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CER Sustainable Business Network Slovenia

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CER Sustainable Business Network Slovenia

CER Sustainable Business Network Slovenia is the largest sustainable business network in Slovenia on a mission to strengthen ambitions and activities to achieve a climate-neutral economy faster.

They bring business leaders together to share learnings and best practices, advocacy necessary for the change, influence policy, and accelerate the green transition using collective action. They raise awareness, grow ambition, build capacities, promote green tech, and foster partnerships to boost the transition towards climate-neutral Slovenia.

Furthermore, they work towards better understanding the necessity to act now on climate change. They bridge the gap between different stakeholders, offering them a safe space for open discussion about systemic barriers to reach climate neutrality.

https://gatecconsulting.com

How to capture the value of the circular economy with Gate C

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Gate C

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France

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The French management consulting firm Gate C helps clients map the benefits and capture the value of the circular economy.

XVIII ASAP Service Management Forum - Servitization & Circular Economy
27 Oct 2021 to 28 Oct 2021
XVIII ASAP Service Management Forum - Servitization & Circular Economy
XVIII ASAP Service Management Forum

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Italy

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ASAP Service Management Forum

The need to move towards circular and more sustainable economic models has become more evident due to the Covid pandemic and data certifying the climate change effects. Moreover, European public institutions show an increased emphasis on promoting a circular economy transition, notably through the Next Generation Europe programme and the available funding.

At a single company level, however, how can we undertake this transition and its impacts? Often this has yet to be understood and planned. Advanced services, digitalization and «servitized» business models may have a big role in helping companies move to a circular paradigm and achieve not only environmental but also economic and social benefits.

The conference on 27 and 28 October deals with the synergies between servitization and the circular economy, and the role of servitization in supporting the transition towards a circular economy.

Circular Futures: Join the First German Circular Economy Festival 7 & 8 October 2021!
07 Oct 2021 to 08 Oct 2021
Circular Futures: Join the First German Circular Economy Festival on 7-8 October 2021!
Circular Futures Festival

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Wuppertal
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Germany

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Collaborating Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production

The transition to the circular economy needs collaboration. That’s why the first German Circular Economy Festival is an open social innovation event, calling on all relevant actors to pool their efforts to speed up the transition. For a societal endeavour of this scale, stakeholders from civil society, academia, policy making, industry and more need to be actively engaged. The festival aims to spur on stakeholders and serve as a platform for open social innovation.

Circular Regions | Oslo Innovation Week 2021
27 Sep 2021
Going Global with a Data-Driven Nordic Circular Model | Circular Regions @ Oslo Innovation Week 2021
Circular Regions @ OIW2021

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Oslo
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Circular Regions

On 27 September, take part in Going Global with a Data-Driven Nordic Circular Model - a webinar organised by Circular Regions during Oslo Innovation Week 2021.

WCEF 2021
17 Aug 2021
The World Circular Economy Forum 2021 welcomes you!
WCEF 2021

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Welcome to the circular economy event of the year, World Circular Economy Forum 2021, on 13-15 September 2021!

Hosted for the first time in North America, WCEF 2021 will focus on the system level changes, or “game changers,” needed to accelerate the transition to a circular economy.

WCEF 2021
13 Sep 2021 to 15 Sep 2021
World Circular Economy Forum 2021
WCWF 2021

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Sitra, Canada

Welcome to the circular economy event of the year, World Circular Economy Forum 2021, on 13-15 September 2021!

Hosted for the first time in North America, WCEF 2021 will focus on the system level changes, or “game changers,” needed to accelerate the transition to a circular economy.

https://ccrave.co/

Ccrave: a circular lifestyle platform offering more than just the shopping experience

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Ccrave
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Portugal

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Ccrave is a content and ecommerce platform all in one, with a focus on waste-based and zero-waste products in the home, fashion and lifestyle categories.

ReNewTex - Circular Economy for Textiles

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Germany

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ReNewTex
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Claus Lütke Contact details

ReNewTex is an innovation network aiming to help use synergies and gradually transform the carpet & rug industry from a linear to a circular business sector.

At present it is working as a moderated matchmaking platform where people can connect to further common ideas and needs through technological projects. After finding the topics, it supports companies in finding the right investment strategy and all the way unto the project start.

To kindle creativity ReNewTex hosts discussions about sustainability or on single topics to shape the discussion into projects.

ZENIT, the agency for innovation and European affairs of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia, moderates the talks, looking for new members and support in project planning and funding.

 

 

Summary of Wallonia's strategy

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Circular Wallonia

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Walloon Public Service
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02/2021
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Belgium

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This model reinforces Wallonia's objective of renewing its industry and will ensure that the region is better able to cope with future crises.

The strategy will achieve this by fully integrating the alterations and adaptations required by climate change, and by making Wallonia more independent in terms of resources and global supply chains.

Wallonia’s vision is based on the following guidelines:

  • Moving towards a carbon-neutral economy;
  • Moving towards a resilient and inclusive economy;
  • Stimulating innovation as a catalyst with emphasis on the digital transition and nature-based solutions.

Particular attention is paid to the six value chains: Construction, Plastics, Food, Water, Textiles and Metallurgy

Green and digital "twin" transitions: process of structuration and evolution of circular economy and industrial digitalisation

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Green and digital "twin" transitions: process of structuration and evolution of circular economy and industrial digitalisation

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Research Gate
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Carlos Montalvo, Kristina Karanikolova, Fernando Diaz Lopez
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06/2021
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Netherlands

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Over the past decades concepts such as sustainability and industrial development have slowly come to the same operational logic, as demonstrated by a growing interest in exploring and describing the synergy between developments in the circular economy and industrial digitalisation. There is agreement on their complementarity evolution paths, but no outlook is available regarding the co-evolution staging and structuring. This paper based on desk and empirical research presents an approach to outline the likely path of evolution.

So far, the notion of transition to sustainability has been applied in single sector studies, while reality indicates that the systemic change required cuts across thematic technologies and sectors. The approach taken can be useful to enrich current analyses.

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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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.

https://www.grover.com/de-de

Grover: Reducing e-waste by renting out electronic devices

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Grover

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Grover rents technological items such as smartphones, laptops, virtual reality (VR) gear and wearables to customers on a flexible basis and with full usage rights. Customers can choose how long they want to rent a given product.

http://www.ce-force.eu/description.php

FORCE project: Cities Cooperating For Circular Economy

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FORCE project

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Denmark, Germany, Italy, Portugal

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The FORCE project is an EU-funded project seeking to promote the shift towards the circular economy. Running from September 2016 to January 2021, the project identified four main focus areas: plastic waste, wood waste, used electronic and electrical equipment, and food and biowaste.

https://www.tomra.com/en/collection/reverse-vending/deposit-return-schemes/white...

Rewarding recycling: Learnings from the world’s highest-performing deposit return systems

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TOMRA
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TOMRA
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02/2021
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Germany, Other (Norway)

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An increasing number of countries consider implementing a deposit return system for single-use beverage containers to address today’s challenges, i.e.:

  1. meeting new waste recovery targets,
  2. ending littering and
  3. moving towards a circular economy.

TOMRA shares lessons learnt from its 45+ years’ experience of innovating and managing deposit return systems globally in a new white paper including:

  • outcomes of effective deposit return systems
  • 4 key principles and 12 elements of high-performing deposit return systems
  • dozens of case studies on real-world implementation of deposit return policy.

The white paper seeks to contribute to an educated discussion on recycling best practice – including what can be learnt from the past and what the future may look like.

https://www.provenance.org/case-studies/dsm-niaga?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=new...

Niaga® designs out waste, completely

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Niaga®

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Niaga® and its partner future-proof everyday products by making sure materials don’t have to end up as waste. Ever. Niaga designs producted to be used again. It makes them healthier and recyclable.

Green Tech Cluster in Austria

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Welcome to Green Tech Valley, focussing on Climate and Circular Solutions. The Green Tech Valley is located in the south of Austria and is internationally regarded as the hotspot for innovative energy and environmental technology.

The Green Tech Cluster initiates growth through innovation. It brings together around 220 companies and research institutions shaping green solutions of the future. With 20 global technology leaders within an hour’s drive, the location forms one of the highest concentrations of companies in this industry.

Have a look at their Don't waste / Invest campaign: One-stop-shop recycling solutions for a wide range of waste fractions derived from Austrian excellence in achieving one of Europe's highest recycling rates.

CEPS - Agenda and Registration
10 Jun 2021
Traceability across circular value chains: How to unlock its potential and mitigate challenges?
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The Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), The CIRC4Life H2020 project

Lack of visibility regarding flows of materials and their sustainability impact can limit opportunities for a circular economy. The objective of this event on 10 June 2021 is to discuss available traceability solutions that can be used by companies and customers to have a better picture of products and materials.

ReziProK programme run by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

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ReziProK is a funding programme focusing on a resource-efficient circular economy and innovative product cycles, and is run by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). It supports research and development projects which will help reach these goals. The projects seek to close product cycles by developing appropriate business models, design concepts and digital technologies and thus contribute to the implementation of a resource-efficient circular economy.

The projects focus on:

  • Promoting the use of recycled materials
  • Extending or stepping up product use
  • Improving the recyclability of electric vehicles
  • Optimising and expanding remanufacturing
  • General developments on the topic of blockchain.

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