ASF is a methodology developed for the sustainability assessment of additive use throughout the lifecycle of PVC articles. It is a replicable, risk-based methodology that integrates different types of quantitative and qualitative knowledge, including environmental and lifecycle process management dimensions.
The European Investment Fund is a specialist provider of risk finance for small and medium-sized enterprises across Europe.
It provides financial resources via intermediaries, such as banks and micro-credit providers, and its targets areas include circular economy infrastructure and the bioeconomy.
Initiated by the European Investment Bank, the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund is the first private venture capital impact fund exclusively dedicated to the (circular-) bioeconomy.
It aims to speed up the shift from a fossil-based to a circular bio-based economy and contribute to achieving the European Green Deal goals to make Europe climate neutral by 2050.
The Circular City Funding Guide shares knowledge, best practices and information on circular solutions, and on ways to finance the preparation and implementation of such solutions.
It covers grant and subsidy types of financial support, along with different types and sources of financing such as debt, equity and guarantees.
The Circular Business Development Canvas Pack is a set of tools designed to help businesses transition to circular economy models. It integrates key sustainability principles into business development, offering structured frameworks to map out circular strategies, value chains and impact.
French regulations on the circular economy in the construction sector have evolved significantly in recent years. INEC and Altes Avocats have produced an accessible guide to help stakeholders apply those regulations and share best practices.
This Standardization Roadmap aims to provide an overview of the status quo of standardization in the field of the circular economy, to describe the requirements and challenges for seven key topics, and to identify possible needs for future standards and specifications.
The Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance (EXPRA)was founded in 2013 to promote effective and efficient EPR systems and sustainable packaging. It has produced a study outlining the core principles and practices of EPR, which are crucial for shaping and supporting effective EPR policies across Europe and worldwide.
The HOOP project has provided Project Development Assistance to eight lighthouse cities and regions, supporting them with the development of large-scale urban circular bioeconomy initiatives focusing on making bio-based products from urban biowaste and wastewater. The partners have developed a suite of open-source tools to help cities and regions launch urban circular bioeconomy projects.
circulareconomy.earth is a project set up by Chatham House's Environment and Society Programme. It enables users to explore the policy and trade dynamics associated with transitioning from a linear to a circular economy model, as well as providing analyses of the associated opportunities and trade-offs.
