FTD FOUNDED COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION PROJECT
SCOPE: To build upon FTD’s decades of experience in circular economy advocacy and implementation, by joining with others to further develop solutions to the massive environmental impact of fitout design, construction and de-fit in Australia. This thought leadership project has developed from FTD’s portfolio, mind maps and collaborative knowledge-sharing into a mature research and innovation undertaking. This initiative is now known as www.ftdcircular.com through which we teach our circular economy approach and arm others with powerful implementation tools. Internally, and with our clients and partners, we have recently produced several guidelines for designers and construction/de-fit/demolition contractors, local government policy revisions to support circularity, our world’s first circular asset management platform (powered by Hardcat Lebosi) and the free, publicly available circular economy supplier directory www.ftdcircular.com/directory (recognised by the Green Building Council Australia).