Arnoud Walrecht

Result driven Partner experienced in advising clients in Circular Economy strategy, metrics and business modelling.

Experienced in several markets, sectors and accounts around the globe.

Supporting other KPMG member firms with building circular economy consulting practices and integrate circularity in KPMG's functional lines.

Energetic and dedicated professional with proven ability to thrive in busy and stressful environments.

Arnoud lives in Delft with Ellen Gerrits (architect, active in built environment), Meike (10) and Floor (13) and Bruno (border collie). Arnoud is a cyclist, former rower and loves to be outdoors during holidays in Europe. 

Through projects in public procurement and private sector circular economy projects, combined with government policy on resource-efficiency, waste and climate Arnoud has gained insights in resource-efficiency and circular economy challenges. His working experience involves understanding of both socio-economic and regulatory as technical matters in sustainability, energy and resource issues. On board level he has advised numerous organizations to move towards circular business models. He has been involved in the following projects (small selection):

• General Electric Aviation (Circular economy strategy and decarbonization potential)
• RWE AG (Circular economy strategy and kpi framework)
• Mitsubishi Electric Elevators (support on circular business model development and impact optimization)
• Borealis (circular economy strategy and market analysis)
• KPN Telecom (Develop and implement circular economy strategy and roadmap, build and develop circular economy kpi framework, build supplier improvement programs across network operations)
• Dutch Government – Evaluation of waste and circular economy policy, develop scenario’s for circular economy transiton in industries, sectors and labor market
• Dutch Packaging waste fund (largescale strategy advise on circular packaging for 16 sectors)
• Alliander (consult on integrating circular economy in procurement)
• TenneT (Circular Economy strategy consulting, roadmapping and bring the topic to business divisions in Germany and Netherlands)
• Dutch Railways (Advise Circular Economy strategy, support to develop metrics, perform impact assessments on train remanufacturing programs)
• Port of Rotterdam (Perform circular economy and material flow analysis, impact assessments of major circularity investments (eg Waste to Chemicals)
• Telefonica O2 (Circular Economy strategy and implementation including Scope 3 reduction crossover)
• Royal BAM Group (Circular Economy strategy, kpi development and roadmaps for implementation)
• Dura Vermeer (Circular Economy kpi development, Circular Economy reporting manual for Divisons and project managers)
• Strabag AG (Circular Economy metrics and kpi development, testing on project and corporate level)
• Delta Development (advise circular economy impact assessments on project level)
• Shell (Circular economy assessments in several business units (incl renewables), support in corporate target setting and kpi development) Philips (several projects, evaluate circular economy program and develop circular economy metrics for management and reporting)
• Siemens (circular economy improvement program with supply base, develop circular economy metrics in supply chain)
• Microsoft (perform circularity product analysis to help set corporate targets and improve product design and sourcing)
• Rabobank (large circular economy partnership, helping roughly 400 of the banks clients analyzing circular risks and opportunities to develop new circular business models.
• WBCSD – supporting to develop circular economy metrics for business (Circular Transition Indicator Framework, most downloaded WBCSD publication). Ongoing and including work with Electronics, Plastics, Tire and Automotive industry. Also advising the Circular Building Coalition on circular metrics.

Areas of expertise and key skills

Sector expertise

• Public sector (e.g. European Commission, NS, Port of Rotterdam, Infrastructure (RWS), European Governments)
• Private sector (e.g. Electronics, Tech, Renewables, Oil& Gas, Telecom, Construction, Automotive, Financial services)

Key Skills

• Building new solution and grow across an international services firm
• Circular economy strategy, decarbonization and resource use, Corporate sustainability strategy and reporting, Sustainable Supply chain management
• Arnoud initiated collaboration with Microsoft to develop KPMG circularity tracker, a Cloud for Sustainability solution. Just launched recently.

• Sustainable batteries - Uptake in EV battery market depends on a meaningful shift to a circular economy 2023
• Resourcing the energy transition - Making the world go round, KPMG International (on critical materials for the energy transition and the role of the circular economy) 2021
• Circular Transition Indicators Framework, KPMG author/ reviewer. World Business Council for Sustainable Development 2020 and yearly updates there-after. Recently v4 (circular economy and impact on nature) was launched.
• Linear Risk, KPMG, Circle Economy, PGGM, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2019
• New Era, New plan, Ex Tax report, (modelling tax shift towards circular economy). The Ex’tax Project in cooperation with Cambridge Econometrics, Trucost, Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC 2015
• Sustainable supply chains: moving from risk management to value creation, Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO) & KPMG, December 1, 2011.
• Raw material scarcity and its impact on business – KPMG 2012
• FD Outlook Special Resource scarcity: Mondiale schaarste te lijf, Financieele Dagblad (Dutch Financial Times); KPMG, May 30, 2014.