Circular Economy Network Building: Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Automotive Suppliers, and the Architecture of Reverse Supply Chain Collaboration | CSCC x Pyxera Global Series (2/5)

This is episode two of a five-part series produced in partnership with Pyxera Global and the Circular Supply Chain Coalition. If episode one was the origin story, episode two is the architecture layer: who is showing up, which networks matter, and why convening existing conveners is more powerful than starting from scratch.

Featured Guests:

Danielle Holly leads the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in North America. Kellen Mahoney is the executive director of the Suppliers Partnership for the Environment, an automotive industry leadership forum. John Holm returns as CSCC co-founder. Together they unpack how the CSCC network model creates value through pre-competitive collaboration, why tech companies are showing unprecedented eagerness to collaborate on supply chain resilience, and why the automotive industry needs alignment beyond its own value chain.

Danielle reveals that the critical minerals market is $770 billion and growing, that e-waste is the fastest growing waste stream with critical minerals embedded in it, and that secondary markets for critical minerals are now necessary because extraction alone cannot meet demand. Kellen outlines what automotive suppliers actually want: clarity, consistency, and an open lane of two-way communication.

Chapter Markers:

0:00 Introduction: the architecture layer

1:09 Meet Danielle Holly and Kellen Mahoney

2:07 Why convening conveners matters

4:02 Speed to trust through existing ecosystems

5:11 Target industries: automotive and technology

6:12 What suppliers want: clarity, consistency, communication

7:28 Unprecedented pre-competitive collaboration in tech

8:14 CSCC model: invite-only working groups, buyers consortium

11:59 Critical minerals: $770B market, e-waste as fastest growing waste stream

14:30 Data sharing, trust, and clarity of roles

17:29 Alignment on North Star over structure

20:09 Lightning round: myths busted

21:44 How to engage

Key Topics:

Circular economy, network architecture, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Suppliers Partnership, pre-competitive collaboration, critical minerals, EV battery, automotive supply chain, e-waste, convening conveners, trust, CSCC, Pyxera Global

Connect and Learn More:

Ellen MacArthur Foundation: ellenmacarthurfoundation.org

Suppliers Partnership: supplierspartnership.org

CSCC: circularsupplychain.org

Pyxera Global: pyxeraglobal.org

Sheri Hinish: supplychainqueen.com

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