 2017 ).

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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

GlobalTranz

The executives surveyed identified these positions as those they believe currently most affected and that they expect will present even more severe staffing difficulties by 2020. Nevertheless, indicators are that by 2020 there is likely to be a worldwide shortage of around 85 million skilled manufacturing workers. Skills Shortages.