The ECESP's annual conference will take place in April! A key event in the circular economy calendar, it will be spread over two days and bring together policy makers and the people making the circular economy a reality on the ground. 

This will be an online networking session for European circular businesses, experts and investors. The aim is to bolster collaboration and accelerate investment in circular innovation. 

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Towards circular hospitality: transforming the tourism system

Towards circular hospitality: transforming the tourism system. Circle Economy, Iberostar Hotels & Resorts UN Tourism
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Circle Economy
Iberostar Hotels & Resorts
UN Tourism
Publication Date
01/2026
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This white paper provides one of the first action frameworks for the circular transition of the hospitality industry. It shows how circular strategies are both essential for the long-term wellbeing of the destinations, ecosystems and communities on which hospitality depends and a clear business imperative.

It identifies 10 key systemic barriers hindering progress, including the absence of a shared industry framework. In response, it focuses on 5 strategic opportunities through which circularity can help overcome these challenges: procurement, operations, built environment, business and guest culture, and destinations. To support wider adoption and scale impact, the paper also identifies 6 key enablers that can help unlock circularity across the whole value chain.

The EU-funded Wood2Wood project aims to improve resource efficiency by recovering high value material from polluted wood found in industrial and urban waste streams.

The European Commission has just adopted new measures to prevent the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear and so curb the resulting mountain of waste. See what the measures entail!

Around a thousand participants and up to 90 speakers will meet in Berlin and exchange ideas for the circular transformation. 

The congress will feature panel discussions with high-profile speakers from politics and science, best practices from business, inspiring keynotes on the transformation of our society and many opportunities for networking.

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Other (Brazil)
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Scope

Through this programme, companies can sponsor the local collection and proper sorting of e-waste. This enables EU-based companies operating in Brazil to meet their sustainability obligations.

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Online
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CO₂ pricing helps governments turn emissions into tangible costs that influence real choices in policy, projects and public procurement.

This webinar is the first in a series exploring how CO₂ pricing is applied in practice as a management tool. It will explain how policy and projects guide choices together, and how procurement can embed these choices without fixed rules.

With the work programme for this mandate approved, we now have the list of ECESP leadership groups! Read all about what they will be focusing on and what they aim to achieve.

 

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