The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has issued a business statement to policymakers calling for coordinated policy action across finance, environment and industry portfolios.
These changes would enable governments to rebalance the economics of fashion in favour of circular business models. See what it calls for!
What would it take to turn resale and repair into a source of economic growth that uses fewer resources, produces fewer emissions and creates more local jobs?
That's the question at the heart of this new report. It demonstrates how a targeted mix of policy incentives could lift gross margins to 55% for resale and 41% for repair. It covers three policy shifts:
reducing VAT/sales tax on secondhand goods and on repair services
lowering labour taxes for jobs in resale and repair
Extended Producer Responsibility
The report focuses on existing levers that governments can pull, not new frameworks to invent. Together, they improve margins per unit, reduce labour costs and ensure producers pay more of the true costs of linear production, giving resale and repair the conditions they need to scale.
The new Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition will introduce stricter criteria governing sustainability marketing practices as from 27 September 2026.
This webinar will clarify the implications of these new anti-greenwashing provisions for moulded fibre products and outline strategies for remaining competitive while ensuring full compliance with the revised legislation.
This technical publication analyses why the EU-Mercosur agreement may reduce tariff friction but does not remove the evidentiary burden created by EU product, circularity, carbon, deforestation and supply chain rules.
It focuses on Brazilian suppliers, the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, Digital Product Passport readiness, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, the EU Regulation on Deforestation-free Products, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and the need to convert operational reality into audit-grade, buyer-readable evidence for European procurement, compliance and board-level review.
The Flexireo platform aims to stop destruction being the default decision for unsold products.
It coordinates reconditioning across external partners, document recovery, recycling and disposal decisions, and ensures full ESPR-ready traceability for every product.
Digital Product Passports are being rolled out and are key to keeping products and materials in circulation. However, they require interoperable, machine-readable data.
Verisav provides open RDF/OWL vocabularies for Digital Product Passports, as well as for returns and after-sales service and machine-readable warranties.
Concrete from old buildings can often be reused instead of being demolished, reducing waste and cutting carbon emissions. The challenge is proving that reused concrete will remain safe and durable for decades.
This study presents a new method for estimating how long reused concrete can last, through probabilistic prediction of service life (covering both carbonation and corrosion stages). Using Monte Carlo simulations and case studies of Nordic precast concrete buildings, the research shows that reused concrete elements can achieve service lives similar to new ones when properly assessed and repaired.
The framework supports smarter decisions on reuse, helping make construction more circular, resource-efficient and sustainable.
Three EU Horizon Europe projects — CIRCOMOD, CircEUlar and CO2NSTRUCT — are hosting their joint final conference on circular economy pathways to net-zero. It will bring together researchers, policymakers and sustainability experts to explore how circular economy strategies can drive the EU's transition to net-zero.
The opening plenary session is freely accessible via livestream.
The EU's Digital Product Passport will introduce new transparency and data requirements across the batteries value chain — from raw materials to end‑of‑life.
This webinar will provide practical guidance for the battery value chain.
The European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference is the world’s leading event dedicated to sustainable phosphorus.
It brings together policymakers, industry, researchers and practitioners to explore European policy developments, practical implementation of phosphorus sustainability and global trends shaping the phosphorus value chain.
