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2nd International Conference Strategies towards Green Deal Implementation Water, Raw Materials & Energy
08 Dec 2021 to 10 Dec 2021
2nd International Conference on Strategies towards Green Deal Implementation - Water, Raw Materials & Energy
2nd International Conference Strategies toward Green Deal Implementation

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Cracow (online)
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Poland

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Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

The 2nd International Conference on Strategies towards Green Deal Implementation – Water, Raw Materials & Energy (ICGreenDeal2021) - aims to present the issue of climate change and ways to prevent it with innovative solutions (technological, environmental, economic, and social) that can be implemented under the Green Deal Strategies.

This online conference on 8-10 December 2021 is the continuation of the 1st International Conference on Strategies towards Green Deal Implementation – Water and Raw Materials, a very successful event with almost 500 participants.

https://www.diageo.com/en/society-2030/

Spirit of Progress 2030: Diageo's action plan to help create a more inclusive and sustainable world

Diageo
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Diageo
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Other (Global)

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  • Other (Sustainable management of water)
To be achieved by: 
November 2030

Reduce water use in Diageo's operations with a 40% improvement in water use efficiency in water stressed areas and 30% improvement across the company.

  • Other (Sustainable management of water)
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November 2030

Replenish more water than Diageo uses for their operations for all their sites in water-stressed areas by 2026.

  • Other (Sustainable management of water)
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November 2030

Invest in 150 projects to improve access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in communities near Diageo sites and local sourcing areas in all of Diageo's water-stressed markets.

  • Other (Sustainable management of water)
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October 2021

Engage in collective action in all of their Priority Water Basins to improve water accessibility, availability and quality and contribute to a net positive water impact.

  • Recycling (also including specific waste streams)
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November 2030

Achieve zero waste in Diageo's direct operations and zero waste to landfill in Diageo's supply chain.

  • Recycled materials as part of raw materials demand (recycled content)
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November 2030

Ensure 100% of Diageo's packaging is widely recyclable (or reusable/compostable).

  • Recycled materials as part of raw materials demand (recycled content)
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November 2030

Continue to reduce packaging and increase recycled content in Diageo's packaging (delivering a 10% reduction in packaging weight + increasing the % recycled content of the packaging to 60%).

  • Recycled materials as part of raw materials demand (recycled content)
To be achieved by: 
November 2030

Ensure 100% of Diageo's plastics are designed to be widely recyclable (or reusable/compostable) by 2025 and achieve 40% recycled content in Diageo's plastic bottles by 2025, and 100% by 2030.

  • Other (Sustainable agriculture management)
To be achieved by: 
November 2030

Provide all of Diageo's local sourcing communities with agricultural skills and resources, building economic and environmental resilience (supporting 150,000 smallholder farmers).

  • Other (Sustainable agriculture management)
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November 2030

Develop regenerative agriculture pilot programmes in 5 key sourcing landscapes.

  • Other (Accelerate to a low carbon world)
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November 2030

Become Net Zero carbon in Diageo's direct operations.

  • Other (Accelerate to a low carbon world)
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November 2030

Reduce Diageo's value chain carbon emissions by 50%.

  • Other (Accelerate to a low carbon world)
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November 2030

Use 100% renewable electricity across all of Diageo's direct operations.

https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/the-big-food-redesign-study

The big food redesign

The big food redesign

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Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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09/2021
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United Kingdom

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While the current food system has sustained a growing population and brought economic development, much of it is essentially ‘linear’ and extractive, particularly in more developed markets. It is wasteful, polluting, and depletive, and is the primary driver of biodiversity loss and accounts for a third of global greenhouse gas emissions.

The big food redesign study by Ellen MacArthur Foundation looks at the role fast-moving consumer goods companies (FMCGs) and food retailers can play to move us towards a food system with significant positive impacts for business, people, and the environment. It explores the ways in which food products can be designed in closer collaboration with farmers, for nature. It also investigates the crucial enabling role of policies and incentives.

CEPS | Webinar
22 Sep 2021 to 23 Sep 2021
Closing the loop: Circular Economy Business Models in the Electronics and Agri-food sectors

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Online
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Belgium

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CEPS

Event schedule change!

This webinar is the final event of the CIRC4Life project. We will look into the lessons learnt from research and demonstrations, and discuss the challenges and policies needed to further boost circular solutions for the electrical and electronic equipment sector and the agri-food value chain.

https://www.icesp.it/buone-pratiche/riutilizzo-e-valorizzazione-delle-bucce-di-c...

CIA: putting coffee husks to good use

Reuse and valorisation of coffee peels
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CIA

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Italy

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The Italian company CIA has found that the most appropriate way to reuse coffee husks is as a fertiliser and soil conditioner by composting them in organic farms.

https://www.ricehouse.it/

Rice for architecture by Ricehouse

Risehouse
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Ricehouse Srl SB

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Italy

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Ricehouse natural mortars are obtained by expertly mixing aerial lime with rice husks, a agricultural by-product derived from husking raw rice.

http://fiusis.com

Fiusis: energy and fuel from pruning olive trees

Fiusis logo
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Fiusis srl

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Italy

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Italy's Puglia Region has large expanses of olive groves. Pruning these trees yields around 800 kilotonnes of residual biomass each year and Fiusis uses this biomass to produce energy.

https://neorisorse.net/

Recovering critical fertilisers such as phosphorus from sludge treatment

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Acqua&Sole SRL

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Italy

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How to recover phosphorus through the agricultural use of digestate produced by co-digestion of sewage sludge and other organic waste.

https://www.icesp.it/buone-pratiche/recupero-fondo-di-caffe-dei-bar-produrre-fun...

Azienda Agricola Mannu: mushrooms and fertiliser from coffee grounds

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Azienda Agricola Mannu

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Italy

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Coffee grounds contain many nutrients which are excellent for growing mushrooms. This secondary raw material is even ready for use, having been sterilised at 80 to 90°C by the coffee machine. What's left once the mushrooms have been collected is a good fertiliser.

https://www.interregeurope.eu/policylearning/good-practices/item/3071/community-...

Community composting in the city of Nitra

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Bioregio

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Slovak Republic

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As part of the EU's Bioregio project, the Slovakian city of Nitra has developed a project for community composting by 50 households. The system produces compost, which can be used as a fertiliser by the community. The project aims to lower technical barriers to the reduction of bio-waste.

http://www.entogreen.com

Entogreen: using biomimicry to turn organic waste into fish food

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EntoGreen

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Portugal

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EntoGreen aims to develop sustainable feed and organic fertilisers by using bio-based technologies to recycle nutrients from agricultural and food waste and reintroducing them into the food chain, thus closing the nutrient cycle.

Inscriptions - Lancement de la publication « Les partenariats, socle de l’économie circulaire »
29 Jun 2021
Lancement de la publication «Les partenariats, socle de l’économie circulaire»

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Paris
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France

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Entreprises pour l'Environnement (EpE)

Lors d’un colloque organisé à l’ESCP, le 29 juin en présence de Florent Menegaux, président de Michelin, l’association française Entreprises pour l’Environnement (EpE) dévoile le fruit de trois ans de réflexion de sa commission «Ressources Naturelles» sur l’économie circulaire. Illustrée de 27 démarches concrètes mise à bien par des entreprises, la publication insiste sur l’importance des partenariats, décrit leurs principaux objectifs et, en collaboration avec la Chaire Economie Circulaire de ESCP-Deloitte, propose une analyse de la diversité des principaux modèles de gouvernance observés.

#EUCircularTalks recording
02 Jul 2021
The role of cities to boost the circularity of food systems

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EU
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EU

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University of Turin , ICESP

The University of Turin, the Leadership Group on Food waste, food systems and the bioeconomy and the ECESP will be holding a #EUCircularTalks event on the role of cities in boosting the circularity of food systems. The event aims to share insights and best practices on how we can help design and build circular food systems that foster the Urban Food Transformation.

https://www.risoitaliano.eu/con-riceres-lo-scarto-non-ce-piu/

RiceRes research project: reusing waste from rice production

Rice grains
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RiceRes research project

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Italy

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The RiceRes research project, launched in 2016 by the CNR (National Research Council) and the Universities of Milan and Pavia and financed by the Cariplo Foundation, aimed to make the most of waste materials from processing Italian rice.

https://www.interregeurope.eu/policylearning/good-practices/item/1206/low-value-...

Improving biomass production in Latvia

Forest
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Latvian Ministry of Agriculture

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Latvia

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In Latvia, a project developed by the Ministry of Agriculture (in cooperation with private investment) seeks to improve biomass production in the country’s forests.

https://peecycle.wixsite.com/peecycle

PeeCycle: making fertiliser from urine

Flowerbed
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PeeCycle

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Belgium

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Peecycle aims to reduce the production and import of fertilisers from all over the world while making more efficient use of an inexhaustible source of minerals which is currently viewed as waste: urine!

https://www.interregeurope.eu/policylearning/good-practices/item/2580/production...

Envien Group: producing biofuel from crops and used oil

Envien Group
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Envien Group

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Slovak Republic

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Each of the companies in the Envien Group produces a biofuel component, with waste used for specific purposes, such as manufacturing pelleted animal feed or as a co-substrate for biogas production.

https://www.entocycle.com/about

Entocycle: turning insects into protein bars for animals

Entocycle
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Entocycle

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United Kingdom

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Entocycle upcycles local food waste to feed black soldier fly larvae, which grow very fast and become protein-rich animal feed.

https://www.vaiawood.eu/mission/?lang=en

Vaia: giving storm-hit trees back their dignity

Vaia
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Vaia

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Italy

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Italian startup Vaia has developed a passive loudspeaker for smartphones by using - as raw material - exclusively wood brought down by storm Vaia that badly hit the Dolomite mountains in Northern Italy in 2018.

Circular Week 2021
11 Oct 2021 to 17 Oct 2021
Circular Week 2021: submit your event and help to close the circle
Circular Week 2021

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Warsaw
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Poland

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INNOWO

Circular Week, an international campaign consisting of a series of events and initiatives devoted to circular economy and sustainable development, will take place on 12-18 October 2021 throughout Europe. Its goal is to promote the idea of a circular economy, support sustainable business models and establish cooperation between interested stakeholders.

RTDS Group - The Market-driven Circular & Bioeconomy
08 Jun 2021
The Market-driven Circular & Bioeconomy
The Market-driven Circular & Bioeconomy

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ONLINE, Vienna
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Austria

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cross-sectional
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RTDS Group, Tech4Effect , SUSBIND, SUSFERT, BIOVEXO, SUSTAINair

The Market-driven Circular & Bioeconomy EU Green Week Partner Event on 8 June 2021 brings together representatives of European projects based on industry-academic partnerships in the fields of biodiversity, forestry, engineering, chemistry, agriculture, and transport.

Towards zero pollution in the Mediterranean agri-food sector
01 Jun 2021
Towards zero pollution in the Mediterranean agri-food sector
Towards zero pollution in the Mediterranean agri-food sector

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EU

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Interreg MED Green Growth Community

The Interreg MED Green Growth Community (GGC) will take part in EU Green Week, organising a partner event to present best practices on moving towards zero pollution in the agri-food sector, with a focus on the Mediterranean region. Join the webinar on 1 June! It aims to showcase how to make the agri-food value chain more sustainable by applying circular economy approaches.

http://www.staramaki.gr

Staramaki – a straw made naturally from wheat

Staramaki wheat straw
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Staramaki Social Cooperative Enterprise

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Greece

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“Staramaki” is a straw made of wheat. It is produced by a social cooperative KoinSep in Kilkis, northern Greece. The most widely produced local product wheat is used to create a viable eco-friendly alternative to single use plastic straws. At the same time they create employment opportunities and promote social cohesion, as well as local and regional development.

LOOPS#6
13 May 2021
LOOPS#6: a discussion with Cybele and Water2REturn!
Veltha

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Brussels
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Belgium

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Veltha

As the Horizon 2020 research programme becomes Horizon Europe, what better time to witness how great ideas turned into real projects? LOOPS is the opportunity to show what cutting-edge research has been produced, and which changes it can bring to our communities. The topic of this episode on 13 May will orbit around the concepts of circularity and digital technologies in the agriculture sector.

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