April 22, 2025 - 11:35 AM - 12:30 PM CST

John Holm
Senior Vice President, Partnership Development, PYXERA Global

Onshoring Circularity: Incentivizing & Scaling Domestic Critical Mineral Supply Chains

John will provide context on the emerging opportunity to enable and unlock remanufacturing at scale across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, highlighting his work leading the Circular Supply Chain Coalition with support from FedEx.

The Problem

81 global conflicts. China controls 95% of all critical mineral refinement and production (directly or indirectly) and has banned some critical mineral exports to the US and has signaled their intent to expand the bans in the future. There is an extremely limited subsidy and incentive policy environment on national and sub-national levels promoting remanufacturing. In the US, the new incoming administration has threatened tariffs against Canada and Mexico, with tariffs on the table across the globe.

With global supply chains already under duress, private sector companies have limited domestic feedstock of vital critical mineralsand other valuable materials in key geographies necessary to achieve sales targets, keep pricing under control, and maintain a competitive advantage. 

The Solution - Circular Supply Chain Coalition

The Circular Supply Chain Coalition aims to create & scale regional remanufacturing collection hubs, securing critical mineral feedstock for CSCC partner companies. With a focus on the US, European Union, Canada, Mexico, and Australia markets, the CSCC will engage key stakeholders -including hyper local collectors, regional refurbishers and recyclers, final processors, logistics providers, original manufacturers, policy makers, and community-based organizations- to create a profitable economic platform for companies to leverage in key global markets. 

The initial focus will be on consumer electronics, semiconductors and batteries with the intention of engaging all industries in the benefits of remanufacturing. Partners include Climate KIC, FedEx, VCU, Sustain our Future, Metabolic, First Mile, and Circularize.

John Holm - As the Senior Vice President of Partnership Development at PYXERA Global, a systems change organization that leverages the power of the private, public, and social sectors to catalyze a just and regenerative transition, John is passionate about advancing the equitable circular economy agenda. He has 15+ years of experience designing and executing innovative and inclusive circular city strategies, material reverse logistics hubs, corporate sustainability advisory services, and zero (plastic) waste community programming. He also leads the organization's climate and circular economy thought leadership content.

In his current role, John also serves as a Convening Partner for the Circular City Coalition, a multi-stakeholder partnership with a shared vision to catalyze rapid decarbonization and equity transitions in cities, and the Circular Supply Chain Coalition, a multi-stakeholder partnership focusing on the creation and enabling of reverse logistic critical mineral chains across the United States.

Before joining PYXERA Global, John spent most of his career pioneering new international markets for global brands, leading the market entry of the Subway chain in Hungary and the Hungarian book chain, Libri, expansion into Romania. Additionally, John also advised Starbucks and IKEA on their respective market entries in Central & and Eastern Europe and the Balkans, respectively.

Additionally, John also teaches Circular Value Chain Management and Principals of Sustainable Management for the Bard Sustainability MBA Program.