William McDonough is a globally recognized architect, designer, author, and sustainable growth pioneer. He works with corporations and countries at all scales through his enterprises—McDonough Innovation (Design for the Circular Economy™), MBDC, and William McDonough + Partners. It was through these companies and collaborations that the Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Program was established by William McDonough, as a leading product certification system, allowing products of to have endless resourcefulness and a business strategy for sustainable growth.
A highly sought after speaker and writer, McDonough’s vision for a world of abundance, where the very concept of waste has been eliminated, has been the major theme of his influential works—written, designed, and built. William McDonough’s written works include Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things (2002) and The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability—Designing for Abundance (2013), with a foreword by President Bill Clinton. Both books were both co-authored with Dr. Michael Braungart.
Currently serving as Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Meta-Council on the Circular Economy, McDonough is also a contributor to The Guardian and is featured in a unique series titled, “The McDonough Conversations” with Joel Makower of GreenBiz.