During a hybrid seminar organised by Foodvalley NL on 14 February 2023, questions concerning, for example, the consumer's perceptions and expectations on upcycled food will be tackled and the potential impact of circular food concepts by creating an optimal outreach to the market and the consumer will be explored with the help of experts of the Upcycled Food Association (UFA) and Innova Market Insights, and several partners of the Upcycling Community.
Circular economy take-up by companies in the textiles and apparel sector has increased significantly in recent years, but we know relatively little about how current circular business models affect workers and communities.
In this session on 14 February, Utrecht University's Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Smart Green Industry and Conserve India will explore the outcomes of their most recent social impact study on the apparel value chain.
Join the House of the Dutch Provinces (HNP) on 9 February 2023 (16:00 – 17:30 CET) in Brussels for the Plastic Panel Discussion. Plastics are a wonderful product if designed, produced and used more intelligently. How to ensure their sustainable and circular use?
Together with the panelists, regional political representatives, MEPs, the European Commission, stakeholders and businesses, the HNP will discuss the future of plastics and use the afternoon of 9 February to provide input on the latest EU proposals and the HNP Position Paper.
To discuss the relevant plans, ambitions and remaining challenges on circular plastics at the EU, national and regional levels, this panel discussion is being organised bringing together key stakeholders for circular change.
Which solutions or best practices on circular plastics already exist in our regions?
Are we on the right track to achieving the European Commission’s objectives to reach circularity and climate neutrality?
What obstacles need to be overcome in order to create an EU level playing field?
And how do these proposals affect our regional chemical clusters?
How does the proposed EU Textile Strategy and related legislative proposals, such as the ESPR, address circular business models? What policy tools and mechanisms should be explored and developed on the road to 2030 to accelerate the update of circular business models in apparel and textiles?
These and other questions will be tackled in the webinar on 8 February at 14:00 CET, during which the European Commission and the European Parliament will explain the implications of Europe’s textile policies for circular business models, and representatives from the apparel industry, NGO and academic voices will express how they perceive the impact of the latest policy proposals and whether more needs to be done to incentivise reuse and repair of textile products in the EU.
This webinar on Monitoring the Transition to Circular Economy will provide an introduction to the concept of monitoring frameworks within the context of circular economy initiatives. Drawing on experiences from the ground, it will discuss practical examples from cities and regions and related challenges.
A brief presentation of the Self-Assessment Tool, which is being developed by the Circular Cities and Regions Initiative Coordination and Support Office (CCRI-CSO), is also on the agenda.
On 24 January 2023, the European Commission is co-organising the Conference “Towards a greener Defence: the challenge of sustainable development for European Defence industries”.
This in-person event will take place in Bordeaux, France, in the framework of the European Network of Defence-related Regions.
Organised by the University of Copenhagen as part of the FOODRUS project, this online workshop is the second in a series of eight workshops discussing innovative solutions for surplus food loss and waste prevention. Taking place on Monday 23 January 2023 (15:00-17:00 CET), it will focus on food upcycling and food waste recycling.
Almost 60% of the built environment required to accommodate the Earth’s urban population by 2050 still has to be built (Circularity Gap Report, 2021). So how will we make sure that cities can meet our universal need for shelter within the limits of our planet? The urban built environment should be a ‘living’ system in which building materials and products are used optimally and then reused, a system that operates within the boundaries of our planet, preserves the (business) value of its resources, and increases the number of valuable jobs and skills in a city.
Join the next public C3 webinar A guide for circularity in the urban built environment on 19 January 2023 at 10:00-11:45 CET (online) to learn how this vision can become a reality. The webinar will present a guide that demonstrates how a built environment operating under circular principles can enable cities to harness opportunities to make more efficient use of construction materials, while extending the use and lifetime of the building stock.
Front-runner cities, such as Leuven (BE), will show how they have already started integrating circular principles into their built environments and share what they have learned. Solution providers, including ARUP and representatives of the Circular Building Coalition, will help participants understand how public and private actors can work together to accelerate the circular transition. Lastly, the EIB’s Facility Management team will present a case study on circular renovation.
What does “sustainable” mean? With the EU Taxonomy a common classification system for sustainable economic activity was put in place to find a common language and clear definition of sustainability.
The ECESP Leadership Group on Building and Infrastructure invites you on 16 January:
to reflect on taxonomy in general terms; what is it? How can existing gaps in information, tools, and data be tackled?
to gather feedback from the market and discuss the usability of the taxonomy; what it means for the Buildings & Infrastructure sector, especially the overwhelming majority of SMEs in the construction sector.
The ECESP Leadership Group on Circular procurement and the Leadership Group on Social Circular Hubs invite you on 12 January 2023 to their next joint #EUCircularTalks. Join the panelists to discuss the social impact of procurement in a circular Europe for developing countries. You will also learn how European procurement proceedings can integrate social aspects. The event will focus on the theory and dive into very concrete cases.
