Episode 33 – Greg Lavery of Rype Office

In this episode, Catherine talks to Greg Lavery of Rype Office, which remanufactures high quality office furniture. We hear why Greg decided that office furniture is ideal for a circular business, how Rype’s customer base is evolving and why people are switching to remade furniture.A civil engineer by training, Greg has focused his career on improving the sustainability of the built environment. He began by working for Arup and Greg was awarded a PhD in sustainable building design in the 1990s.He built, from startup, what is now Australia’s largest solar business, Origin Solar, and as a consultant, assisted organisations with innovative sustainable business models, including Masdar City, Interface, Shell and ClimateWorks Australia. Podcast host Catherine Weetman is a circular economy business advisor, workshop facilitator, speaker and writer.  Her award-winning book, includes lots of practical examples and tips on getting started.  Catherine founded Rethink Global in 2013, to help businesses use circular, sustainable approaches to build a better business (and a better world).Stay in touch for free insights and updates... Read on for a summary of the podcast and links to the people, organisations and other resources we mention. You can subscribe to the podcast series on iTunes, Google Podcasts, PlayerFM, Spotify, TuneIn, or search for "circular economy" in your favourite podcast app.  Stay in touch to get free insights and updates, direct to your inbox... Links: * Blog: Start your circular economy journey: #1 The Stationery Cupboard https://www.rethinkglobal.info/get-started-with-circular-economy-1-office/* Remanufacturing podcast: Ep 24 - Steve Haskew of Circular Computing https://www.rethinkglobal.info/episode-24-steve-haskew-of-circular-computing/* Greg Lavery on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/drgreglavery/* Rype Office rypeoffice.com* Nick Rawlins of Reconomy https://www.reconomy.com/* Kresse Wresling of Elvis and Kresse https://www.elvisandkresse.com/ About Greg Lavery A civil engineer by training, Greg has focused his career on improving the sustainability of the built environment. Beginning his career with Arup, Greg was awarded a PhD in sustainable building design in the 1990s. He built from startup what is now Australia’s largest solar business, Origin Solar, and as a consultant assisted organisations with innovative sustainable business models, including Masdar City, Interface, Shell and ClimateWorks Australia. Greg founded and is now rapidly growing Rype Office, a vertically integrated circular economy office furniture remanufacturing business. Transcript