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"Join the IPR co-chairs in calling for 21st century global materials stewardship"
Date
15 May 2025
News type

The co-chairs of the International Resource Panel have issued a call for action for 21st Century Global Materials Stewardship:

“We call upon all international organisations to become proactive stewards of sustainable material use and the circular economy by pursuing four key missions – and urge policymakers, businesses, investors, and civil society to do the same.”

The four missions mentioned are:

  • Better orientation – targets and guidance
  • Better measurement – indicators
  • Better economic incentives – policy and fiscal reforms
  • Better transparency and coordination – access to data

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International organisations need to become proactive stewards of sustainable material use and the circular economy by pursuing four key missions: Mission 1: Better orientation (national material use targets and scientific guidance) Mission 2: Better measurement (indicators measuring the ability of provisioning systems to meet people's needs in material-efficient ways); Mission 3: Better economic incentives (policy and fiscal reforms to reflect environmental and social costs in material prices and to shift subsidies); Mission 4: Better transparency and coordination (access to consolidated material flow  and impact data – provided by the International Materials Agency).