Martin Justinek
Innovation, capable processes, and circular economy are the key factors for a company's long-term success. I am committed to this every day out of inner conviction.
Background and Expertise
Focus Areas
- Eco-Design: 80% of a product's environmental impact is determined during the design phase.
- Life Cycle Assessment: Quantitatively and transparently assessing a product's environmental impact over its entire lifecycle.
- Circular Business Models: The transformation to a circular economy only succeeds when we design new business models.
- Defining Goals and Measuring Circularity: Without metrics and goals, no progress. This also applies on the path to a circular economy.
Work Experience
- CEO, Justinek Engineering: Management consulting for innovation, quality, and circular economy
- Circular Globe (R) Transformation Coach and Assessor, Quality Austria
- Trainer for Six Sigma Lean and Statistics, Quality Austria
- Process Engineer, Six Sigma Black Belt, and FMEA Moderator at several global electronics corporations
Education and Training
- Circular Globe Transformation Coach (Quality Austria, Vienna)
- Six Sigma Black Belt DMAIC and IDOV (Philips, Vienna)
- Doctoral Studies in Physical Chemistry at TU Graz and Oxford University (UK)
- Diploma in Technical Chemistry at TU Graz
Five Questions for Martin Justinek
What combination of your expertise makes you special?
PhD chemist, Six Sigma Black Belt, and Circular Economy Transformation Coach with 20 years of experience in the manufacturing industry, including 10 years as an independent management consultant.
Which aspect of sustainable business is underestimated in your opinion?
We cannot exploit our planet indefinitely and overload it with our waste. We must start to get by with what we have already extracted, and beyond that give something positive back to the earth.
What drives you in your work for sustainable transformation?
Innovation, capable processes, and the transformation to a circular economy are the key factors for a company's long-term success. I am committed to this every day out of inner conviction.
What do you value about working in an interdisciplinary team?
The topic of sustainability is so multifaceted and complex that it also requires a multidisciplinary team to create effective solutions.
How do you envision sustainable business in 10 years?
In 10 years, materials will largely circulate in loops, primary raw materials will only be extracted to compensate for unavoidable losses. We won't pay taxes on labor, but on primary raw materials and emissions.
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