Join leading experts, innovators and cluster managers from across Europe at the ENDURANCE workshop, a half-day event dedicated to accelerating sustainable growth, eco-innovation and resilience for SMEs and startups.
IFAT Munich is the world’s leading trade fair for environmental technologies.
It is a solution platform, a networking event and a knowledge hub, and brings together the key international industry representatives from politics, business and science. Find out about cutting-edge solutions for water, recycling and circularity, with a strong focus on innovations with a global impact.
This is the final event of the DEFINITE-CCRI project which links up high-impact circularity projects and funding institutions to boost the transition to a circular economy.
It will present key results of the DEFINITE-CCRI project, discuss relevant policy recommendations on circular economy project development assistance and engage with local start-ups and projects as well as with local government officials and investors.
This accelerator session will explore innovative leadership and collaborative models driving circular economy transitions, featuring insights from both European and Brazilian pioneers.
With real-world case studies from the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform and Brazilian initiatives, the discussion will highlight strategies for scaling circular solutions through inclusive and dynamic leadership.
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.
The Journal on Circular Economy is an initiative by the International Council for Circular Economy (ICCE). The journal explores various dimensions of the circular economy, including policy frameworks that support sustainable practices, research initiatives that drive innovation, and collaborative efforts that foster knowledge sharing among stakeholders.
The January 2025 edition features an article by Freek van Eijk from Holland Circular Hotspot, one of the ECESP Coordination Group co-chairs. The article focuses on the Netherlands: embracing circular economy as a business opportunity and a necessity. It looks at the origin and future of circular economy developments there and what lessons might be learned for India.
The Circular Republic Festival 2025 (#CRF25) will focus on Build Your Competitive Advantage.
It will explore how circular practices can reshape industries and create resilience in the face of resource scarcity and climate challenges. There will be keynote addresses, hands-on workshops and tailored recommendations to help integrate circular principles into business strategies.
The ASEM SMEs Eco-Innovation Center will be hosting a Global Eco-Innovation Forum under the heading Global Supply Chains and Climate Change Response for SMEs in ASEM.
The forum is a unique opportunity to explore the latest strategies enabling SMEs to respond to climate change and adapt to global supply chain regulations. It will provide insights into supply chain regulations and climate change responses for SMEs and startups.
The “Greentech and Circular Economy Innovation” is looking for start-ups and SMEs that are developing innovative solutions for improving refinery waste management, remediating soil and water contamination and improving energy system efficiency.
Up2Circ is an international project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe programme. The overall aim is to help European SMEs go circular.
The project assists SMEs: there are awareness-raising and training modules and information on how to apply for EU funding. The platform has prepared a catalogue of its success stories.
The platform is also building a network of stakeholders: people with access to many SMEs, expertise in a given sector and/or the circular economy, advanced technologies or social innovation. These people will have access to Up2Circ's tools for helping SMEs.
The website also has information on circular events. The project organisers have experience with assisting SMEs; with this project they are focusing on the circular dimension.
