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31 May 2022
DiCE Lab organizes another interesting webinar on digitalization applied to the circular economy on 31 May. This time the focus is on the Internet of Things for the Circular Economy.
26 Nov 2021
The EROS Project, with the participation of AIMPLAS and ITC, is working to develop new recycling processes to recover composite materials from the aeronautics and wind turbine sectors to manufacture new products for the transport and ceramics industries.
Spirit of Progress 2030: Diageo's action plan to help create a more inclusive and sustainable world
Commitment Targets
- Other (Sustainable management of water)
To be achieved by:
November 2030Reduce 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)
To be achieved by:
November 2030Replenish more water than Diageo uses for their operations for all their sites in water-stressed areas by 2026.
- Other (Sustainable management of water)
To be achieved by:
November 2030Invest 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)
Start Date:
October 2021Engage 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)
To be achieved by:
November 2030Achieve 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)
To be achieved by:
November 2030Ensure 100% of Diageo's packaging is widely recyclable (or reusable/compostable).
- Recycled materials as part of raw materials demand (recycled content)
To be achieved by:
November 2030Continue 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 2030Ensure 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 2030Provide 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)
To be achieved by:
November 2030Develop regenerative agriculture pilot programmes in 5 key sourcing landscapes.
- Other (Accelerate to a low carbon world)
To be achieved by:
November 2030Become Net Zero carbon in Diageo's direct operations.
- Other (Accelerate to a low carbon world)
To be achieved by:
November 2030Reduce Diageo's value chain carbon emissions by 50%.
- Other (Accelerate to a low carbon world)
To be achieved by:
November 2030Use 100% renewable electricity across all of Diageo's direct operations.
29 Jun 2021
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.
Veolia and Knauf: transforming glass waste into mineral wool
Veolia and Knauf have established a partnership to collect, process and transform waste glass into mineral wool for use as an insultating material.
Lucirmás: upcycling (empty) wine bottles
Upcycling is a straightforward way to reuse items which would otherwise be considered waste. Lucirmás has found a way to upcycle bottles.
The EU Ecolabel for hard covering products
The EU Ecolabel for hard covering products
The EU Ecolabel is the official European Union label for environmental excellence.
It is awarded to sustainably-designed products, thereby encouraging innovation, and contributing to the EU’s goal of climate neutrality by 2050 and to the circular economy.
Industry can use the EU Ecolabel to offer consumers an eco-friendly alternative to conventional products and help them lower their daily environmental impact.
Ambitious criteria have been set, focusing on the main environmental impacts generated over the lifecycle of these products. This ensures that EU Ecolabel hard covering products are among the best on the market in terms of environmental performance.
Access the full list of EU Ecolabel criteria for hard coverings products here.
Ostraco: from discarded oyster shells to beautiful glass
In France, the designer Lucile Viaud found her way to contribute to organic recycling. More precisely, to recycling of seafood waste. Her work is focused on transforming oyster shells into glass.
IALD Position Paper on Circular Economy
IALD Position Paper on Circular Economy: good lighting doesn't just happen... it's designed
Following the publication of the Circular Economy Action Plan in March 2020, the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) recently released a position paper to help ensure that any future regulations reflect the needs and aspirations of the lighting design profession.
The paper also addresses the impact of changes in the value chains of the lighting sector as a result of embracing circular economy - be it by creating second-hand markets or by adopting lighting as a service business model.
In its conclusion, the paper describes how lighting manufacturers, designers, contractors and clients could work together to ensure that the benefits of the circular economy can be achieved.
Close the Glass Loop: a multi-stakeholder partnership to collect more, better quality glass
Close the Glass Loop wants to achieve an average of 90% collection rate of used glass packaging at EU level by 2030 and a better quality of recycled glass.
Circular Navarre Catalogue
The Circular Navarre Catalogue is a booklet showcasing 20 organisations - based on circular business models - in the Navarre region, who are looking for international cooperation.
27 Oct 2020
Want to discover the latest on industrial symbiosis and the future of sustainable industrial practices? Join this event on 27 October to learn about experiences and case studies regarding successful implementation of industrial symbiosis, find out about tools and gain access to guidelines to kick-start resource efficiency in your own industry.
Darina
MaterialDistrict: a unique match-making platform for innovative materials
MaterialDistrict is a unique platform for innovative materials which empowers global innovation by match-making material needs with material solutions in the name of circularity. R&D and design professionals of all industrial sectors use this platform to discover new material solutions daily via MaterialDistrict's independent collection of materials, annually at MaterialDistrict Rotterdam and periodically throughout the year with travelling MaterialDistrict Expo, MaterialDistrict Talks and MaterialDistrict Pop-Up events.
Transforming waste into resources
Green Group Holding: integrated waste management solutions for six main waste streams associated with households and SMEs (WEEE, plastics, PET, glass, lighting bulbs, cardboard) are now available in Romania as a pioneer development for South Eastern Europe via a private investment starting back in 2012.
06 Jun 2018 to 08 Jun 2018
WASCON is the reference international conference on the use of alternative materials in construction.
ACCIONA Construcción
Delta Green Sinks
ReMade in Italy
University of Applied Sciences, Thessaly
